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  1. darklink986

    BLACK SCREEN WHITE CURSOR

    Ok, so here I am again! Something new happened, now the pc won't stop at the black screen with the cursor when I boot from the HDD, it would go to the error screen: "Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your windows...
  2. darklink986

    BLACK SCREEN WHITE CURSOR

    Well, I tried it already and it says that I has problems that can be repair, and it won't repair them because is not a Seagate HDD (I read that problem before, the scan it no repair it :/ ) ... that's why I'm trying FJDT app... I'll let you know with the link you sent me. Thanx!!!
  3. darklink986

    BLACK SCREEN WHITE CURSOR

    Ok, @Liney: as I said before, sadly I cannot boot any cd, I tried using my Win7 DVD, but it "loads" windows files, and after that it just stays at the black screen with the cursor, I already tried my gateway recovery disk and it happened the same thing :( . @BadBigBen: Well, that's why I've...
  4. darklink986

    BLACK SCREEN WHITE CURSOR

    Well, the problem is that my gateway HHD crashed 6 months ago, so I bought this new Toshiba HardDrive and I upgraded Vista to Win7. My laptop is a Gateway p705u FX, the recovery disk will upload Vista. I tried with the Win7 Recovery Disk and the Win7 DVD installation Disk, and it would be the...
  5. darklink986

    BLACK SCREEN WHITE CURSOR

    @Linney: I rarely use my battery, I have it plugged to the wall without the battery, so it wouldn't overcharge, but I already tried and I doesn't make a difference. But thanx. @Tlcscousin: Yes, I booted it without any usb plugged. Well, I got F8 "safe boot" running but it didn't pass some...
  6. darklink986

    BLACK SCREEN WHITE CURSOR

    Thank you Vacunita! I already downloaded two Linux applications, one is Knoppix Live CD and in another flash drive System Rescue CD, which I´ve heard are good on this situations. I'm going to try and then hopefully can do the diagnosis! I'll keep you posted. Thanx a lot!
  7. darklink986

    BLACK SCREEN WHITE CURSOR

    Black screen with cursor? Hello, I have a Gateway laptop, with 300 Gb on HDD and 4 Gb on ram, with Win7 x64. I stop using it for about a week that I was traveling. I installed an usb internet modem, watched some emails and turned it off. Next day I turned it on, and walk away, when I came back...
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