Windows 10: My computer has problems with booting. ive been messing around a bit with windows media...

My computer has problems with booting. ive been messing around a bit with windows media tool and i think the usb might be faulty since when i plug the usb in, screen does something instead of blinking cursor, boot problem and then screen turns blank blue

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Installation media boots to command prompt

I've just booted from known working install media to see exactly what it does when booting. The sequence of events is...

1. Windows logo on a black screen
2. circling dots appear beneath the logo
3. light blue 'Please wait' screen with circling dots
4. a command prompt window (very briefly)
5. the initial Setup page appears

Do you see steps 1-3? If so, it appears you have stopped at step 4, suggesting that something on the disc cannot be read.

Does the disc boot properly in another machine? If so, try cleaning the laptop's drive lens then try booting from the disc again.

If not, make new install media with Microsoft's Media Creation Tool, either as a bootable USB, on an ISO that you can burn to another disc. At Step 8 in Option One of this tutorial you can choose between making a USB or an ISO.

Download Windows 10 ISO File

 

Computer boot problems

Welcome....Will it boot in safe mode? if it does at least it would suggest it's a driver/software problem as opposed to anything more serious.

 

stuck with Windows media problem

I am hoping someone can help....

I have finally figured out the details of a dual boot with Vista and XP pro but, I have a remaining problem with windows media and its ability to play .wma files from the ineternet. It will play the files from the net but the image is barely visible as the picture screen is extremely dark / black. The sound is okay.

Everything appears to be okay with the Vista boot. The Vista WM will play the same files that the XP media boot won't play. When I first set up after figuring the dual boot, the XP boot would play preloaded songs fine (aka David Byrne)but would not play my cd's or music DVD's. It suggested that I was missing codecs. I figured that problem out by loading roxio / cineplayer. Those are working fine now and sound great.
I have tried to reload the media 11 package...that didn't help. I even tried to repair load the xp disc specific to wm. Assuming I was close to doing that right, which I doubt, that didn't help either.

Can anyone tell me what is going on? Can anyone suggest how I might fix it?
Thanks, chirp