leachim Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 No Joy in Safe Mode - same screen Tried chkdsk /r on many occasions with a Vista Boot CD Also sfc /scannow offbootdir yada yada - this said corrupt files, fixed them and put results put in CBS file - reboot the same blank screen Files can be seen via Linux Live disc, so there doesn't seem to be a read problem There is something I am not doing..
Michael Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 Have you tried pressing F8 at Startup and selecting 'Last Good Known Configuration'?
leachim Posted June 13, 2013 Author Posted June 13, 2013 Thanks for the reply Yes I have used this No Change Wondering if it is a graphics problem Nvidia......
mac_shinobi Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 When you get the mouse and blank screen if you do a CTRL + ALT + DELETE and leave it for about 5 to 10 mins Do you get the prompt so you can launch task manager, change password, cancel, etc If so click on cancel - does that load the logon screen / welcome screen or still a blank screen and mouse cursor ? If the latter then maybe need to run diagnostics on the hard drive / ram, etc
Cache Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 I had this on two laptops, one I gave up on completely after a week and gave back saying it was knackered, I can pull your stuff off if you need it, otherwise it's back to factory settings with the system restore disks. The other I managed to get working by using the Offline SFC scanner from a windows cd with: sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /offwindir=c:\windows But you said you already tried that. I think the key difference between the two laptops I had was Sticky Keys. Now it could have just been disabled on one laptop and not another, but on the laptop I did manage to fix, pressing shift quickly however many times it is to enable/disable sticky keys and getting the familiar enabling/disabling beeps indicated the system somewhere along the line was working. I'd run sfc again and read through all the CBS again just in case there is a file that it can't fix and try manually replacing it and seeing if that helps anymore, otherwise it might be like the first one I had and a lost cause... This page helped me a little with trying to diagnose it, but I could never find the 2nd part of the article: Tracking Vista's elusive 'Black Screen of Death'
markcuk Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 try one of these tips Vista Black Screen of Death (KSoD) Fix
leachim Posted June 14, 2013 Author Posted June 14, 2013 Thanks for the replies Nothing seems to work I had the results of a CBS log in which the last entries included installation of Windows Updates Could it be that it was one of those and how would I uninstall them from Command prompt in Recovery environment ============= 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3872524528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873264528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873264528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873324528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873324528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873344528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873344528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873364528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873364528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873534528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Read out cached package applicability for package: VistaSP2-KB948465~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.18005, ApplicableState: 7, CurrentState:0 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873534528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873844528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3873844528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3874384528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Read out cached package applicability for package: Package_for_KB2296011~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.3, ApplicableState: 7, CurrentState:7 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3874384528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3874504528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Read out cached package applicability for package: Package_for_KB2491683~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.1, ApplicableState: 0, CurrentState:0 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3874504528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3874574528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Read out cached package applicability for package: KB937286~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~it-IT~6.0.1.18000, ApplicableState: 0, CurrentState:0 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3874574528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3874694528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Read out cached package applicability for package: Package_for_KB2655992~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.1.2, ApplicableState: 7, CurrentState:7 2013-06-04 03:04:52, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3874694528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:53, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3875034528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:53, Info CBS Read out cached package applicability for package: Package_for_KB979688~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.3.0, ApplicableState: 7, CurrentState:7 2013-06-04 03:04:53, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3875034528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:53, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3875154528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:53, Info CBS Read out cached package applicability for package: Microsoft-Windows-Media-Format-OOB-Package-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.6000.16386, ApplicableState: 0, CurrentState:0 2013-06-04 03:04:53, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3875154528 finalized. Reboot required: no 2013-06-04 03:04:53, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3875264528 initialized. 2013-06-04 03:04:53, Info CBS Session: 30302407:3875264528 finalized. 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Reboot required: no 2013-06-06 07:39:54, Info CBS Scavenge: Package store indicates there is no component to scavenge, skipping.
leachim Posted June 15, 2013 Author Posted June 15, 2013 Won't go to safe or vga mode Same issue - blank screen with curser.....
leachim Posted June 15, 2013 Author Posted June 15, 2013 Possibly Shame - Vista gives no option to do a repair reinstall if you cant get into normal or safe mode Correct me if I am wrong
korifugi Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 I've seen this on an older home PC - I got it fixed by chucking a Vista disc in, booting from that and choosing the repair option. A driver update has borked the VGA drivers over and they're not loading correctly.
Mrmichaelhill Posted October 16, 2013 Posted October 16, 2013 I had an issue like this recently, I pulled the drive out, connected to another PC, backed up all user files and re-installed OS that worked
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