C chitown New Member Joined Dec 23, 2009 Messages 2 Dec 23, 2009 Thread Author #1 I have been trying to do a clean install all day for windows 7 and I get to the point where it is formatting registry files and then it goes to a blank screen with a blinking cursor and Im stuck please help.
I have been trying to do a clean install all day for windows 7 and I get to the point where it is formatting registry files and then it goes to a blank screen with a blinking cursor and Im stuck please help.
M Mitchell_A Former Moderator Joined Feb 7, 2009 Messages 4,984 Dec 23, 2009 #2 Hello, and Welcome to the Windows 7 Forums. Could you post your system specifications here please?
reghakr Essential Member Joined Jan 26, 2009 Messages 14,186 Dec 23, 2009 #3 Can you hit Alt-Ctl-Del to bring up Task Manager? If so, choose New > task and type explorer.exe in the box,.
Can you hit Alt-Ctl-Del to bring up Task Manager? If so, choose New > task and type explorer.exe in the box,.
M Mitchell_A Former Moderator Joined Feb 7, 2009 Messages 4,984 Dec 23, 2009 #4 I doubt he can as I think the cursor he's talking about is a MS-DOS cursor.
reghakr Essential Member Joined Jan 26, 2009 Messages 14,186 Dec 23, 2009 #5 Of course it is, Windows hasn't fully loaded.