windows 8.1 wont boot after upgrading from windows 8

[mdaw]

Hi all,

After updating to windows 8.1 all seemed fine straight after the upgrade so I turned off the computer and came back to it the next day and now it won't boot. It loads until after the windows symbol has gone it says please wait and then I get a black and blue flashing screen.

Ive tried looking for how to fix it and tried what others have done by booting in safe mode disabling the graphics card and downloading the the latest beta driver from the AMD site. Then boot into windows normally and install the download and then enable the graphics card and restart and it had worked.

Unfortunately for me disabling my graphics card doesn't allow me to boot into windows normally.

 

[mdaw]

Hi all,

Basically I dont want to do a fresh install as im going to lose a lot of my wifes work that she has been doing. So I was thinking I have a new SSD I was planning to install but hadnt got round to it yet. If I installed a fresh windows 8 onto that and then installed my old HDD as the second hard disk I could then just shift the files she needs from the old HDD to the new SSD. Or could she just use these files straight from the old HDD? (The files she needs are on microsoft office)
As I have not had any ideas on how to sort the issue I was wondering if you think this would work?

If I

 

[marc2003]

Unfortunately for me disabling my graphics card doesn't allow me to boot into windows normally.

you shouldn't be disabling it. just un-install the old drivers in safe mode and then boot into normal mode.

if you don't have any joy with that then your proposal of install windows onto your new SSD will be fine. just make sure your old drive is unplugged while you do it. only connect it back up when you have windows 8 running again.

when it's connected again, you may find yourself getting "access denied" messages when trying to browse the user folders. all you need to do is take ownership to give yourself permission. you can do this by right clicking a folder>properties>security>advanced.

 

[mdaw]

cheers for that I will try your first suggestion and see if that works.

Just been upstairs fitting the new SSD. Will disconnect it before doing anything.

 

[mdaw]

Uninstalling the drivers resulted in uninstalling the graphics card completely. Again still had the same effect as disabling the graphics card. Looks like Im left with one option and that is install onto the new SSD unless anyone else has any ideas.