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Vishera
Cruncher Joined: Oct 9, 2013 Post Count: 24 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I have just installed Boinc to one of my desktops. I used the latest recommended version for windows 8, version 7. something. While installing, i changed the settings to have Boinc to my 2 hard drive, not the primary hard drive where my operating system is. Once that was done, i had to restart, and once I did that, I cannot boot into windows. Was there something that I did wrong, and is there something that I can do to fix this and get back into my Operating system, and use Boinc?
Or should I have never installed this software? Please help. |
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Former Member
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Try booting in safe mode and take it from there.....
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Vishera
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Try booting in safe mode and take it from there..... I would but its acting as there is no operating system at all. When I boot, I just goes to a blinking curser, nothing more. |
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Vishera
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Try booting in safe mode and take it from there..... I would but its acting as there is no operating system at all. When I boot, I just goes to a blinking curser, nothing more. There are no error messages, no troubleshooting options, no safe mode. What it does it it shows my motherboard company, which is Asus, then it goes to a black screen where there is a white curser on the top left corne. That's all it does. |
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Falconet
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Ok so that means that it is going to windows if it has a cursor.
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Sgt.Joe
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Ok so that means that it is going to windows if it has a cursor. Have you tried CTRL-ALT-DEL to see if it brings up task manager/options? Not necessarily (I think). That sounds like some sort of hardware problem. I would check all the internal connections, maybe re-seat all the memory and see if that changes things. If that did not work, if it was me, I would take out the hard drive and try it on another system. Good luck. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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Vishera
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Ok so that means that it is going to windows if it has a cursor. Have you tried CTRL-ALT-DEL to see if it brings up task manager/options? Not necessarily (I think). That sounds like some sort of hardware problem. I would check all the internal connections, maybe re-seat all the memory and see if that changes things. If that did not work, if it was me, I would take out the hard drive and try it on another system. Good luck. Cheers Thanks for the suggestions. Though I doubt it is a hardware problem, I built this computer myself. I just don't get how after the restart and installation of WCG this happened. I installed it successfully on my current machine (one I'm using now) |
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cowtipperbs
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I had them same problem a while ago (6 or so months ago) on a vista computer. It was a virus, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BONIC. The virus only showed up on a restart ie new program install, and restart. Use google and put in the seach "virus blinking cursor" you will find several was of fixing it. I only thing I remember doing was using a USB stick and putting the fix on there and boot from the USB.
----------------------------------------Again.... It was a virus, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BONIC. The virus only showed up on a restart ie new program install, and restart.  |
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Vishera
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I had them same problem a while ago (6 or so months ago) on a vista computer. It was a virus, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BONIC. The virus only showed up on a restart ie new program install, and restart. Use google and put in the seach "virus blinking cursor" you will find several was of fixing it. I only thing I remember doing was using a USB stick and putting the fix on there and boot from the USB. Again.... It was a virus, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BONIC. The virus only showed up on a restart ie new program install, and restart. That's odd. Well, its working now, and I am now in WCG. I tried to get help from Microsoft, and they always want people to give them money. You may be right. But how can I get a virus? I don't install anything unless its from top companies. I have windows defender. But I hear that this is not secure at all. |
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kingcarcas
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^ Hope you're not running Internet Explorer and using some type of noscript/adblock add-on. I've installed BOINC a number of times on different setups and that has never happened. Try testing your RAM
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