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Anniversary update killed my laptop
Hi guys
Comin over from seven forums :)
After a recent update, i shut down my notebook. Next time I turned it on it got suck right after POST, so all I see is a blank screen. This happens before windows even begins to load, it's basically a DOS style blank screen with a blinking "_" sign and nothing is happening.
I tried to fix it using the repair function from the recovery USB stick, but it didn't work. I also tried repairing the boot sector because windows is still there but it's just not booting.
I tried all the commands from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/927392. Sadly, no success. I also ran the hardware check and all is fine, it's definitely a software related problem.
Interestingly, while dabbling with the bootloader i discovered that for some reason the windows partition letter has changed to letter H: (from standard C: ). I managed to change it back to C: and make the windows partition the active partition, but still nothing.
Btw I have an upgrade version, coming from Windows 7.
Any ideas on how I can fix my windows without formatting/reinstalling the whole system? All files are there and I can access the folders via command line through recovery USB stick, and I see the windows and windows.old folders.
Thanks!
Edit:
I have 2 HDDs, 1 with system (256gb SSD) and 1 standard HDD for files.
Last edited by Vipe; 07 Oct 2016 at 08:18.