Windows 10: Windows won't boot - stuck at Windows logo, no spinning dots

This all started with a Windows update performed at shut down 2 days ago. When I turned my PC on the next morning, it got stuck at the Windows logo with no spinning dots. Tried to shut down a couple times. Then I saw the Windows logo with Preparing Automatic Repair underneath. It sat there for a really long time and did nothing. Next, I downloaded the Windows 10 installation files onto a flash drive and tried to boot from it. That didn't work so I tried again by putting the ISO onto a DVD. That didn't work either. In both cases flash drive and DVD, I get a blinking cursor in the top left corner for a bit followed by the return of a frozen Windows logo and again it just sits there. Any ideas? This is an older computer but was running fine until an automatic Windows update caused this. I need a new computer anyway but I'd like to recover a few files off this one first.

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Windows 10 Stuck on logo screen with spinning dots

This suggestion isn't helpful at all. If I can't even get past the boot screen with spinning dots there is no way to access the recommended steps.

I have two Windows 10 computers. This afternoon I left my backup desktop at a repair shop because the screen goes black after I log in. They've seen this with quite a few Windows 10 computers. This evening my primary computer (laptop) won't get past the
Microsoft logo screen.

Ive been using Windows computers for over 20 years and never encountered this level of difficulty until Windows 10!

 

Windows 10 stuck at Black Screen with Blue Windows Logo no spinning dots

Windows 10 stuck at Black Screen with Blue Windows Logo no spinning dots

 

Windows 10 installation stuck at blue logo(no spinning dots)


All,

I downloaded windows 10 ISO(I purchased it) file and created bootable DVD and USB using Rufus. I want to install windows 10 in one of the system which had corrupted windows 7 in SSD(No data or nothing is required)

My system config is below
Intel i5(4th gen)
Gigabyte H87 D3H(which has UEFI) and flashed to version 9
Nvidia 9400 GT(driver not updated but the site listing says it is compatible with win 10)
8GB RAM
SSD(60 GB, which has corrupted win 7)
HDD(500 GB)

Believe I have the minimum system requirement to install Windows 10?
After selecting cd/dvd/usb, windows 10 logo appears(without any spinning dots, just plain logo) and get stuck there. I waited for 1-2 hour but nothing happened. I searched and some of them have suggested to remove components and keep only bare minimum. So I tried removing GFX card and the HDD, and kept only SSD(default changed to IGFX). But even then it doesnt move forward from the windows logo screen.
Please someone suggest, how to move this installation further? Any debugging options? Anything I am missing here? I purchased it and hence I dont want to waste the money I spent on it.
I checked in BIOS and I can confirm that Fast boot is disabled or Data Execution Prevention and/or similar options are enabled.
Note:I havent used media creation tool here


To confim whether my bootable DVD/USB had some errors in initiating setup, I tried running setup.exe within my friends machine(win 7) and it is launching and giving me screens to download updates and/or to enter product key. Images attached which gives indication that setup is launching.
But when I try to run the setup as bootable DVD/USB I get the blue logo screen and nothing happens.(even no spinning dots below logo and/or errors to share) Refer Image - Win10_Bootable_DVD.jpg

Any help is appreciated to move this forward.

Thanks
Guhan