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    Windows 7 Black screen with cursor dispay driver issue

    When I boot up my laptop (Compaq Presario CQ61) I get the windows logo but then it goes to a black screen with the cursor. I've been into safe mode and unistalled the display drivers which allowed me to boot the laptop normally but then when I allowed the drivers to be reinstalled the problem...
    • Gily1
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    • black screen compaq cursor issue diagnostic checks display driver laptop boot safe mode startup repair uninstall drivers
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Can't boot from DVD

    I just now installed Windows 7 on my laptop. I now want to boot from an Ubuntu live CD so I can create a bootable thumbdrive. I need functionality I can only get if I boot directly from the CD (rather than from an ISO on my hard drive, say). But it won't let me boot from the DVD. When I try...
    • mousethief
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    • bios settings boot issues boot order dvd boot laptop boot live environment repair utility thumbdrive ubuntu live cd windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Power on delay

    this is what I did, my new laptop came with 2gb of memory, so I added a new 2gb module to bring the memory up to the maximum allowed for this model of 4gb. The system recognizes the new memory and shows a total of 4gb, and I did a memory diagnosis and that checked out ok. The problem is...
    • tascott
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    • 4gb memory ac power battery issue diagnostics hardware problem hp support laptop boot memory upgrade power delay system restore
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 w7 cant boot after removed "system reserved" partiton..

    hi i have a laptop with windows 7 and it worked great until today, i saw a article about removing system reserved partition, so i removed it by booting with win7 installation dvd but after that my laptop wouldnt boot, it only shows "operating system was not found" and i tried this way...
    • fly790420
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    • boot issue boot sector data recovery error messages important data installation dvd laptop boot mbr restore operating system partition removal system reserved troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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