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Black screen with mouse cursor. (No task manager or safe mode)
Hello! Thanks for helping:
So I built my computer two years ago and it has been running strong ever since. I went to Vegas for three days and came back and it seems like this happened out of no where.
Windows boots up just fine, but then instead of a login screen, I get that black screen. I have googled it and most people are able to CTRL+ALT+DELETE and stuff like that; I cannot even do that.
I have tried running in safe mode, same deal. I have tried in low-resolution mode, same deal.
What is weird is that I can dual boot into Linux (I installed Ubuntu a while ago) just fine, in fact, I am posting through Linux on this very computer.
I have tried to use Windows 7's system repair that is through the computer, or whatever, no cigar. and my last restore point was in 2011, I would rather not resort to that.
Here are my system specs:
Motherboard: MB ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 LGA1366 R
Graphics Card: VGA GIGABYTE|GV-R685D5-1GD R
Power Supply: PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-750TX 750W RT
CPU: CPU INTEL|CORE I7 950 3.06G 45N R
My Windows booted harddrive: SSD 64G|ADATA AS596TB-64GM-C R
All my other files+Linux boot harddrive: HD 1T|SAMSUNG HD103SJ 32M 7K %
Memory: MEM 2Gx3|PATRIOT PV736G1600ELK R
I remember doing an Avira Scan, and a Spybot Search and Destroy Scan like a week or two ago, but I swear I have rebooted since then, of course, so I do not think it is that.
I am worried that it is my graphics card, but then why would Linux work? Perhaps it is the graphics drivers, then? Is there a way I could update/reinstall my graphics drivers onto my Windows 7 harddrive through Linux? (I am quite a big noob when it comes to Linux, I have it so I can use terminal and use some programs through my university.)
I cannot even do a restore point because it says I do not have enough space, which I think I do...I am completely stuck now.
Right now I am trying to download a repair disk (seeing as how all my Windows 7 disks seem to say that it is a different version than my Windows). I am going to try and do a sfc /scannow on this bootable DVD. I am unable to do it on the hard disk recovery option (F8 on boot) because it says there is a repair "pending". I will also try to do a simple repair via disk.
I have been looking on these forums for the same type of problem for a while now, but the solutions do not seem to work. I have already tried doing the on hard drive disk repair three times in a row.