Computer no longer starts

BetaKeja

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Last morning my computer stopped booting properly. Right now it loads up a Windows troubleshooting menu. I've exhausted all the options available there now. Is there anything else I can try before loading Windows from disc and reinstalling the OS?

I am running Windows 8.1 on a machine I built about a year ago.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

The options to refresh or reset Windows told me to insert the installation disk and then told me that it wasn't valid. And restoring the system image told me that it wasn't compatible (I made that image just after installing all the drivers). It seems that the only thing I can do is boot from the installation disk, hopefully all my files on my HDD will still be intact and I'll only have to replace whatever was on the SSD.
 

BetaKeja

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Booting in safe mode did the exact same thing. Now it gets stuck on "Repairing disk errors" correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't that only work for disks not SSDs? The part list came from when I was planning the build and the HDD came from an old laptop so I guess it never made it on there. Most of my files are on there so hopefully they're intact, I guess nothing I do right now will affect that though.

I guess it's time to try the reinstall then.
 

BetaKeja

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Yes I had the SSD installed during Window's installation and plugged the HDD in afterwards. I went through with the reinstallation though. It actually wasn't as bad as I'd feared, my files were all on the HDD and Chrome put back all of my bookmarks, history etc. once I signed in. The main thing I lost it seems were the Windows settings and I think I have them sorted out finally; there are also some programs that need to be reinstalled but I guess I can handle those as they come up.

After this scare though I'd like to set up a proper backup system/schedule.