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Topic Starter	Topic: Win7 on SSD - black screen with cursor after installation
obsidian I'm the dude! Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 12498	Posted: 04-30-2011 06:32 PM                  I just picked up an OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD drive. AHCI is set in BIOS. BIOS recognizes the disc, so does Ubuntu Live CD. Booting up on a secondary drive with Windows installed and it recognizes it too (can save files to SSD). I can install Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on it fine, it copies all the installation files but after a reboot (when it's supposed to ask for my user name and system settings) all I get is a black screen with a cursor that I can wave around. Nothing else loads. I can get back into the Win7 installer and I tried doing a startup repair but that doesn't seem to help anything. Tried reinstalling multiple times. I've used this disc before and it's a retail copy. Motherboard is an Asus P6T Deluxe. Any ideas? _________________ GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual
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obsidian I'm the dude! Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 12498	Posted: 04-30-2011 06:51 PM                  Nevermind... after an entire day of testing and searching through forums, it looks like Windows 7 freaks out if I have dual screens attached during installation. Fucking chill, Microsoft, it's just a monitor. _________________ GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual
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Foo Timed Out Joined: 02 Aug 2000 Posts: 38063	Posted: 04-30-2011 07:18 PM                    Oh yeah I had this with a dual screen install. One of the windows patches fixes it, but this isn't much use since you're installing from the original DVD. Fastest solution is to hook the second screen up later on, as you found.
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