If, after a full recovery there is no reason to suspect software.
HOWEVER THERE is the issue of USB things plugged in during restore or boot that can cause issues. Be sure there is nothing plugged in except the power.
As to the BATTERY, an old battery can cause troubles like this. Remove the battery and try again.
Good luck,
Bob
My son's Dell Inspiron laptop got a virus (we think) and it started freezing up on him and he would have to restart the computer. Finally after several times of doing this, he could no longer get into windows. It would hang at the windows screen with just a cursor. I have tried everything, including a full system recovery but I can't even get into windows thru safe mode of any kind. We also can't sign in as Administrator (either he forgot password or the virus is not allowing us to sign in.) So I've tried re-installing windows 7, I've tried F8, F12, I've researched this for days and made new discs for system recovery and it will get to a certain point and then just hang there again with the cursor and the blue background for windows. Sometimes it hangs at "setup." I hate to take this in and pay money for a restore if it's something I can do. I've restored his computer before but this time I just can't get to any of the recovery options. It seems like we are just locked out of everything. If we need to take it in I will but he also needs a new battery and his headphone jack is broken so not sure it's worth it at this point. If I can fix it myself that would be great. Any suggestions here would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.

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