I've read through hundreds of other black screen threads but i still cant get mine resolved.
It's a 5-yr old Sony Vaio laptop running win 7 home premium 64. I tried to install an updated driver for the sound card because it stopped working. After the driver update I restarted and got the meesage to either run startup repair or run windows normally. Neither of these options work they both take you to the black screen and cursor. I have also tried all of the options in the advanced menu(safe mode, lkgc etc) and get the same result.
I also have tried ctrl-alt-del while in the black screen. It does nothing. I did a hdd test and mem test, both passed. I booted ubuntu off a live cd with no issues. I was able to browse the hdd and see all the windows files.
I also tried running a repair installation from the win 7 dvd but it also takes you to the black screen with cursor.
I really don't want to do a wipe and re-install. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks
It's a 5-yr old Sony Vaio laptop running win 7 home premium 64. I tried to install an updated driver for the sound card because it stopped working. After the driver update I restarted and got the meesage to either run startup repair or run windows normally. Neither of these options work they both take you to the black screen and cursor. I have also tried all of the options in the advanced menu(safe mode, lkgc etc) and get the same result.
I also have tried ctrl-alt-del while in the black screen. It does nothing. I did a hdd test and mem test, both passed. I booted ubuntu off a live cd with no issues. I was able to browse the hdd and see all the windows files.
I also tried running a repair installation from the win 7 dvd but it also takes you to the black screen with cursor.
I really don't want to do a wipe and re-install. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks
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