How to fix a black screen and how to retrieve data from hard drive?

Black screen is more serious problem than blue screen. The blue screen will tell you what happened on the computer, but the black screen will not. Black screen can occurs after you have log in the computer, and before you can enter the login screen. It can happen during or after Windows Installation or update. How to fix the black screen?

There are several simple way for you to fix the black screen.

1. Update or reinstall the Display Driver

If you can sign in the Windows:

Type device manager in the search box, open the Device Manager Window.

Click Update Device Drivers in the Device Manger Window.

Click to expand the Display Adapters, right-click the Display Adapter Driver, and click Uninstall.

Then reboot, it will automatically install the drivers.

2. Unplug all the external devices

Unplug all the external devices from your computer and reboot. If the black screen disappeared, it means that one of the external hardware is causing this problem.

3. Use Safe Mode to fix the black screen

Boot your computer and turn off when the Windows logo has appear. You should repeat turn off and on for three times. At the third time you boot, the Windows will boot into Automatic Repair mode.

Click Advanced options> Troubleshoot>Advanced options> Startup Settings>Restart, and press number 4. The Windows will enter into safe mode itself.

Sign in the Windows, open the Device Manager, expand Display adapters, and right-click the hardware Intel® HD Graphics and choose the Disable option.

Then reboot your computer to see if the problem has been solved.

4. Fix the black screen during or after Windows installation

The black screen occurs for Setup is still in progress or the setup process is hung up.

You can power down your computer and try it again. If you cannot shut down the computer, you can long press the power button until it shut down.

Disconnect your computer from Internet, and disconnect all the unnecessary peripherals from computer, such as external hard drive, phones, except the keyboard and mouse.

Remove the power from your computer. If you use a laptop, you can remove the battery. Wait for more than 30 seconds and then plug in again.

Power on the computer again, the Windows may have restart the setup process.

5. Update the BIOS

Update BIOS may solve the black screen problem. But you should take care to update it. If you have to update, please go to the manufacture’s website of your motherboard and download the latest version of BIOS from this website. If you do not update your BIOS properly, it can cause damage to your hardware.

How to retrieve data from hard drive?

After you have fixed the black screen problem, you can start to recover your lost files. Data recovery software is an universal recovery method for all kinds of storage devices, and for all kinds o f data loss situations. As long as your device has not dead and your data on this device have not been overwritten, you can 100% get your files back.