Blank screen at boot after updating windows 8.1

Chandan Sondhi

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So here is the problem.
I installed an update to windows 8.1 just a couple of days back.
After using it once, the second time when i turned on my laptop everything just went blank after the hp logo. I could see my cursor for a while when i would move it but it disappears then.
Now here is what i did.

I waited for like 30 minutes and still nothing happened.
I did a startup repair but that didn't help.
Then i did a system restore and it worked and i was using my laptop again.
The next day(today), again the blank screen problem occurred, so i again tried to system restore but at the end it said could not complete system restore.
Then i tried to boot into safe mode. Again the same problem. I couldn't also open the task manager.
I tried running it on vga resolution or whatever it was. That didn't help me either. I did almost everything there was at the advanced options but nothing helped(except the pc refresh cause that wouldn't help).
I don't want to lose my data too so i don't just reset it.
Please help me guys.
There's another area that helps me to open cmd and then task manager but the when i try to open something, like msconfig, it says windows could not find msconfig. please check if you have typed the name correctly or something like that.
 
Solution
Sounds like either a bad install or there is a driver problem. Can you boot into safe mode? You might want to do a Windows 8 Reset, rather than restore or refresh as those don't do a whole new installation, they just reinstall the current configuration which may be the issue. Here's how to do a reset and there are several options so read the entire page before attempting to do anything. Unfortunately, if a repair and a restore didn't help, losing files may be unavoidable so try the safe mode boot first and if you can do that perhaps the driver issue can be resolved. Preferably Safe mode with networking that way you can access the internet to update drivers.

How to do a windows 8 reset...
Sounds like either a bad install or there is a driver problem. Can you boot into safe mode? You might want to do a Windows 8 Reset, rather than restore or refresh as those don't do a whole new installation, they just reinstall the current configuration which may be the issue. Here's how to do a reset and there are several options so read the entire page before attempting to do anything. Unfortunately, if a repair and a restore didn't help, losing files may be unavoidable so try the safe mode boot first and if you can do that perhaps the driver issue can be resolved. Preferably Safe mode with networking that way you can access the internet to update drivers.

How to do a windows 8 reset:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc

 
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