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Loading Variables Get Stuck @76%

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oao:
No, no errors from CHKDSK.

I do have an image of the system partition made with macrium, the problem is the keyboard--I cannot go into BIOS and set booting USB first because I can't press the F key. The same problem can occur if I set safe mode from MSCONFIG -- if it is not the pre-selected boot menu option, I cannot select it myself and it'll still boot Windows.

If I could get into BIOS I could configure to boot from USB, boot from the Macrium recovery disc and restore from backup.
But AFAIK that is not possible.

Boggin:
Yes, but the USB ports work in Safe Mode - I use an USB wireless mouse and that works in that mode.

oao:
I understand, but when the system reboots does it directly go into safe boot, or does it offer me a boot menu? Because if it does the latter and I must select the safe boot option myself I gotta do it with the kb.

Boggin:
Yes, I'd forgotten that - Sorry.

It boots you into the advanced boot options and then you need to use your cursor keys to select and then press enter.

I've had a reply from Shane re the 76% hang and while it is difficult to diagnose, he's replied with -

"If it is at the "Loading Windows Variables..." point then that is where it makes calls to the system to get the variables such as all the folder paths, the current user sid, the machine ID and such.

The only thing in that whole section that does any kind of loop would be the get machine ID command. Which calls WMI first and then the WinNT command if wmi fails. Both of those have loop commands, I wonder if something is messed up on his system that is causing an error and so the loops never end.

I am making an update that I will put out tomorrow, in it I will have a command to where if the loops go over a certain amount they will stop, and we can see if that does the trick for him".

So have a look out for the new version tomorrow

jpm:
It sounds pretty clear that something you are running is blocking the software. 99 times out of 100 its an antivirus product. You could try to disable it or whitelist us - depending on the product.

However, if you run msconfig. Click the boot tab and click the safe boot box with the networking option and that will reboot you into safemode without the use of the keyboard.

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