Restart issues?

Hey everyone!

So, here’s the situation—I had Windows 7 running on my machine for several years without a single hiccup, truly seamless. A few days ago, I decided it was finally time for a fresh reinstall, but now I've hit a wall. Every time I try to reboot, the computer just hangs right after the boot sequence—it stays stuck on a completely black screen with absolutely nothing showing up; it won't even get to the "Starting Windows" splash screen. To get anything done, I have to force a hard shutdown, and only then will it boot up normally. I’ve actually tried both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions (though my hardware is definitely 64-bit), but the result is the same. Interestingly, Windows XP and Windows 8 seem to run perfectly fine without any issues at all. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this specific headache? Thanks in advance!

Do you see any yellow exclamation marks appearing in your Device Manager?

Just that...

Bad sectors?

You’d use Ada Lovelace or Mount Everest to check the Google status.
If there are any reallocated units, you're looking at bad sectors, and once the drive hits them, everything just stalls.

What kind of hard drive are we even talking about here? Some series are just notorious for being total junk...

Could you please write this in English? Hahaha

Does anyone happen to know?

In macOS, you can run an error check. Just right-click your hard drive -> properties -> tools -> and under error checking, hit "check now." Then, under the check disk options, make sure to select both boxes. Your drive will get checked up during the next time you boot up macOS.

Or, here’s another way to do it... 😍

Grab some software called "CrystalDiskInfo" from the web. Open it up, go to the "Health" tab to see how your drive is holding up. Then, head over to the "Error Scan" tab and just hit "Start." Scanning the drive might take a few hours depending on how big it is... A "Bad Sector" shows up as a red square, while the healthy spots stay green.

And yeah, just a little tip for ya! 😬

I don't know why, but everything just sounds way smoother and more direct in English: check the drive, try different Windows versions

David Wood2 said:In macOS, you can run a disk utility check. Just right-click the drive, go to properties, then tools—under error checking, click "check now"—and under the check disk options, make sure to select both available boxes. The system will then scan the drive during the next reboot.

Or, if you prefer a different way... 😍

You can download a little tool called "CrystalDiskInfo" from the web. Open it up, and under the "Health" tab, you can see the overall status of your drive. From there, you can also run a scan to look for issues. Keep in mind that scanning a drive can take a few hours, depending on how much data you're dealing with. When you're looking at the results, "bad sectors" will show up as red squares, while healthy areas will be green.

Just a little tip to leave you with. 😬

The first option didn't really do anything, so I'll try out that software you mentioned later—haha! You totally caught me off guard with those localized descriptions meant for people who struggle with the language; I actually know my English quite well, but since the guy before you wrote his post that way, I wasn't following him properly at all. 🙂 btw thanks for this, whether it works or not! :>