I installed a microsoft update now my computer wont start, there is just a cursor flashing in top left corner?

Question

Last night I installed some microsoft updates and my computer froze. I turned it off and then back on and I am given the BIOS setup or network boot option. Then the next screen have a cursor in the top left ocrner flashing and nothing else happens. I don;t know if there is anything I can do because I cannot progress any further?

Answer 1

if the hard disk was still loading data when you intrupted the power, you may of corrupted the system files (eg system32, and the registry files), to me the "Flashing typer bar in the bootup sequence" is synonomus with corrupted hard drive data concerning the operating system.

if its the bios, your gonna need help ... if you can see the data on the screen as the pc powers up, all that gubbins about testing ram, Detecting Primary master, secondary master and sec slave + pri slave. if the PRIMARY MASTER FIELD IS EMPTY (or marked not present/none/not detected), it is your hard drive, and it is possible its gone belly up, if its mentioned, then its just windows, if its not, call an expert :)

id say your best bet is to try safemode first, as you *may* be able to repair the damage, if this option works, you can roll back the updates using Control panel -> add remove programs -> updates, and try to run scandisc as it may be able to repair corrupted disk data.

failing this, you will have to try and roll it back with the CD booting method, be thankful you dont need a floppy diskette for this anymore :D , the best thing to do is install windows over the top of it, HOWEVER, if the windows installation is corrupted, you will probably have to format the "C" drive, the windows cd luckly has all the utilitys you will need for this, and the format programs should be easy to access from the windows cd installer, it is however dos OS instructions, so you must get the exactly right or dos will not have a notion of wat ur talking about, once your in dos, run these commands, my dos is a little rusty, even with the problems i had on pre XP systems, so sorry in advance if the commands are not prescice

c:
c:\>dir
this will display all files/directorys on the drive in the starting expression, in this case "C:"
c:\> Format c:
a yes/no question will be posed to you, unfortunatly this is the only way to fix the error if none of the other methods work, bear in mind this will result in the LOSS OF ALL DATA ON THE DRIVE "C:"
press "y" and

the format will begin after that, all you have to do after that is wait till its finished, you will be asked if you wish to "Name the volume" (drive)
note: you can leave this field blank as it makes no odds, it just gives the drive a lable that will appear in dos and in windows

then type the letter of the CD drive (normally d:) into the dos system, then type
D:\>install

this *should* kickstart the cd's windows installer program, from there its plain sailing

Hope you find this helpul

Answer 2

Sounds like the computer is no longer seeing that the hard drive is present. Check under the BIOS setting.

If the hard drive is listed in BIOS, you may be able to resurrection it using your Windows install CD and doing a restore of the Windows program.

IF the hard drive is not listed under a BIOS, you will need profession assistance (or a favorite geek) to get it back.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

restart your computer in safe mode. Then do a system restore to an earlier time on it. More than likely when you did the updates, something got corrupted. That is why it is important to occassionally do restore points on your computer.

Answer 5

try starting your PC on last good configuration . . .