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Windows 10 won't boot - fresh install
Hello,
On Sunday, I reinstalled Windows 10 Pro on my Dell Precision T5810 (1Tb SSD main disk and 1Tb HDD secondary disk). I had some problems afterwards, as it sometimes said it couldn't find a partition table. After a while, this seemed to settle down, and I was able to boot up and carry on installing my software. Subsequent reboots went OK.
I just started my machine again, and it won't boot. I see the BIOS messages, including the one that shows me the two disks, then I see the blue Windows logo, with the whirling icon telling me it's loading, then I get a blank screen. I can sit and wait, but it never goes any further than that.
If I keep restarting, then every once in a while, it will give me the log-in screen and allow me to log in. However, once I'm into Windows, very little works. The Start button doesn't work, not from the keyboard key and not by clicking the icon with my mouse. If I click in the Cortana text box to type, nothing happens. If I click the clock/calendar at the right end of the task bar, nothing happens. I can click icons on the task bar, and the applications will open. However, the machine is basically crippled.
I managed to boot into safe mode, but had all the same problems. I got the event viewer open, and can see lots of errors, largely related to Cortana. I exported the events during that first boot, which you can see here.
Anyone able to help? I'm unable to do anything at the moment. Thanks in advance