Lenovo G550 'Windows is loading files'

When I turn theLenovo G550 on it displays 'Windows is loading files', then goes straight to start up repair. I let this run but it eventually finished and said that it wasn't able to repair it. A Windows memory diagnostic was run, no results from this either.
So has anyone got any ideas what I can do next?

Try this
Start pressing F8 after Bios screen and wait until you get advanced boot options. Then choose start windows normally. See if it works and try a reboot also.
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This Notice refers to 2958-A5U and 2958-A4U models of the Lenovo G550 notebook PC’s only.
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