Windows Repair Failure - Windows Won't Boot

[userofcomputer]

Yesterday Windows halted just before the loading bars start to appear - I could see the logo and so on, but the colors never got really white and no blue loading bars appeared. None of the startup alternatives worked - latest working config and so on.

So I put in my cd and started a repair. All went fine, the files were copied to install directories, computer reboots and start to load windows, and the repair process is ready to continue. But when the installation program starts to install drives, half-way it halts. I restart and try again, but everytime it halts in the same spot.

Is there anything I could do to salvage my Windows installation?

 

[ColKurtz]

If you can't start in safe mode, it definately sounds like a problem with your base windows install. A repair install should indeed fix that, but if repair installs continue to fail you might have to try a full reinstall. As long as you don't format, your files will still be there but you'll have to reinstall your apps. If a full install fails, you may have a bad hdd.

 

[userofcomputer]

Not that anyone cares, but being the gentleman that I am:

Problem solved - I followed a guide that you can find if you google "windows crashed" and click on the first link.
Basically it showed how to manually restore a restorepoint using the Recovery Console.

EDIT: Conclusion: Don't jump ahead and do a total reinstall - google first.