Accidentally turned off laptop during update, now it is just black

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My Computer is on auto update, yesterday as it was updating, i removed the battery and the plug, am not sure what is was updating, tried to switch it on when i got home it was showing black screen. tried switching on and pressing F8 but it didnt switch on. Tryied removing the battery it didnt switch on..... what should i do?
 
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When that happens, does the laptop power off immediately with a single press of the power button? If so, it can't boot past BIOS so you'll need to connect an external monitor to see what's causing the problem. It may simply be waiting for an input command.
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If these are Windows updates, it shouldn't prevent access to the BIOS. Have you tried to press the F8 key continuously until you get to the boot menu? If you only pressed it once, you may not have done it at the right time. If you do manage to get into the boot menu, select Last Known Good Configuration, which should boot Windows as it was just before the updates were applied.
 
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Thanks guys for the help
But the thing is, when i plug in, its automatically switching on, but the screen is still black, its showing nothing; like its off, but the laptop shows its on. The processor is heating up showing that its processing something, the inside fan is working but the screen is still black.

am pluzzled
 
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When that happens, does the laptop power off immediately with a single press of the power button? If so, it can't boot past BIOS so you'll need to connect an external monitor to see what's causing the problem. It may simply be waiting for an input command.
 
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I have tried using the external monitor, but its not showing anything, plus when i want to power off; i have to press and hold. I want to ask: if the Bios has crashed does the processor still function, because when i switch it on the processor is shows that its working, the fun shows it working, everything shows that is seems to be normal.
 
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Good point.

OP, if you're comfortable with it, you should be able to remove the hard drive from the laptop and use a SATA/IDE/USB adapter (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bipra-SATA-Adapter-Power-Drive/dp/B001A5SK56/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1404811218&sr=8-13&keywords=sata+usb) to connect it to another computer. You can then copy and paste the data you want to keep.
 
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