Windows will not start Monday, May 25, 2009 at 9:58 am Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Aidan Jenkins (34 messages posted) Hello, my dad uses Windows Vista which worked fine up until recently when it will not start. When it starts up, the screen goes black and just shows a cursor and then all hard drive activity stops. The same thing happens when I try to load up the repair environment. I also tried using the Windows Vista setup, Windows 7 setup and Windows PE discs all of which go to the black screen with only a white cursor, unless the hard drive is not inserted. When the hard drive is not inserted, the discs load up fine. Because of this I am unable to attempt a system restore or anything similar, anyone have any ideas? Responses to this message: re: Windows will not start (rocannon: Monday, May 25, 2009 at 1:49 pm) re: Windows will not start (mikey: Monday, May 25, 2009 at 1:50 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Windows will not start (Aidan Jenkins: Mon, May 25, 2009, 9:58 am) re: Windows will not start (rocannon: Mon, May 25, 2009, 1:49 pm) re: Windows will not start (Aidan Jenkins: Mon, May 25, 2009, 4:52 pm) re: Windows will not start (Ricer46: Mon, May 25, 2009, 4:54 pm) re: Windows will not start (mikey: Mon, May 25, 2009, 1:50 pm) re: Windows will not start (Charlie Hadden: Tue, May 26, 2009, 5:21 am) re: Windows will not start (Charlie Hadden: Tue, May 26, 2009, 6:27 am) re: Windows will not start (Aidan Jenkins: Tue, May 26, 2009, 6:57 am) re: Windows will not start-same problem (Nick: Wed, May 27, 2009, 3:03 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum