Black screen a black, blank screen appears when restarting, with a flashing underscore cursor in the top left corner. after rebooting, the same problem occurs??? this has happened in the past, and seemed to resolve itself. HELP!

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Is your HDD LED flashing? -Try pressing F8 on startup to show the boot menu option of your OS if it is Windows. If it does appear use Safe Mode first. If not successful try re-installing your OS.

Posted on Sep 14, 2007

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