Whether I choose option 1) "Run scan (recommended), or option 2) "Start Windows normally". BUT I can't START WINDOWS NORMALLY, even if I select that option at the outset. Hope I haven't damaged anything by aborting the process multiple times. The hard-drive-activity indicator light stays almost perpetually on. BUT it could be just slow, I've no way of knowing. It seems to hang on "Attempting to repair. How long should the Startup Repair task take to finish on a 500 GB drive? I let it run for 21 HOURS, before shutting off the system forcefully. Windows 7 is installed to a classic mechanical hard drive that survived a power surge 10 weeks ago (lightning), and it's been running normally for six weeks. My last actions before this, were copying many gigabytes of files to a USB flash drive for backup purposes, then shutting off the computer. Not sure what prompted this - never had a problem before. ostensibly to fix problems keeping my pc from booting. Instead of booting up Windows 7, my pc saw fit to run Startup Repair utility (tool that comes with Windows).
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