Vista stuck at black screen with cursor

[kahlil88]

Fixing a laptop that apparently fell off a couch. Initially wouldn't boot from anything (hard drives, optical, USB) until the BIOS was reset. Running 64-bit Vista, gets stuck at a black screen with a mouse cursor, even in safe mode. Startup repair finds no problems. I've seen a few Vista boxes hang at this screen, but this computer is flat out STUCK. The weird part is that there seems to be somewhat consistent hard drive activity.

Edited November 4, 2010 by kahlil88