Recovery from an endless restart /automatic restart loop.
Hi, I foolishly accepted a Wifi driver update from Windows update, and next restart gave me the traditional blue screen IRQL_not_less_than_or_equal.
So (as usual in my experience) Win 8 went into its automatic repair restart loop, collecting data, restart.. to no avail.
I thought - ok- safe mode. Oh, no F8 (thought I'd enabled that some time back), no boot menu (that's now added).
Ok, Win 8 bootable DVD. Hello, no Startup options after Advanced options. Hmm. That was unexpected.
Ok.. System Restore... yes, 2 restore points (I have a daily scheduled system restore point automatically generated). Oh dear, unexpected prompt about drive needing to be checked. That done, no system restore points.
Ok, what am I left? Ah, Aomei Backupper diskimage. Yep, just 3 days old. Boot disk, external drive, 30 minutes or so, done. Working again.
So what's the issue? Well, I don't understand why Safe Mode (Startup options) weren't available when booting from the Win 8 DVD. Any thoughts? Thanks.
It also seems to me that the restart in the automatic repair sequence is subtly different to restarting from having disconnected power.
So I've now enabled F8 (it's a 5 year old laptop, so no UEFI etc) and added a boot menu with Safe Mode (thanks Brink). (Oh, I also realised I didn't have my daily ERUNT registry backup on this- great for restoring a registry from a boot disk..when nothing else is available).
Hi, I foolishly accepted a Wifi driver update from Windows update, and next restart gave me the traditional blue screen IRQL_not_less_than_or_equal.
So (as usual in my experience) Win 8 went into its automatic repair restart loop, collecting data, restart.. to no avail.
I thought - ok- safe mode. Oh, no F8 (thought I'd enabled that some time back), no boot menu (that's now added).
Ok, Win 8 bootable DVD. Hello, no Startup options after Advanced options. Hmm. That was unexpected.
Ok.. System Restore... yes, 2 restore points (I have a daily scheduled system restore point automatically generated). Oh dear, unexpected prompt about drive needing to be checked. That done, no system restore points.
Ok, what am I left? Ah, Aomei Backupper diskimage. Yep, just 3 days old. Boot disk, external drive, 30 minutes or so, done. Working again.
So what's the issue? Well, I don't understand why Safe Mode (Startup options) weren't available when booting from the Win 8 DVD. Any thoughts? Thanks.
It also seems to me that the restart in the automatic repair sequence is subtly different to restarting from having disconnected power.
So I've now enabled F8 (it's a 5 year old laptop, so no UEFI etc) and added a boot menu with Safe Mode (thanks Brink). (Oh, I also realised I didn't have my daily ERUNT registry backup on this- great for restoring a registry from a boot disk..when nothing else is available).
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP G60 214EM
- CPU
- Athlon QL62
- Memory
- 4Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- 8200M
- Browser
- Pale Moon
- Antivirus
- Avast