Hi all,

I'm having issues booting up Windows 7 on my XPS and have been searching for a solution for the last few days.  The first thing I've done is to press F12 at startup to run the Diagnostic Test (long version) which I've passed with no issues.

I've tried running Start Up Repair with no luck.  Windows loads the files but it hangs at the "Starting Windows" screen.

Same thing when I run "Last Known Good Configuration", "Enable Boot Logging", "Debugging Mode", and "Disable Automatic Restart."  I get to the "Starting Windows" screen but it hits that wonderful Blue Screen.  I even tried booting in Safe Mode but it hangs at avgidsha.sys and reboots.

I'm not concerned about my data since I have that backed up.  So I even tried booting from my Dell Reinstallation DVD with Windows 7 64 bit.  However every time boot from my DVD, it takes me to "Windows is loading files...", goes on to the "Starting Windows" screen and hangs.  For some reason, I do not get the option of reinstalling Windows.  It's driving me crazy that I can't find a solution.  Any thoughts?

 

Mark