Vista only boots in safe mode black screen

Safe mode will give me a cursor and a screen saver after awhile. I really don't want to reload everything over again. Any thoughts? Also how do I do a backup if I can't boot into the system? Will an "InPlace Install" upgrade work"? Helpless in Rochester. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse.

Details required :. Cancel Submit. You can do a Startup Repair, System Restore, etc with it. You can do a Startup Repair, System Restore, etc from it. It is not a reinstall disk. Mick Murphy - Microsoft Partner. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on July 31, Mick, Thanks for this help.

Any F8 doesn't work, no restore points or access. Thanks loads for your help!! In reply to Exit39's post on July 31, All Windows 7 questions should be directed there. I have a Dell Dimension Intel dual-core 2. A month after using the sytem Outlook reported 'Unbale to display the folder' when attempting to view the calendar. After a reboot chkdsk ran automatically, finding numerous errors and deleting orphans.

After that operation completed I am now unable to boot into Windows Vista Home Edition at all, even safe mode. Every time the BIOS loads, the 'Microsoft Corporation' screen with the green progress bar is displayed and following that a black screen with only the mouse pointer is displayed. I have tried all of the following: 1 Safe modes all 2 Last Known Good Configuration 3 System restore to before the incident 4 Vista System System Repair including Startup Repair which reports no problems 5 Boot logging - Every time the last driver to load is the crcdisk.

I can still expore the drive from the command prompt after booting using the Vista DVD and the data is all still there. Ideally I would like to get Vista running again , back up all the data, reinstall Windows XP and forget about the troublesome Vista for another year.

Many other people seem to have similar problems, especially with laptops but I have spent many hours on this already and don't seem any closer to the answer.

Join our community to see this answer! Unlock 5 Answers and 9 Comments. Well,turns out the Boyfriend was thinking about doing the same update Just playin had suggested. Although I havent had much of a problem since I unchecked that windows event log. It has only done the black screen once in the last 2 hours. So, that didnt completely fix the problem but it did seem to help. Tyvm for all of the advice, I guess I'll let you know if I ever get it fixed.

I'm noticing a trend with the laptops that have W7 on them. I've had the same issue several times with my own laptop. Seems to me that it's a sleep mode issue. Something is buggy with power management in W7, as I've had this happen about three times already. I've also had issues adjusting screen brightness. See if the fix I mentioned doesn't do the trick. This is the only thing that has worked Thank you.. You must log in or sign up to reply here.

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