shootist
12-09-2009 09:39 AM (826 days ago)
I have a 1 week old HP Pavillion with factory installed Windows 7. Has worked fine until this morning. I have a black screen with a blinking cursor.
PC_Tester
12-09-2009 10:40 AM (826 days ago)
What is your system model?
Remove your external HDD (thumbdrives, mp3 players, hdd usb or 1394), media in your card reader, media in your aio printers
CherylG
12-09-2009 12:31 PM (826 days ago)
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Remove any CDs, DVDs, or memory cards from the computer.
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Disconnect all devices from the computer except the original mouse, monitor, and keyboard. Leave the power cord connected.
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Restart the computer.
If it starts normally, start plugging devices in one at a time until you find one that may be causing the black screen
If this doesn't resolve it, follow the procedure below.
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Press the F10 key repeatedly during the first startup screen until the Entering setup message displays.
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Press the F5 key to restore the defaults. Use the arrow keys to select YES , and press Enter .
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Press the F10 key to save the changes and exit. Use the arrow keys to select YES , and press Enter .
The computer restarts.
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If a Windows Error Recovery screen displays when the system restarts, select Start Windows Normally , and press Enter .
ryleej3
12-10-2009 12:19 AM (825 days ago)
Try these steps.
Restart your PC and press F8 durring the startup. When you get options chose Safe Mode.
Click Start, click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then, under System, click Device Manager.
In the list of hardware categories, expand the Display adapters category.
Right click on your display adapter and click Disable.
Restart the PC normally. See if you can now get to your desktop. If that works you are working with a video issue. If not there are other steps you can try.
miaskin
12-22-2010 02:06 AM (448 days ago)
Hi,
I tried restoring the deafults in BIOS - that didn't help. I still get a blinking cursor after HP logo at startup.
Before the problem started I was copying and uninstalling lots of software, if that should help figuring out....
Thanks for your help!
Alex
TheOldMan
12-22-2010 04:30 AM (448 days ago)
The blinking cursor in the top left means that the bootmanger has lost where Windows is installed. Probably because of the uninstalling of software. From that info, the computer could be returned to normal by pressing the key indicated on the blue splash screen to enter "Recovery" , usually ( F11) on newer computers. Check your screen when the first splash screen shows.
If the desire to fix the problem without going quite that far, try this:
http://download.cnet.com/EasyBCD/3000-2094_4-10556865.htmlIt will look to see what is wrong and offer to fix it, assuming the OS is not totally hosed.
mawkwill
12-23-2010 12:03 PM (447 days ago)
This information was extemely acurate but whats next to get my video settings back to working in normal condition?
Hanspuppa
12-23-2010 12:39 PM (447 days ago)
Hello mawkwill, Can you advise if the system is booting into the Desktop and otherwise working as it should except for the video settings?
If so, just place your cursor anywhere on a blank part of the desktop, not on an icon, and right click.
Then a menu should appear that offers Screen Resolutons, Personalize, and other options.
We really need to know which video settings you are referring to in order to point you to the proper menu.
starg8
03-27-2011 12:05 PM (353 days ago)
I can't believe this was so easy. I am still suspisious that I have a boot sector virus so I'm scanning with Norton 360.
Hanspuppa
03-27-2011 12:16 PM (353 days ago)
starg8 wrote: I can't believe this was so easy. I am still suspisious that I have a boot sector virus so I'm scanning with Norton 360.
Hello starg8, Brain surgery is easy when you know how to perform it.....:smileyhappy:..... Just ask any Brain Surgeon.
But seriously, I would not be too concerned about any boot sector viruses, since there have not been any of these in a while and the newer anti-virus programs pickup on these quite well.
I would think, as
TheOldMan suggested, the bootmgr may have just gotten confused as we all seem to do at times.
jack609
05-12-2011 06:36 AM (307 days ago)
Just experienced the sam problem after installaing a critical windows update and a graphics dirver update. It took numerous attempts of turning the computer off and then tapping the F11 key to have the system recovery screen boot. System recovery unsuccessful at first then tried system repair and the unit re-booted just fine.
mancy_techno
06-16-2011 12:08 AM (272 days ago)
Hi,
I fixed this issue, I too had the same problem. Here is how I did it.
1) Reboot and press F8
2) Select "Repair my computer"
3) Select the keyboard layout and lanugage
4) When you reach system recovery tools, select System restore.
5) Select the restore point when it was working fine and restart the computer.
That's it....
If you do not have the system restore points, try startup repair.
talker60
10-12-2011 10:29 AM (154 days ago)
H ELP; I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THIS FORUM.NOTHING WORKS.
I TURNED MY DELL DESKTOP OFF AND NOW THE SCREEN IS BLACK WITH A BLINKING CURSOR.IT STARTS TO BOOT BUT AFTER THAT THE WINDOW XP LOGO NEVER COMES UP.I NEED TO GET IN THIS COMPUTER.I CAN'T GET TO SAFE MODE AND I UNPLUGGED EVERYTHING FROM THE COMPUTER.PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET MY SCREEN BACK. I TRIED ANOTHER MONITOR BUT THE SAME PROBLEM.HELP ASAP
toro3
10-25-2011 11:10 AM (141 days ago)
Hi guys ,I am having the same issue here Hpe Pavilion just boots up to hp screen but than just blinking cursor It may be something to do with windows boot sector I have disconect the HD and system asks for a boot options ,than I plug in the HD and just blinking cursur anybidy has a solution for this I have a lot files there that I do not want to lose any comments will apreciate thanks...
Hanspuppa
10-25-2011 01:53 PM (141 days ago)
toro3 wrote: Hi guys ,I am having the same issue here Hpe Pavilion just boots up to hp screen but than just blinking cursor It may be something to do with windows boot sector I have disconect the HD and system asks for a boot options ,than I plug in the HD and just blinking cursur anybidy has a solution for this I have a lot files there that I do not want to lose any comments will apreciate thanks...
Hello toro3, There could be several reasons for this to occur. Usually, the operating system gets corrupted and Windows cannot load the needed files to get to the desktop.
The Master Boot Record (MBR) can also become corrupted and as
TheOldMan suggested, Windows gets confused as to where the operating system is installed.
If you have a Windows Vista or Windows 7 disk, you may be able to boot to this disk and select to repair Startup problems.
If the MBR had become corrupted, and certain other corruption has occured, many times the repair can be successfully accomplished.
toro3
10-25-2011 05:03 PM (141 days ago)
Hi guys thanks for the replay ,I use the windows 7 recovery disc and fixt the boot sector with Bootrec.exe. problem fix thanks..
hudsongamer1
02-23-2012 10:06 AM (20 days ago)
these steps did not work, however, i have just a blinking cursor, by continually pressing F10 i get the BIOS screen it asks if i want to save and exit , i did and back to black i go. :(
cpu was working this morning just decided it needed a restart after a couple of days of being "ON"
CraigMak
02-25-2012 11:40 PM (18 days ago)
My HP Pavilion DV6 is doing this with windows 7. It just goes to a blinking cursor at the top left. If i try to go into system repair it just goes to the blinking cursor. I run system diagnostics and every test I run passes with flying colors. I boot from the recovery disc and run system restore. I have ran system restore to several different restore points only to have the computer restart to the black screen with blinking cursor at the top left still.
ALL tests pass, system restore does not help, restore disc does not help. The problem persists.
The computer is not even very old!
TheOldMan
02-26-2012 01:06 PM (17 days ago)
canuck169
03-13-2012 11:18 AM (1 days ago)
Changed video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE 545. Updated video drivers. 285.62 BLACK SCREEN.
Updated driver to 295.73. Same result. 1. MBR repair / replace 3 times. NO JOY. 2. Defrag 6 timesNO JOY
3. Clean Registry NO JOY. 4. Anti Virus NO JOY . Insert Window 7 disk. Repair 5 times. "Nothing to Repair"
Found a video driver 280.26. Did a clean install. Had to install twice to get it right. This took five days to do.
I now have no errors of any kind. It is the driver not Windows. Not your registry etc.
TheOldMan
03-13-2012 11:45 AM (1 days ago)
I have not seen a bad video driver cause the "blinking cursor upper left". It could result in a balck screen however. I think canuck169 got the discussion topic confused.
CraigMak
03-13-2012 09:53 PM (1 days ago)
I fixed the problem! This problem is caused by a corrupted Master Boot Record. Basically this means that your computer no longer knows where Windows is installed. To fix the problem boot up your computer from the recovery disc. Then get to DOS also knowns as your command prompt. Once you are there simply type in"
Bootrec.exe/fixmbr
DONE!! This will replace your damaged master boot record with a working one from the recovery disc.
ENJOY!!!