Takes FOREVER to startup after Power out

WeatherGeek

WeatherGeek

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My PC was on and the power went out, now, it takes a very long time for windows to load

I am running Vista. The power went out briefly today and shut down the PC. Now, when i turn on the PC, i see the mobo screen, then it goes to the windows vista green moving bars loading screen, then goes to a black screen and stays there for about 5 mins! Then it goes to the vista logon screen. Whats going on???
 
Boot from the installation disk and instead of looking at the "install now" option look down to the repair options when booting from the disk. In there Vista now has an automatic repair tool for startup problems. If you had something running at the time it may have caused a Windows or other startup glitch. That will get you past the problem until you isolate the cause.
 
The problem may be with something loading along with Windows rather then with Windows itself. If the sudden stop saw a 3rd party software corrupted somehow you would probably end up trying to boot in safe mode to see if that will load up normally then. The other thing to start looking at is any devices like a printer attached or possible hardware damage in the case itself from a line surge at that time. Once booted in asfe mode try using the msconfig to reduce startups as well as unplugging any external devices.
 
Doesnt look like any visible damage.

My motherboard screen takes longer to go away as well. Its up for about 1 min, + 3 mins for that black screen that's empty.

Whats going on?
 
It may not be so much from the sudden shutdown but the sudden surge when the power was restored. Sometimes when you see power come back on when knocked out you will notice more then blink and then it finally looks normal again. That's a multiple surge when it startts drops a little and then comes back strong when restored. That's the time to leave things off.

You won't always see visible damage unless you inspect the board itself and see any discoloted spots there or any bulged or leaking caps. With the sudden loss hte bios programming namely cmos information may have become somewhat corrupted? Then it may be being seen now since the battery on the board itself has grown weak. That's rare on a newer build. The last item of course would be a supply problem since post time sees the greatest demand there for power. If the supply is now seeing a weak cap the demand would pull the power level down.
 
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