tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post5433766732149826833..comments2024-03-11T02:35:50.848-05:00Comments on grand stream dreams: Call Me Burned but Recovered: Windows 10 Upgrade FailureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-45082821998837953852016-05-01T13:22:58.485-05:002016-05-01T13:22:58.485-05:00@ Ian Duffy - Thank you for the tip. I'll chec...@ Ian Duffy - Thank you for the tip. I'll check out the video. I should be able to do it using Microsoft's DiskPart as well if I want to try another clean-install.<br /><br />Doh! <br /><br />Now that I think about it I seem to recall my brother had a similar issue upgrading his Dell Alienware system.<br /><br />Turned out that it had a video driver issue and was actually sitting at the login screen but didn't display it correctly.<br /><br />Hang on...give me a second to dig up <a href="http://grandstreamdreams.blogspot.com/2015/08/windows-10-linkpost-constructive-edition.html" rel="nofollow">that GSD blog posting</a>...<br /><br />Here it is from my earlier post:<br /><br />"My little brother decided to pull the trigger and upgrade his Windows 7 Alienware system to Windows 10 last week. Overall it went well but he did encounter a persistent “black screen” issue during the upgrade process.<br /><br />"Here you go for the issue background and solution. <br /><a href="http://www.tenforums.com/general-discussion/9805-alienware-x51-black-screen-cursor-while-installing-windows-10-a-2.html" rel="nofollow">Alienware x51 Black screen with cursor while installing Windows 10 - Page 2</a> - Windows 10 Forums <br /><a href="http://www.tenforums.com/general-discussion/10457-fix-windows-10-booting-black-screen.html" rel="nofollow">Solved Fix for windows 10 booting to a black screen</a> - Windows 10 Forums <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3055415" rel="nofollow">The lock screen in Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10061 might appear as a black screen with a mouse cursor</a> - Microsoft Support KB 3055415 <br /><a href="http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-10-general-discussion/370035-windows-10-black-screen-cursor-after-log-ctrl-alt-delete-task-manager-solution-wont-work.html" rel="nofollow">Windows 10 Black Screen +cursor after log in ,Ctrl+alt+delete(task manager) solution wont work</a> - Windows Central Forums <br /><a href="http://www.tenforums.com/" rel="nofollow">Windows 10 Forums</a> - great resource for general Windows 10 research<br /><br />"Side note: What’s interesting to me about this particular issue is that it seems to be related to situations where you have an on-board Intel graphics controller plus a graphics card. Windows (falsely) detects a phantom monitor connected and pipes the “primary display” that direction so you can’t see it. I’ve seen a similar behavior on a new Dell Latitude system running on a Dell Dock unit kicking out extended video output via a DVI-type connection. When the system goes to sleep, or screen-locks, you get the black screen with no (apparent) way to get back onto the system other than a hard-reboot. I don’t have that issue when I run the extended display via a VGA connection. This is going to be the trick I try next time I set up a system in that configuration.<br /><br />"Possibly related: <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&u=http://www.borncity.com/blog/2012/10/28/windows-8-pro-upgrade-black-screen-troubleshooter/&usg=ALkJrhj7EVBGygglU2mNY8FCAeyR1I9KUg" rel="nofollow">Windows 8 Pro Upgrade: Black Screen Troubleshooter</a> - Borns IT and Windows Blog (Google Translated)"<br /><br />Also... <a href="http://www.tenforums.com/general-support/9277-black-screen-cursor.html#post299530" rel="nofollow">Black screen with cursor - Windows 10 Forums</a><br /><br />Geeze Louise...I'll feel silly if this is what it was.<br /><br />(sighs heavily...)<br /><br />Thanks anonymous for jogging my memory and your suggestion. I'll do more research on Windows 10 drive formatting and setup preferences.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />--Claus V.Claushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692921474310162470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777170.post-6614213692899071402016-05-01T10:17:22.846-05:002016-05-01T10:17:22.846-05:00I ran into a similar issue with an older MBR-based...I ran into a similar issue with an older MBR-based windows 7 install. Unfortunately Windows 10 won't boot on MBR-formatted disks and you'll need to convert them to GPT partitions since Windows 10 relies on EFI boot partitions. I used the instructions here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-BErhF_uM and it worked out fine for me. I had to create a new partition for the EFI bootloaders at the beginning of the drive but after all was said and done, Windows 10 finally installed properly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15858347243894167105noreply@blogger.com