Windows 7 startup problem

[aidanator]

Help!!! I've just installed windows 7 ultimate on my pc, all the setup went really nicely until the initial boot. All that happens is that the screen goes blank before windows can start up. All thats on the screen is a blinking cursor in the top left hand corner. I am really desperate!! can anyone help PLEASE?

 

[roban]

Check your bios and make sure your hard drive is listed as the first or second device in the boot menu. You may have your CD/DVD drive listed first.

 

[aidanator]

Yeah it is.. Maybe it's my graphics drivers?

 

[aidanator]

Also on the startup screen when it beeps, it says can't detect TPM device, any relevance?

 

[torrentg]

Remove any tv or 2nd monitor. Use only 1 monitor connected. Try to boot up now.

Do you hear any sounds ever, like Windows' startup sound? Does Windows Key+P do anything for you?

 

[torrentg]

Also on the startup screen when it beeps, it says can't detect TPM device, any relevance?

Don't think so, no. Anything is possible, but again, I don't think so.

 

[aidanator]

I started with only 1 monitor connected, using onboard graphics card too. I tried windows key + p but nothing seemed to happen. I dont hear any sounds except for the beep coming from the case when it starts. I also tried downloading graphics drivers for my card and installing them from disc, copied from another computer, but it wont even boot from disc Q_Q

 

[Andy D]

Will it boot into safe mode?

 

[aidanator]

I forgot the key to boot it into safe mode, what is it again?

 

[Tews]

its F8 I believe

 

[aidanator]

Is it tapping F8?? If so, that doesn't work.

 

[Andy D]

Keep pressing it after your bios screen, then you should get a menu to choose safe mode from.

 

[aidanator]

I tried, I was tapping it for a long time.. lol

 

[Andy D]

Boot the Windows 7 DVD, then after the language choice, choose “Repair my installation” in the bottom left corner the button.


Choose “Startup Repair”. This procedure will rewrite your boot sector and will replace the boot files.


If this doesn’t work, try to boot again but this time choose “Open command prompt” from the above menu then write Bootrec /RebuildBcd command

 

[aidanator]

It won't let me boot it from disc, It will let me select the option "boot from disc" but wont go through with the command, only back to the same blinking cursor

 

[Andy D]

Have you checked in your bios to see if your optical drive is listed before your HDD in the boot order?

 

[aidanator]

Yep I have, and STILL back to that infamous blinking cursor...

 

[Saltgrass]

Since I do not know what a TPM is, I have to ask if it is a Trusted Platform Module. If it is, would that be used in connection with an OEM install like a Dell?

If not, is it something that can be turned off in the Bios?

 

[Andy D]

Try looking in the bios for a TPM option that you can turn it off

 

[aidanator]

There is no TPM option that I can se...