When loading Windows 8 you can just get a black screen or a balck screen wiht a cursor on it. This seems to be an inherent fault with windows 8. It does not seem to be a permissions issue like vista KSOD (but could be) but rather a fault with the graphics driver.

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Step By Step How to Solve Windows 8.1 and 8 Black Screen Issue upon boot

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If you've just upgraded your Windows 8 (non RT) device to Windows 8.1 and suddenly upon reboot you're facing a quietly humming computer with a black screen of nothingness....don't panic. You've probably just got Master Boot Record issues. This can be a ...

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Here’s the scenario, morning wake up and find out my Windows 8.1 is displaying a black screen upon boot, no login screen, but a movable white cursor, random clicks will display the small loading icons?
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