System halts briefly—seconds to minutes—after restarting or powering on.
System halts briefly—seconds to minutes—after restarting or powering on.
You haven’t used your PC in a while and recently turned it on, but once you try to start it, the display freezes unexpectedly. You can still move the cursor, which suggests the issue isn’t with basic functionality. You've checked tutorials and tried recovery options except for resetting, yet the problem persists. It seems the freeze happens specifically on the recovery screen. Since you don’t want a full factory reset or a new drive, consider using a bootable USB to restore from a known good system or follow advanced troubleshooting steps.