Black screen with blinking cursor ?


  1. RickyF
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
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    Black screen with blinking cursor ?


    I have windows 7 Home premium 32bit. Just downloaded Adobe Flash CS3 Pro and screen went blank with cursor flashing in upper left. Have run repair disk, but nothing. I did notice that my boot drive letter changed to (X:) ?? It's always been Q since I 've had the machine.

    I have original Windows 7 disk and have run all the repairs but nothing.

    any other suggestions ?


    Thanx, R Fulton
    Last edited by RickyF; 16 Nov 2010 at 23:19. Reason: smiley faces
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  3. yowanvista
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    Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch Linux
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    and screen went blank with cursor flashing in upper left
    This suggest that its related to your display drivers, go to the manufacturer's website and download the latest version
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  4. tezlewis
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
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    Flashing cursor means its detecting boot devices such as CD and HDD drives, No point looking into drivers as a bootable drive hasnt been found at this point.

    Do you have external hdd or a cd in the drive? Also unplug ANY usb devices and reboot.
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  6. Fast4u
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Just found a solution for this problem


    I was experimenting same problem and i found a solution, just booted from a hiren's boot CD old version and i just choosen the option of booting from my raid arry with Windows7 and magicaly I finaly booted to my Windows7 OS. No Blinking White cursor anymore!!! I hope it will work for you!

    My version of the boot CD: Hirens Boot CD 11.1
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