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Windows did not start successfully

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AngryMerchant

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System Specs
Processor Intel i5 3570k @ 3.4 GHZ
Motherboard Asus P8Z77 M
Memory Corsair XMS 4x 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 PC3 12800
Video Card(s) EVGA Geforce GTX 970 4GB
Power Supply Corsair TX650W PSU
Software Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
I didn't see any forum for Windows, so it's here:
It was working fine an hour ago, the GPU was too hot so I turned the computer off (It was still working completely fine, no performance decrease or anything). I turned it back on 20 minutes later and got this nonsense about Windows XP not starting successfully. Safe mode, normal, and previous settings, none of the boots work. I tried repairing Windows, but it is not recognizing my install of Windows, instead it skips straight to asking if I want to overwrite everything on my hard drive to install Windows.
 
Pop in the Windows XP CD and boot to the Recovery Console.

Login to the C:\Windows with your Administrator Password

type Chkdsk /f


When it's finished.. Type exit.


Should fix your problem.
 
That was easy enough.
Many thanks.
 
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