Windows 10: Slow Animation on 2nd Startup Screen / Can't Load Windows

I am running Windows 10 1511 10836, having upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 back in August 2015. This morning when I turned on my Lenovo B575 laptop, after the first Windows screen with animated circling dots at the bottom, when it refreshed the screen and went to the 2nd Windows screen, I noticed that the animation with the circling dots was slow. After several minutes, the computer was still on this screen. After 15 minutes and no change, I restarted the computer.

Upon 2nd startup I got the same results. On 3rd startup I got the Please Wait screen and then eventually got to the Startup and Repair screen. After diagnosing found nothing, I then went to the System Restore page and found that a Windows Update had installed yesterday afternoon. I restored to the Restore Point created yesterday, and restarted.

(Last Thursday I had to force the upgrade to the 1511 10836 update by downloading the 3.5Gb file because Windows Update kept failing. I have had no problems since then.)

No change. I can get to Safe Mode after 2 failed attempts, but without knowing what to check or look for, this does me little good. Of course can I reset/reinstall Windows 10 but would rather not if I don't have to.

Any advice?

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Hi all dear people,

as title says, my machine freezes upon cold startup.

This issue started occurring after installing a new video card (FE GTX 1080).

Has anybody seen this behavior? Please let me know.

1st start up Windows 10 freezes at loading screen, 2nd startup UEFI crashes at "American Trends" sign, on 3rd startup Windows 10 loads and boots as per usual.

Best regards

 

I've experienced something similar twice, once the day after I upgraded to Windows 10 & nothing could be done to repair things.

Fortunately, I'd created a Marium Reflex image & was able to restore it within several minutes. I know this probably won't help you, but the moral of this story is always to have an independent backup image.

 

So I was forced to Reset and reinstall Windows, but at least it let me keep my files, which made reinstalling programs much easier.