windows boot problem

[dukester11]

hey everyone.

 

i have just recently been getting a windows boot problem where when i turn on my computer the asrock logo comes up  longer than it should then once it gets to booting windows it freezes then i have to turn my pc off by the switch!. when i turn it back on it does the same thing another couple times, after a few times of that happening it will say it missing a bsd (or something like that) file and cannot boot and it tells me to put in the recovery cd. 

 

i have a feeling its my ram or mobo as i tried my ssd in another computer and it worked fine.

 

this is the first time this has happend to me. any help is apprenticed 

 

 

here are my specifications 

 

intel core i5 3570k (no overclock)

 

asrock z77 extreme 4 

 

16gb of corsair vengeance ram 

 

ocz vertex plus 120gb boot ssd 

 

sapphire 7970 6gb oc edition 

 

corsair ax850 850w psu 

 

and other hdds 

[Damikiller37]

It sounds like your boot sequence has messed up and you can repair it using the Windows disk and going to the repair start up. Also the computer booting for a longer period of time may be caused by and portable drives, memory sticks and things of that kind being connected to the computer as it boots.

[XzzDSA]

First of all, try and reset bios. Also reset your cmos and all that standard stuff.

 

If that does not work, try windows recovery.

 

Try and move your hdd to another PC and try and boot from it. If it still does not work, then you know it's your windows install. If it does work, it's something with the boot sequence as Damikiller37 mentioned.

 

If it is your motherboard/bios/boot sequence, you could try and flash your bios for another version, some motherboards are equipped with two bios chips, which you can easily change between, try that aswell if you have that option.

[dan93]

Is your SSD the first device in your BIOS boot order?

Is the onbord SATA controller set to AHCI mode? (look for this in the BIOS)

[dukester11]

thanks for replying so fast i will try what you said. i forgot to say that i flashed my bios to the latest version 

[dukester11]

Is your SSD the first device in your BIOS boot order?

Is the onbord SATA controller set to AHCI mode? (look for this in the BIOS)

yes and yes

[Venomz1337]

Sometimes I get hangtime on the Windows start up when it shows their logo. All I have to do is wait about 1-3 minutes and then it loads fine. This happens occasionally. 

[Ethnod]

Have you tried to re-seat your RAM? probably not it but until you reply to some of the other questions

[dukester11]

Sometimes I get hangtime on the Windows start up when it shows their logo. All I have to do is wait about 1-3 minutes and then it loads fine. This happens occasionally. 

no.  it just started happening out of the blue