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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: themeist on November 29, 2011, 01:05:38 PM

Title: Won't boot up. Starts but goes to a blank screen with blinking curser?
Post by: themeist on November 29, 2011, 01:05:38 PM

Hi.  I have a hp G62-225NR Notebook running windows 7.  I was browsing the internet as usual when the computer suddenly shut off and restarted itself, then not too long after it restarted itself it shut off again accept this time it only came to a blank screen with the blinking curser at the top.  I've tried troubleshooting online and I went to the BIO and restored default setup and did the hard drive and memory test which both passed.  I can't get to safe mode, or don't know properly how, and when I hit f11 for system recovery it just goes back to the blank screen with the blinking curser.  The computer was working just fine, it seems like there must be a fix for this.

Title: Re: Won't boot up. Starts but goes to a blank screen with blinking curser?
Post by: patio on November 29, 2011, 01:21:29 PM

For safemode you need to repeatedly tap F8 before the Win splash screen...one tap won't do it...
Let us know.

Title: Re: Won't boot up. Starts but goes to a blank screen with blinking curser?
Post by: crunyon4 on December 01, 2011, 07:49:03 PM

Mine is doing the exact same thing. Repeatively hitting F8 is doing nothing.

Title: Re: Won't boot up. Starts but goes to a blank screen with blinking curser?
Post by: Quantos on December 06, 2011, 04:04:12 AM

Quote from: crunyon4 on December 01, 2011, 07:49:03 PM

Mine is doing the exact same thing. Repeatively hitting F8 is doing nothing.

You need to start a new thread of your own - it's considered bad taste to hijack another thread.