[AndrewJ]

Gday All

Am at my wits end
Started my W7 64bit this morning and got a black screen with cursor only.
( This sometimes used to happen but i had a blue screen and using ctrl+alt+delete, i could invoke task manager and start explorer.exe that fixed it. Nothing works in this ne black screen mode )
After faffing around a bit, i also got some BootMgr is missing warnings so did some googling. The black screen with cursor gets a few mentions with a few options to fix, so i tried em all.
Anyway, before i did anything, i connected my HDD to a Sata to USB adapter and could read the HDD so saved all the pertinent stuff, then did some more googling.
On booting in F8 i could reset the boot order such that it uses the HDD.
( that fixed the BootMgr error )
This means it now starts OK, i get the initial windows splash screen then the screen goes black and i get a working mouse only.
( even safeload with command prompt gives me a black screen )
I then tried rebooting with my machine with the original disks and can get in to command prompt via the repair option, so tried the
bootrec /FixBoot
bootrec /FixMBR
bootrec /RebuildBcd
and none helped ( they all said they worked )
I also tried bootrec /ScanOS and it says i dont have one
but when i use the GUI repair function it does see my installation and allows me to try and repair it.
I then tried the system restore option off the CD and it says i dont have any restore points.????????
I then went back to the command prompt and swapped from X: drive to c: and it swaps over OK ( ie it sees the C: drive ), but when i do a dir, i get back that it is "system reserved", ie i cant see anything on it

Soooooooo, any other breadcrumbs to follow????

Andrew