windows 7 - A black screen with only the mouse cursor while booting
2014-01
akb.zak
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How do I make Windows 7 boot further than a blank screen with only a mouse cursor?
Once i tried to re-install Windows 7. I formatted C drive, during installation system was hanged during the step "installing updates". then i cancelled the process. When i tried again, after booting from CD a black screen with a mouse pointer appears. No further progress. The mouse pointer can be moved. I tried with some other disks also. I tried with installing ubuntu also. Even though similar condition.plz help...........
I cannot install an OS
ntk
In the similar situation I have to make clean install after 1 week fight. You can tray to press "windows button +P" to check if the OS is working behind the black screen. I even tried to replace the file that is executed when you press "windows button + P" with explorer.exe but without success. So my opinion is - start with clean install. Before that copy or rename "users" directory, so you can later copy your profile on the new system.
Bibo
I have a problem with booting from a USB flash drive. I have Acer TimelineX 3820TG. I have Windows 7 Home from Acer and I installed Mandriva OS from USB(from USB because this Acer doen't have a DVD drive). It was OK, but I want reinstall Windows 7 and so I did. Now I have Windows 7 Professional and it wrote over Mandriva's GRUB.
It wasn't a big problem. For a while I was just using Windows 7 but now I am thinking that I need some OS with Linux and I am thinking about Ubuntu. But when I tried to boot from USB with Ubuntu I get a black screen with a blinking cursor after the BIOS POST.
I was trying many applications to create a bootable USB drive and many versions of Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions), but nothing worked. I tried to Google for answers but I found many problems where all booting goes to black screen but in my problem Windows 7 boots fine from disc but from USB doesn't work.
Can anyone help me?
Nathaniel Bannister
Just to make sure I'm getting the right question:
- Your computer is an Acer TimelineX 3820TG, which as a mobility unit has no optical drive
- The computer shipped with Windows 7 Home Premium
- You wiped it with Mandriva which you installed sucessfully via USB
- You decided you didn't like Mandriva and reformatted the computer with Windows 7 Professional, also from a USB Key
- You decided that you'd like to dual boot with Ubuntu/
- However after multiple attempts to create a USB Install disk, including using the Universal USB Installer, you can't get the machine to go past the blinking cursor
It sounds like your flash drive may be the issue here and it may need to be re-paritioned.
Did you try checking the Erase flash drive box in the U-USB Installer?