Satellite C660 freezes on start-up

Hey guys can you help with my laptop, Toshiba Satellite C660-17J. On startup it freezes although not all the time. By freezing i mean i can move the mouse but not open anything and nothing on the task bar will highlight. The only thing i can see different is the network(wireless) icon doesn't always show up. The last few times it has though but has only shown the searching for networks symbol.
If i turn of the laptop using the power button and start in safe mode then restart it works OK. Do you have any suggestions whats causing this?

We dont know how do you use your notebook and how have you configured preinstalled OS so it is not easy to say what is wrong there.
To be honest I agree with Francesco. Best thing you can do is to back-up all your important data and install recovery image again.
After doing this you will have clean preinstalled OS and everything will be OK again, I hope.
If you have more questions about all this you are welcome.

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