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    Windows 8.1 - Startup Black Screen with blinking cursor, No CTRL+ALT+DEL

    @Tomas That was one of the fixes I found online but, sadly, it didn't solve the black screen for me. Still, thank you for trying to help, Tomas. :) @shiftz EXACTLY. The System Restore only temporarily fixes the blank screen but after shut down or restart, it happens all over again. Vicious...
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    Windows 8.1 - Startup Black Screen with blinking cursor, No CTRL+ALT+DEL

    No, it didn't. :( Before seeing your reply, I tried another System Restore but unlike the other times, it also didn't help with the black screen. I'll try to boot into Safe Mode to do another Scan Now as admin but since my prior attempts to all Safe Mode options also ended up with a black screen...
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    Windows 8.1 - Startup Black Screen with blinking cursor, No CTRL+ALT+DEL

    Scan Now https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgb2zu45skmmcjj/Scan%20Now%20CMD.png?dl=0 CBS Log https://www.dropbox.com/s/kwowji01qsidwf7/CBS.log?dl=0 I'm about to restart my notebook. I'll let you know what happens. :)
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    Windows 8.1 - Startup Black Screen with blinking cursor, No CTRL+ALT+DEL

    File explorer stopped working. Both right and left clicks to open any folder caused the file explorer (blank, not showing any files) to appear for a few seconds. The screen then freezes, then black screen for a second, then file explorer is gone. I performed sfc /scannow and left with CBS.log...