Windows 7 Stuck Loading Welcome Screen

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I removed McAfee, rebooted, and let windows install some updates. Then when trying to boot again, I get stuck just before the welcome screen loads. It has the blue background you see on the welcome screen, but no text or list of user accounts. Only the background, and the cursor.

I have tried booting in Safe-Mode, but it seems to ignore F8. I know it's not not me as I've booted into Safe Mode hundreds of times, and I know it's not a broken key because after pressing it a few times, you will hear a system beep every time you press the key.

I have also tried letting it do Startup Repair, but when trying to load the Startup repair, I experience the same problem.

Any ideas?

Windows 7 Home Premium
Dell Inspiron N5030

Picture of the screen

Best Answer

Make sure there are no bootable CD/DVD or flash-drives plugged into the PC

I had forgotten that earlier I had tried to burn the recovery CD/DVDs, and it had failed. I had forgot to take out the DVD and it turns out the DVD being in the drive is the reason it would not load. I'm posting this answer in case anyone else experiences this issue.

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