OrionStang Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Turned on my laptop and instead of starting up, I get a black screen with the arrow cursor. I pulled power to restart it and I get a message saying my computer cannot start Windows, with an option to try again or auto repair. After running auto repair, the message says my computer cannot be auto repaired and it goes back to the black screen with cursor. I can't do anything on the black screen except move the arrow around. Should I restart and try safe mode? HELP!! SMD Super Seller My Feedback Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Go into the bios (F2 i believe) and boot from a different mode like safe. Edit: Get beaker in here lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 does it say anything about no bootable device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 unplug your usb drives THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrionStang Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Haven't used the usb for anything in weeks What dies system restore do? SMD Super Seller My Feedback Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillaCam Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 It reinstalls windows back to factory (it will be like it was just out of the box). You will lose any info that you don't have backed up though. And the fact more than one person agrees does not make it a circle jerk, it makes it a bukkake scene and you're in the middle Chick took 3 shots of Jager, and then, pissed in my mouth.. B5 Passat Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I had an issue like this, turned out the boot strap was pointing to a second hard drive instead of where windows was installed. You can usually hit F8 to load the boot menu and make sure it is booting from the right hard drive. Of course, it depends on the motherboard on what button the boot menu is. I'm not referring to windows boot menu either. I'm talking about the bios boot menu. and not the cmos setup either. Rest in peace, walled 87 accord build log 03' Corolla build with AA Mayhem inside. My super random youtube channel and terrible camera work. Wiring comparison by CaptainzPlanetz Wire and fuse guide by Guest SyKo13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrionStang Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Nothings backed up. Damn. Is there a way to recover what's on this hard drive, like on a new computer or someting? SMD Super Seller My Feedback Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 system restore through windows just uses a premade backup when you did X. like uninstall itunes or something. it will make a backup before you do that, in case something goes wrong. so when you pick that restore point, all the files changed/made from then til today, will be deleted or reverted back to a previous state. i've never heard of system restore restoring it completely back to factory. if the computer has a partition on the hard drive from factory, that allows you to restore the OS back to "out of the box". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Nothings backed up. Damn. Is there a way to recover what's on this hard drive, like on a new computer or someting? You can plug it into another computer, if it's a Sata drive you should be able to just plug it into another computer without restarting and access it. Then you can copy your stuff off. edit: if the computer is running win 7 that is Rest in peace, walled 87 accord build log 03' Corolla build with AA Mayhem inside. My super random youtube channel and terrible camera work. Wiring comparison by CaptainzPlanetz Wire and fuse guide by Guest SyKo13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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