It's obvious that the Memory Diagnostics writes a new BCD as it needs to boot into that and then re-writes the old one. You could also set boot manager to No GUI boot. For instance if you check the box beside safe boot, you could chose any of the boot options available beneath it. Once I restart again, I'm back to the black screen. MSConfig provides other boot troubleshooting options. When booting with Windows DVD and running a memory diagnostic, it restarts and tests the memory and then restarts again and goes into Windows with no issues. To be certain it's not a hardware issue like display, I installed a new HD, Windows and all the drivers and it works perfect.īut here is the kicker and I found this by mistake. Base Video: Loads the system with standard VGA drivers instead of those that specifically relate to your hardware. Boot Log: Stores information from the boot process in a log located in systemroot called ntbtlog.txt. I have scanned the MBR and came up clean. No GUI Boot: Does not display the Windows Vista splash screen when you are booting. I have tried antivirus (it's obviously not a virus per se as it never even boots to run anything), I have tried Microsoft Startup Repair which finds nothing wrong.

No hardware of software changes but when booting it shows a black screen before the splash and stays there forever. I have googled and searched and while I found many with the black boot screen issue, this one is completely different.Ī client's PC running Windows 7 Pro SP1.

Msconfig no gui boot