Windows 10: Blinking Cursor line before Windows starts

Hey guys, I installed an extra HDD, but after that every time I boot up I have this black screen with blinking cursor line for ages before Windows start. I actually counted how many times it blinks lol.....178 times.

I checked in the bios settings to see if it is set to start with the correct HDD, and it is. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Mouse keep blinking with loading icon after upgraded to windows 10

hi,

I have a ASUS ROG G551JM" laptop.

yesterday I made upgrade to windows 10. after that my mouse cursor is keep blinking with busy circle.

it show normal cursor when I type something or my mouse is on any line.

but when ever my mouse come on its default icon it start blinking.

please help me to solve this problem

 

cursor not blinking problem

it's not the mouse pointer that's the problem .

it's the vertical line that blinks.

the question below sent by someone else in december is the exact problem i am having.

Q: cursor stops blinking after a few seconds


Is there any way to keep the cursor blinking? Latest Windows update causes cursor to stop blinking after a few seconds.

 

If you remove the HDD, does the problem go away?

 

I'm not sure, will try that later on. Thanks for the reply. I will let you know.

 

I just removed the HDD, and yes then the problem goes away. What can I do?

 

You can try repairing the boot sector with Start-up repair if you have made the system repair disk(now called recovery drive): Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Recovery

Recovery Drive - Create in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Or better, if you have Macrium Reflect installed use the bootable USB and repair from that(it works much much better and reliably)

 

Thanks. I am downloading Macrium Reflect now. Never used it before, but will give it a shot. I will let you know on the results.

 

I repaired the boot sector with Macrium Reflect, but it made no difference however. *Sad

 

Are both disk's partitioned the same? I mean are both GPT(not one GPT + one MBR) to make use of UEFI?

 

Disk management looks like this.....

 

Right click (on both) the Disk #(example Disk 0) open properties, volumes tab:




and it will show you your partitioning type:




Both disks should be the same type.
***notice the disk numbers in both shots***

 

@Cliff S

I don't see a volume tab *Shock

 

TheBull,
You need to click on the far left side of the graphic and select properties to get the Volumes tab.

 

Thanks. I now know that my SSHD is GPT and all other partitions are MBR. I tried deleting the volume but have no option to create a new volume as a MBR. So any help regarding that would be greatly appreciated.