If you have a backup of your data or use cloud storage for everything, you have nothing to fear. Restoring the computer won't delete your personal files anyway. That's what reinstalling the OS does. That's why I recommend you restore the computer first and see if that helps. It will help 9 out of 10 times.
If the above method is not working for you, use the installation media disk that you may have created on a CD or pen drive. Check Microsoft's site on how to create an installation media.
Alternatively, you can visit your nearest support center. Here are two pieces of advice that can save you a lot of trouble in the future and they are both really simple.
One is to take backups. Even better if you move to the cloud because that way, you don't have to do it manually. The second is to create a restore point every time you are about to make major changes to your system.
One example could be before installing an app. I hope we were of help. If you found another way to fix the blinking cursor error in Windows 10, share it with us in the comments section below. Next up: OneDrive is a great cloud solution and one of its features is the ability to restore older versions of the files. Click on the link below to learn how to do just that. Apps won't open on Windows 11? Try out these troubleshooting tips to fix the apps not opening issue on Windows Slow Photoshop behavior may lead to unproductive hours throughout the day.
Here's how you can fix Photoshop lag on Windows. I did tried before to: 1. But one thing, the converted VM is actually running on Windows Server R2 and now if i am trying to repair using , will that work?
Please see below error message:. You might be right about the booting corrupted issue. Currently, the converted VM is on. I tried to attach the vhdk disk file to Gen 1 Hyper V, but as mentioned above, it is not able to boot.
I only see blinking cursor with black screen. Windows 10 Pro Hyper v Enhanced Session greyed out. NAT virtual switch on OS - hyperv. Virtual switch on network bridge. How to access Guest PC folder from Host? Skip to main content. Find threads, tags, and users So while I agree with the above, if you're lucky it might only be a cable, and 28 seconds to eliminate. Reset BIOS to defaults? Make sure SATA emulation is set appropriately I second philip's stategy.
Boot without the hard drive. If it posts and stays up then you can get into the bios and it is most likely either a configuration problem in bios or the hard drive. If it black screens with the blinking cursor again than it is most likely a memory module.
In this case leave the hard drive out and one memory stick in and try to boot to post again. Do it with each memory card until you find the culprit.
Forgot to mention all the other troubleshooting I had done. I have run SpinRite in Recovery and Maintenance modes with no errors. I have run Memtest with no errors. The hard drive is readable via external USB HDD dock so I can recover data, but the knuckleheads did not make a recovery disk - thank you very much Dell - and so they have no way to reinstall the OS. No beeps. Just a white blinking cursor on a black screen.
TierneyColo is an IT service provider. Dell likely put a small partition on the disk which provides configuration for the system. You may be able to download and set up boot disk with drive recovery tool, boot to this, and take a look at partitions setup. Update: It appears the PC was infected by the rootkit. I am attempting removal now, but googling instructions is rather fruitless. Customer is purchasing a restore disk and I, if unsuccessful in virus removal, will rescue as much data as possible.
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