Vista will only boot to black screen with cursor

swampdonkey

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I need help getting this Vista laptop to boot back into windows. It had a virus once removed it would no longer boot. I'm thinking the boot process is messed up because when it starts up it shows in the boot selection WINPE RAMDISK and Vista Home Premium. Well when I goto WINPE it takes me to the recovery manager so I ran sfc /scannow, chkdsk and claims to have fixed some errors. Well try to boot into the main OS and still just sits at a black screen after the loading screen and before the login screen and can move the cursor in normal boot and safe mode. I've found some possible solutions of pressing ctrl+alt+dlt and nothing happens, tried pressing shift 5 times get the sound but still shows nothing. I cant reformat it yet until I get the files backed up. I tried using the file backup system in the recovery manager but onces its done gathering the files it says to insert USB and I do but won't ever recognize it. I've tried inserting it before the file scan and same ending result. I've checked the BIOS to make sure USB was enabled but I believe the virus is preventing me from fully accessing the BIOS can't get off the main to view anything else. Its weird though because it just let me view everything a few minutes prior now it won't let me. I've tried boot fix and all that stuff and no go still stuck. Needing help!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq CQ5110y
    CPU
    AMD Athlon x2 Logo 2.5 ghz
    Memory
    3 gb
    Hard Drives
    1 TB

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    intel core 2 Extreme QX6700
    Motherboard
    intel
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDA
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-FI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Gateway 24 HD Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1920 by 1200 pixels
    Hard Drives
    2-500 gigabyte hard drive
    Western digtal
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq CQ5110y
    CPU
    AMD Athlon x2 Logo 2.5 ghz
    Memory
    3 gb
    Hard Drives
    1 TB

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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