after a failed windows 8.1 update, computer will not boot.it saysautomatic repair then it stop and give the options to restore or cancel and restore does nothing, just the windows logo for hours and during this time it just keeps getting hotter and hotter.
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Jump to PostNo success booting to safe mode? Rather than trying to repair, have you attempted a clean install?
Jump to PostThere's something else going on here then because no matter what condition the operating system on the hard drive is, you should always be able to boot from bootable media.
If you can't boot from a windows DVD then your BIOS settings are not configured to boot to other devices …
Jump to PostIf you cannot get as far as to boot from another media, then it means that the bios boot sequence has been altered. Microsoft has a long history of making tweaks to the bios firmware as part of an intermediate step in the installation (or update, I guess). Basically, if …
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