startup problems

Hey, im just having a problem with my computer. When I turn it on it will go through a couple of screens like its going to start up, but then it goes to a black screen with a blinking white cursor in the top left of the screen. Please help, I am not sure of what to do! Thank you

Hi everyone.. Thank you for having a look at this question... I have a Dell Studio laptop which has 4GB ram and a core 2 duo processor with a Windows 7 OS.. The problem with this laptop is that, I am not able to drag and drop icons on the desktop nor in the folders... Drag and Drop never...

One of our staff members is running Windows 7 on a laptop (with docking station) and uses a USB VGA dual monitor device. Upon start up, the second monitor does not register any images (it remains black). Power is clearly running to the monitor and it is turned on. Strange part is, if she...

Hello, I just bought components for a new computer and installed windows 7. However, I was only able to install Windows 7 while on the 8 bit HT Bus Width setting in BIOS. It would freeze on the 16bit or AUTO settings during install otherwise. But now with Windows 7 installed I can't change...

Hi after getting the BSOD death I tried several resolutions to address this as follows System Restore Recovery (without affecting files) Full Recovery reinstalling operationing system but losing the files. The full recovery went through ok but will not go through the start up procerss instead...

i've had some issues installing sp1 (7 ultimate, latest windows updates) via windows update when the installation fails on a few different error codes, but i have gotten it to install a few times. each time the installation finishes, i restart the computer when prompted and it goes through...

Any time I boot Windows 7 Professional on my laptop it does not start the first time. I get only a blinking cursor on black screen. I need to switch it off and re-boot it then it starts perfectly. It does that all the times. :frown: Any suggestion? Thank you

hi all.. I have a problem. the computer works and everythings fine. but I get annoying massage at the boot prosses in when I start my computer. Link Removed this is exactly my problem. I tried everything there! but couldn't be able to fix the problem. I noticed that my active partition is...

Hello .. I have a problem .. when i start my pc then download the selfølig all things normal. but just when I need to go one on your desk so the screen goes black but I can still see my mouse but no other things. it's pretty provocative .. but can I reset computer checkers on one or another way?

Hi everyone, I just got a new computer which is great except it keeps freezing on the Welcome screen when I start it up. Sometimes I just reboot and it'll work but sometimes I have to leave it for a few hours and come back and it'll work. Any ideas? My specs are: Gigabyte GA-P55-USCB3...

It wasnt used to be like this, and it only happened recently when I plugged in my ipod touch(which im sure isnt related at all). This would happen Link Removed due to 404 Error Dell dock would stop working (not responding), the bar down there cant be used at all. I can't right click on...

Hi, Lately i've been havinf BSOD's. It seems like it happens only on the first time the system has started. After a while (played some dvd with windows media player) I get a blue screen and the system reboots. After second starts I never had the same problem. I've added the dump file and my...

2 external Maxtor usb drives plugged in when booting I get this message "a disk error has occurred hit ctrl alt del" and the machine a dell xps9100 win 7 64bit will not boot. if I unplug the drives it boots no problem. if I plu either one in I get this message. I tried plugging the drives into...

I have an asus G50V refurb that was working fine fine for about a month, then the dvd drive started to mess up on me. The dvd drive only works about 1/3 of the time after rebooting now. The green light on the cd tray blinks during startup, but doesn't always actually open or read cds/dvds for...

One week ago, my machine spontaneously started misbehaving, after having no problems for more than a year and a half. I was using a MSI K9A2 Neo motherboard, AMD Phenom II X4 920 CPU, with a fairly beefy power supply and lots of ram. I am on Win7 Ultimate 64 bit. I have progressed through...

Cannot See Post/Boot Display Screens or BIOS Display Screens Never experienced Startup or video problems with this build but now there is no video display during POST or the BIOS screens. Once Windows7 starts, all video and sound is normal. (Also I have stopped hearing system beeps during...

Hey guys, first off here are my specs Motherboard - Gigabyte S-series GA-X48-DS4, Ultra Durable 2 RAM - 4 x Corsair 1024mb RAM Processor - Intel Core 2 Guad Processor Q9400 Video Card - Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX HDD - Western Digital 500gig Power Supply - 700 watts ,Model 700SEL, Fan Controlled...

Hi I am unable to boot (my Dell Studio 15 running Win 7) into Safe Mode using F8, however many times I try the PC still ignores my F8 presses and boots normally! On one of the threads there is a warning that if you are having trouble entering Safe Mode via the F8 method you should not use...

My personal Desktop computer [AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5800+, 4G o RAM, Windows 7 build 7600? (I'm not sure)] is experienceing an odd problem I've never encountered before. At the logo screen on startup, about where the balls of light touch... ...it freezes for a second, then reverts back to...

i have a new pavilion dv7t, and after trying to set up a dual boot system, it refuses to restart. i have 7 home prem. on the c drive, and wanted to put win 7 ultimate on the "a" drive. but after a couple of reboots, on the last reboot the computer gets to the initial prompt, and then just has a...