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Windows automatic repair fails. Hardware issue?

Rakehellion

Rakehellion

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I had a power failure and when I went to reboot my machine, Windows attempted the automatic repair which failed and left me in a boot loop.

I also have a copy of Mac OS installed on the same computer on a different hard drive, so I'd been using that. I installed some software on it the next day and rebooted and it hung on startup.


To have two operating systems on the same machine commit suicide in less than 24 hours might be a coincidence, or it might not. The CPU and memory look ok from a physical inspection.

Is there some way to force Windows repair to succeed or do I need to reinstall the OS?
 
Are you getting a straight power off, is it giving a message, restarting? Knowing the message would help if you get a chance to see it.
 
My experience when automatic repair fails is that the hard drive is failing. Could be something else, but that would be the first thing I would suspect. You could try booting from Linux from a CD or flash drive.
 
Ah, boot selection failed. That would be after the reboot. Anything before?

Either the lightning strike was a bit slower to kill the second hard drive, or there is a short in the power supply. I would consider replacing both if possible.
 
ketchup79 said:
Ah, boot selection failed. That would be after the reboot. Anything before?

Either the lightning strike was a bit slower to kill the second hard drive, or there is a short in the power supply. I would consider replacing both if possible.
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That's what it shows when the computer starts up. Is there some way to get more information?
 
Event viewer possibly, if you could still get into the OS. If I were in your shoes, I would probably wipe a drive, install Windows, and do some stress testing.
 
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