ajthemacboy
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Windows 8.1 Flashing Cursor at login, can't restore
Hi everyone. I made my first custom pc about a month ago and today I started having issues with the wireless card. I restarted to see if I could fix it and when I booted back up I got a black screen with a flashing cursor and an unplugged Ethernet sign (the one that displays on the network screen.)
I have tried to restore from a restore point I made on the 13th but at the very end when it says 'finalizing restore' it gives an error saying there is a write protected file from an antivirus program? I booted up in safe mode and disabled all antivirus stuff I could find and it still gives the error.
I have no third party antivirus programs installed, just windows defender. What should I do? Can I restore without loosing data? If I reinstall will my activation code be invalid from 2 installs? I can't load the windows 8 installer in safe mode, I open it and it never does anything, like it needs to be in normal mode. That's the only way I know of to 'upgrade' windows so I don't loose data.
Hi everyone. I made my first custom pc about a month ago and today I started having issues with the wireless card. I restarted to see if I could fix it and when I booted back up I got a black screen with a flashing cursor and an unplugged Ethernet sign (the one that displays on the network screen.)
I have tried to restore from a restore point I made on the 13th but at the very end when it says 'finalizing restore' it gives an error saying there is a write protected file from an antivirus program? I booted up in safe mode and disabled all antivirus stuff I could find and it still gives the error.
I have no third party antivirus programs installed, just windows defender. What should I do? Can I restore without loosing data? If I reinstall will my activation code be invalid from 2 installs? I can't load the windows 8 installer in safe mode, I open it and it never does anything, like it needs to be in normal mode. That's the only way I know of to 'upgrade' windows so I don't loose data.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Paradox
- CPU
- FX-6300
- Motherboard
- MSI 970 GAMING
- Memory
- 8GBs
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire Radeon r9 270
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer 21.5' Borderless Display
- Screen Resolution
- 1920*1080
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM 64MB Cache
- PSU
- EVGA 500W
- Case
- Corsair 300R
- Cooling
- 2 Case Fans + Stock CPU Cooler to cool VRMs
- Other Info
- Custom PC