Re: problems with startup

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It sounds like you are experiencing random freezes when your first boot. You do not describe BSODs.
Regardless of OS, even Vista, if your hard drive is failing you may see this kind of behavior so run a software test of the hard drive.
If I understand your post after the machine is on for ten minutes it works: either enough heat has to be generated to expand something that may be intermittently shorting or a mechanical device (?hard drive) has to spin enough to overcome problems. Look inside your case to see if anything is loose or not seated correctly; with laptops make sure nothing has loosened holding the hard drive or optical drive.

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