Signal to Monitor Lost During Start Up - Help!

[Guest]

Hi

A start up problem i hope someone can help with:

When i turned my PC on this morning, the start up process began as normal -
i had a 'Restore It!' window appear as usual, and had the Windows icon appear
with the progress bar shown beneath - but at this point, where it usually
goes to the log in page where i can choose which user will log on, the
monitor goes blank and the 'No Signal' message appears. The PC remains
powered up, but no further signal appears to be making it to the monitor. I
don't think the problem is with the monitor, as up until this point in the
start up process it is functioning without problems, and i have been using it
without any issues for years. Rather, it appears as though Windows is getting
stuck in the start up process itself, and just not progressing beyond a
certain point.

I have made no recent system changes to my PC, the only thing i did
yesterday which i can think might possibly be relevant, was to use the Disk
CleanUp utility on my C: drive to compress old files and create more disk
space. Could this action be responsible for my start up problems?

Any help gratefully appreciated!!

Dario

 

[Shenan Stanley]

A start up problem i hope someone can help with:

When i turned my PC on this morning, the start up process began as
normal - i had a 'Restore It!' window appear as usual, and had the
Windows icon appear with the progress bar shown beneath - but at
this point, where it usually goes to the log in page where i can
choose which user will log on, the monitor goes blank and the 'No
Signal' message appears. The PC remains powered up, but no further
signal appears to be making it to the monitor. I don't think the
problem is with the monitor, as up until this point in the start up
process it is functioning without problems, and i have been using
it without any issues for years. Rather, it appears as though
Windows is getting stuck in the start up process itself, and just
not progressing beyond a certain point.

I have made no recent system changes to my PC, the only thing i did
yesterday which i can think might possibly be relevant, was to use
the Disk CleanUp utility on my C: drive to compress old files and
create more disk space. Could this action be responsible for my
start up problems?

Tried Safe Mode?

 

[Guest]

I was previously unable to access Safe Mode, my PC just wouldn't respond and
went ahead with the start up process (which then stalled). I have tried again
this morning and, while i was not able to access Safe Mode, i did manage to
bring up the black screen which allows you to choose 'Last Known Good
Configuration', so i am up and running again - for a while at least!

Thanks for replying, i'll be back on the forum should things take a turn for
the worse again!

Dario