Soldato
Hi all
I bought an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro a day or two after release, and I've been using it since. Last night I installed an updated driver for my Xfi soundcard. Upon reboot, Windows 8 reported that a 'Critical Service Failed'. I was then stuck in an endless BSOD/Reboot loop. I performed a few of the recovery options available on the Windows 8 DVD (system restore, automatic repair etc), and I was able to successfully boot into Windows 7 too from here. However, Windows 8 was a complete no go, with nothing working. In the end I had to go for the Refresh option, which removes nearly all of your installed programs, resets all your settings, but leaves your data in tact. This finally worked.
I'm just really annoyed that Windows 8 managed to fail so spectacularly so quickly. At least the Refresh option is there, which did at least minimise the recovery pain.
Not feeling too confident about 8 now
M.
I bought an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro a day or two after release, and I've been using it since. Last night I installed an updated driver for my Xfi soundcard. Upon reboot, Windows 8 reported that a 'Critical Service Failed'. I was then stuck in an endless BSOD/Reboot loop. I performed a few of the recovery options available on the Windows 8 DVD (system restore, automatic repair etc), and I was able to successfully boot into Windows 7 too from here. However, Windows 8 was a complete no go, with nothing working. In the end I had to go for the Refresh option, which removes nearly all of your installed programs, resets all your settings, but leaves your data in tact. This finally worked.
I'm just really annoyed that Windows 8 managed to fail so spectacularly so quickly. At least the Refresh option is there, which did at least minimise the recovery pain.
Not feeling too confident about 8 now
M.