Will Not Boot

Necrolic · 05-13-2009, 02:46 PM

First of all I am running Vista 32-bit OEM.

I installed an update earlier (IE8, Office 2007 SP2, 3 other small things) and rebooted. It rebooted fine and I clicked my User account and it began to load. As it was loading desktop the wrong circuit breaker was switched off and my PC was shut down.

I booted up again, but this time I didn't get to the User menu. At the point where the Vista logo usually pops up just before you get to the User screen I just get a black screen and cursor. I can move the cursor but no matter how long I leave it it will not load.

I've tried launching in Safe Mode, same thing. I tried booting from the DVD. I got to the same point but instead of a black screen I got the default Vista desktop design, but still nothing but that and the cursor.

So essentially I can't boot, period. Help me!

EDIT: I tried the DVD again and got it going, clicked Repair but am currently frozen at the select your OS screen. Will update.

EDIT 2: Got past it, checked for startup issues and got nothing, running a memory check now then will do a system restore.

**manic** · 05-13-2009, 06:55 PM

Go into bios and make sure everything is ok. When the power dumped
it may have set bios to defaults. Defaults often times do not mix
with your configuration. For example it may be trying to boot to a raid
array, when you are not running one. Would be the first thing I would
check.
Or install may have got whacked, or other hardware damage may have
occured...

05-13-2009, 02:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Necrolic Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Vista	Will Not Boot First of all I am running Vista 32-bit OEM. I installed an update earlier (IE8, Office 2007 SP2, 3 other small things) and rebooted. It rebooted fine and I clicked my User account and it began to load. As it was loading desktop the wrong circuit breaker was switched off and my PC was shut down. I booted up again, but this time I didn't get to the User menu. At the point where the Vista logo usually pops up just before you get to the User screen I just get a black screen and cursor. I can move the cursor but no matter how long I leave it it will not load. I've tried launching in Safe Mode, same thing. I tried booting from the DVD. I got to the same point but instead of a black screen I got the default Vista desktop design, but still nothing but that and the cursor. So essentially I can't boot, period. Help me! EDIT: I tried the DVD again and got it going, clicked Repair but am currently frozen at the select your OS screen. Will update. EDIT 2: Got past it, checked for startup issues and got nothing, running a memory check now then will do a system restore. Last edited by Necrolic; 05-13-2009 at 03:09 PM.

05-13-2009, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,244 OS: xp	Re: Will Not Boot Go into bios and make sure everything is ok. When the power dumped it may have set bios to defaults. Defaults often times do not mix with your configuration. For example it may be trying to boot to a raid array, when you are not running one. Would be the first thing I would check. Or install may have got whacked, or other hardware damage may have occured... __________________