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    Bootcamp : 60 seconds pause on boot , black screen white cursor

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Tinderbox (UK), Aug 14, 2009.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Hi.

    Just installed Visa 64 , everything went fine , but every time i boot into Vista i get a black screen with a white cursor in the top left have corner flashing very fast and it does this for almost 60 seconds and then Vista boots normally.

    I have tried unplugging everything from my Mac , but i still get the same problem.

    It looks like Vista is wating for something then it gives up, I have not installed any software only the bootcamp driver.

    Anybody know what is wrong, I had Xp on previously and did not have this problem on fat32 , Vista only works on NTFC if that makes a difference.

    Thankyou.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 14, 2009
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    ORLY?Can you please stop posting nonsense?
     
    Xirurg, Aug 14, 2009
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  3. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    dont have it installed now.. but when i had Vista 64 installed on my MBP, it went through some weird error messages about drives and stuff, and took like an extra 15 - 20 seconds to boot... but not 60, and not just a blinking cursor
     
    doh123, Aug 14, 2009
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  4. lixuelai

    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    This happened on my MBP before. I did a reinstall and it was fine. Never figured out why.
     
    lixuelai, Aug 14, 2009
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  5. smokozuna

    smokozuna Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you are using Vista Loader or an Activation Crack that is what is causing the delay.
     
    smokozuna, Aug 15, 2009
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  6. pjshots

    pjshots Notebook Consultant

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    I had this issue; although it was more like 10 seconds or so, but still annoying. I was using the business edition, so no activation crack and the boot loader was the normal vista one.

    Decided to wait until Snow Leopard before trying it again as I want to use Win 7 when it comes out.
     
    pjshots, Aug 15, 2009
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