Possible to download a Win8.1 recovery disk?

chromeweasel

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I just upgraded my Acer laptop from windows 8 to 8.1. System boots just fine but now there is no logon prompt. It's not fozen. Just no logon prompt.

Solution seems to be to boot with a windows recovery disk. I didn't create one ahead of time, and my other systems are windows 7. Is it possible to download a windows recovery to a USB stick? The laptop doesnt have a disk drive anyway.

Edit to add that I checked with Acer support, and they recommended factory reset. I am trying to avoid that. If there's a better way to get through this logon issue I'm glad to hear it.
 

Hexpigge

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