I have a Dell Inspiron 1420 running Windows Vista. When I turn it on, it displays a black screen after the green progress bar, but before the Vista Logo. The mouse can move, but nothing else. It remains this way as long as it is turned on and never actually gets to the Vista Logo or login screen.
The same thing happens when I try to get into safe mode. After the drivers load, I get the black screen of death with the movable cursor.
I tried booting my computer from the OS CD from Dell and selecting "Repair your computer." Startup Repair doesn't detect a problem, and System Restore always fails.
The thing is I don't want to lose any data, so reformatting the HD or reinstalling Windows is not an option. There must be a way to fix the bad Windows files that are not allowing my computer to reach the login screen.
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