black screen and cursor

ekam · 12 Nov 2015 at 14:59

Hey guys, basically ive got a pc running windows 7 64bit it was in the lounge i went to move it so i unplugged it and moved it, im not completely sure but the pc may have been in stand by mode when i unplugged the power etc.

So i then reconnected to a pc monitor it was hooked to a tv, and now when ever i turn the pc on it gives me two options run start up repair or start normally as windows did not load up properly. if i choose normal start up i get a black screen with the cursor i cannot do anything else. if i do start up repair it will eventually say it cannot fix the fault, i have tried the following to no avail any help would be appreciated as ive got a lot of uni work to be getting on with!!

so far i have:

-re seated ram and graphics card
-forced it to run in safe mode by going through command prompt at the start
up repair options
-looked through the bio settings for anything unusual

my specs are q9650, 8bg xms2 gtx 560ti 2gig 250gig hitachi hdd

ekam · 12 Nov 2015 at 15:02

teenwolf said:
if it is i would say a failed update.

its windows 7 any ideas on what i could do mate?

ekam · 12 Nov 2015 at 15:03

teenwolf said:
if it is i would say a failed update.
try boot up in safe mode, if that fails start up repair then system restore.

ive tried a system restore had two points to choose from chose the 31st of october and still does the same thing

ekam · 12 Nov 2015 at 15:14

HecFam said:
I think normally a black screen with blinking underscore is to do with the MBR. I would boot into a Windows and try automatic repair.

If that doesn't work, try the bootrec commands from the CMD inside the disk.

Bootrec.exe /fixboot
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd

hi thanks for the reply, it doesnt have a blinking underscore just a crsor which i can move should i try the bootrec.exe /fixboot comand?