My Comoaq presario SR5605F has a black screen with the cursor intact. It happened right after I did a system restore. Can u give me a solution ?

You may need to reload. Be sure to back up your data first. If the machine won't boot, and you have important files on it, you could purchase a USB Hard Drive Adaptor, pull out the hard drive, and copy any important files to another machine. Good luck.

Remove ALL media DVD,DC,USB, Unplug, remove battery, plug in, reboot to restore/recovery OR safe mode. Post results. Have you done ANY updates? Any damage? Fan spins? LED's Blink? White cursor in the top left of black screen?

open f10 go to diagnostics 10008 bios code means the hard drive is fried new one for cq 60 160gb hard drive 90 dollars but might as well upgrade 500gb only 115 i would think the cq 56 should be about the same price

Windows is not starting. Try to start in safe mode and if you can, do a system restore back to when it was working.
If you can't do this, then you'll need to insert the system disk and boot from it and choose the option to repair your computer.
I suspect that you have corrupt Windows files or a corrupt registry. Repairing it with the system disk should solve the problem. Either that, or you will have to do a reinstallation.

Hi there,

What do you see on your screen? is it black with a blinking cursor?
Then it is a Black screen error. Which is the operating system in your computer?

Click the link to know more about this and to resolve this issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314503

Hope this helps.

try restoring this unit to an earlier time
in restore function is a calandar check which things were updated last time

go to start
all programs
accessories
system tools
restore

heres the restore function

Under present circumstances you shall first try to boot through last good known configuration. If that is not working then you shall get a disk of operating system and boot through that particular CD and try the repair option if you need the full proceedure then kindly do let me know the operating system which you are using at present.

May be the driver was bad. Perform a Sytem Restore. Hit F8 once you see the bios screen. Go into Safe Mode. Open System Restore
Start->programs->accessories->system tools->system restore.
Choose a restore point before the update. Proceed and the system will be restored. If not write in your comments

try to reseat your ram, pci modem or video card..

* format the entire hard disk and reinstall os

Give this utility a try. It is meant for tweaking screen settings to the max. It takes a bit to get used to everything it can do, but it should give you all the flexibility to move the screen around to display perfectly to work around the damaged portion of your screen. http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/powerstrip.html