Difficulty starting Windows 7

I have an HP Pavilion computer, model 7-1074. It's been a great machine for the past two years, but suddenly about a month ago it will not boot up when I push the on/off button, nor will it come out of sleep mode if I leave it on.
It usually takes about ten or twelve times of pushing the on/off button for it to finally get to the Windows is loading screen.  Sometimes my screen is blank.  Sometime I see the blue startup screen, and sometime it freezes when I get to the Startup Windows screen.
I have tried the startup repair, repair this comupter, sfc/scannow, cleaned the inside of my PC, unplugged and replugged everything, and nothing seems to fix the problem. Once the PC is up and going it's great. I have plenty of memory, hard drive space and it's only two years old. I would love to get this working correctly but I am at a standstill now.  Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

A monitor problem may contribute to confusing troubleshooting but I think there is probably another problem.  The easiest troubleshooting tip I can give - try making a Linux Live CD - Ubuntu or Knoppix works well.  This has to be done with a working PC.  Then boot to the Linux OS to see if it runs OK.  Running the Linux Live OS does not change anything on your existing system other than to verifing the hardware is OK.  If all seems to work OK on the Linux Live CD, then the next step I would do is replace the harddrive (new) and then run the Recovery Disk set on the new hard drive.  This will reinstall the OS to "factory fresh" If everything seems to be normal, then you have found the problem.  If you still have problems, then seek help that you can show what is happening and let them diagnose.
Ubuntu : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
Knoppix : http://knoppix.net/get.php
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