This issue has been going on for weeks now. Hopefully someone here can help me!
System Specs:
Motherboard: H55M-LE
CPU: Intel i7-870 @ 2.93GHz
GPU: GTX 750Ti
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 667Mz
tl;dr at the end
I've been unable to use my computer because it boots to a black screen with a flashing underscore. Windows 10 has, for a few days, been giving me warnings about Hard Drive failure, so I thought I would go and buy a replacement at the weekend. The Hard Drive died before I could replace it, and every time I tried to boot Windows 10 it came to the black screen with the blinking underscore. I tried doing a fresh install of Windows 10 off of USB, and every time I booted it came to a blank blue screen which it never progressed past. So I loaded a DVD copy of Windows 10 (The DVD was scratched, and I'm about 80% sure that's why it didn't work), it started working but froze at 74% every single time (I must have tried at least 10 times).
I bought a new Hard Drive to replace the old one, and attempted a Windows installation via DVD. It kept pausing at 74%, which sucked. I took out the Hard Drive and put it in another computer, attempted to install Windows off a USB, it got to 100% and I was able to use it as a working computer. Great! So I take the Hard Drive, put it back into the original computer, and boot from it. Nothing, just a black screen with a flashing underscore. I disconnected the other drives and USB devices, still nothing.
tl;dr Windows boots to black screen with flashing underscore, replacing the Hard Drive did nothing.
System Specs:
Motherboard: H55M-LE
CPU: Intel i7-870 @ 2.93GHz
GPU: GTX 750Ti
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 667Mz
tl;dr at the end
I've been unable to use my computer because it boots to a black screen with a flashing underscore. Windows 10 has, for a few days, been giving me warnings about Hard Drive failure, so I thought I would go and buy a replacement at the weekend. The Hard Drive died before I could replace it, and every time I tried to boot Windows 10 it came to the black screen with the blinking underscore. I tried doing a fresh install of Windows 10 off of USB, and every time I booted it came to a blank blue screen which it never progressed past. So I loaded a DVD copy of Windows 10 (The DVD was scratched, and I'm about 80% sure that's why it didn't work), it started working but froze at 74% every single time (I must have tried at least 10 times).
I bought a new Hard Drive to replace the old one, and attempted a Windows installation via DVD. It kept pausing at 74%, which sucked. I took out the Hard Drive and put it in another computer, attempted to install Windows off a USB, it got to 100% and I was able to use it as a working computer. Great! So I take the Hard Drive, put it back into the original computer, and boot from it. Nothing, just a black screen with a flashing underscore. I disconnected the other drives and USB devices, still nothing.
tl;dr Windows boots to black screen with flashing underscore, replacing the Hard Drive did nothing.
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