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February 3rd, 2006 03:00
What's with the blinking cursor on a black screen when I reboot my Inspiron 6000
This is a weird problem that I have been having very often.
Sometimes(note, not all the time) when I reboot my Inspiron 6000 , that runs XP Service Pack 2, it will end at a black screen with a blinking white cursor in the top right corner. Then if I press the power button it will turn off. And I can just turn on the computer and it will boot normally as usual
What could be the cause of this strange issue?
Please do share your thoughts, thanks!
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tgsmith
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February 3rd, 2006 07:00
D2army,
Usually this weird problem on restart is due to a USB device, especially USB jump drives, media drives, thumb drives, cameras, and even printers being seen as a potential boot device by XP SP2. Especially prevalent when those devices "sleep" or "hibernate" when not in use. Aggravating when installing software and software updates that require restart.
Tony
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February 3rd, 2006 11:00
d2army
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February 3rd, 2006 14:00