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Windows 7 boot delay

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MrM

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Oct 13, 2008
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I installed Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) on my BlackBook. I have installed all needed drivers, updates, etc. When I boot into 7, I get a black screen with a blinking open command line. About 10-15 seconds later it continues to boot as normal. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Edit- Forgot to mention I am using Bootcamp.
 
Stridder44

Stridder44

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Mar 24, 2003
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MrM said:
I installed Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) on my BlackBook. I have installed all needed drivers, updates, etc. When I boot into 7, I get a black screen with a blinking open command line. About 10-15 seconds later it continues to boot as normal. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Edit- Forgot to mention I am using Bootcamp.
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My buddy got a copy of Windows 7 off of various torrents sites, meaning of course he used a crack to validate it. He had this same blinking cursor issue though. Same thing happened to him in Vista as well (which was also cracked). Pretty sure it has something to do with making the BIOS think it's a valid license.
 
Terminal.app

Terminal.app

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Sep 29, 2009
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Stridder44 said:
My buddy got a copy of Windows 7 off of various torrents sites, meaning of course he used a crack to validate it. He had this same blinking cursor issue though. Same thing happened to him in Vista as well (which was also cracked). Pretty sure it has something to do with making the BIOS think it's a valid license.
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I'm almost positive this is correct. My retail copy boots normally, but a friend of mine Pirate Bay'd his copy and it does the exact same "black blinking cursor" thing while booting on his Dell laptop.
 
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nutman

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May 19, 2006
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i get this with a legit copy of windows 7 downloaded through my school's msdnaa subscription.
 
uberamd

uberamd

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May 26, 2009
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nutman said:
i get this with a legit copy of windows 7 downloaded through my school's msdnaa subscription.
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I also get this with my legitimately purchased Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate Edition.

Interestingly, I only get this when booting using boot camp, if I use VMware Fusion to boot my boot camp partition, this doesn't happen.
 
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