"Starting Windows" Hangs

Hi
This occurs sometimes, that when i boot up, my pc hangs on "Starting Windows" logo screen of Windows 7. What could be the issue.
Specs:
MSI K9N2 SLI Platnium
AMD Phenom II 550
4GB DDR2800 RAM
Nvidia GT240

Quote from: Saile on 11-May-10, 05:35:27
i don't know what more i can say.
This happens sometime, when it boot up, on the screen it come up with the logo and says "windows is starting" it freezes or hangs there for a long time. I have to restart it after that. Then it usually works. But this happens sometimes, But often...
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i don't know what more i can say.
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Nvidia GT240
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MSI K9N2 SLI Platnium
Current BIOS version installed?
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4GB DDR2800 RAM
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How may sticks?
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How they are running?
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OS running? [32bit? / 64 bit?]
BIOS version installed?
Is this a new build?
Since when the problem started?
Have you done new fresh OS installation?
Does it worked before?
What was your final action before this to hapend?
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