acer 6920g blank screen with flashing cursor

hi guys

hope u can help.as it says in title i have a problem with my acer 6920g laptop not booting up. its goes past the acer screen and im able to press f2 to get to my bios menu but after that all i have us a blank black screen with just a flashing cursor in the top left of the screen.

ive tried taking the battery out and unpluging the cmos battery but still no use.

do i need a new hard drive. or can i save my lovely laptop

thanks in advance for any help

chris

 

White cursor in the top left part of the screen is already Windows so it's probably a Windows issue- try F8 at startup to see if you can access more options- if not reinstall or recover Windows (after you’ve backed up your data that is)

 

Welcome to the forums, chris! Sorry to hear things are kerschmorgled with your 6920G (slick little system, isn't it?).

Try booting from a CD, DVD, or USB key, just to rule out any major hardware failure. Something like Ubuntu, Knoppix, or Linux Mint would be perfect.
From there, I'd look for a disk diagnostic program that doesn't require a boot into Windows - either on a live disc or part of the above three Linux distributions. That'd help figure out if the hard drive's gone pear-shaped.
If the hard drive shows no issues, then it's a Windows problem; bust out the Acer recovery DVDs and get your C: back to normal.

 

thanks guys

going to reinstall windows.

see if that helps

 

Most probably Operating system issue...

Fresh install should solve it...

Cheers

 

hi guys

just a update. its all sorted now. had a bit of troubl with some drivers but got there in the end

thanks alot for the help

chris