I did something very stupid. I used Driver Booster by iObit. Never had any problems with it before, but something bad was bound to happen so I take full responsibility for what's happening.
These were chipset level drivers which is why my Driver_Power_State_Failure (DPSF) is so bad I guess, others seem to at least be able to boot into Windows.
Driver Booster makes a small system backup (thank god) every time drivers are updated. Normally I would boot into Windows and revert the changes, but I can't get past the login screen. After I type my password and press enter the screen freezes and I eventually get BSoD. In that case I would use Safe Mode, but none of the repair options from the Windows 8.1 boot screen work, they don't initialize before I get BSoD.
This is all in UEFI mode. When I change to Legacy mode, I'm not able to boot into Windows 8.1 for some reason. Legacy mode starts with Network Boot and then tries the Optical Drive even though my SSD is first in booting priority. I'm hoping to access Safe Mode through Legacy boot.
I'm of course keeping a reinstall of Windows 8.1 as the ultimate solution, but I have a lot of important files and programs on the laptop. I have a backup that's somewhat recent on an external drive, but my hope is to access the backup created by Driver Booster and revert back to before I installed those drivers.
My question is if I can somehow force Safe Mode or access the Driver Booster backup manually and revert to it. I have an Acer Aspire V3-772g with Windows 8.1 (64-bit), any help is greatly appreciated.
Daniel
These were chipset level drivers which is why my Driver_Power_State_Failure (DPSF) is so bad I guess, others seem to at least be able to boot into Windows.
Driver Booster makes a small system backup (thank god) every time drivers are updated. Normally I would boot into Windows and revert the changes, but I can't get past the login screen. After I type my password and press enter the screen freezes and I eventually get BSoD. In that case I would use Safe Mode, but none of the repair options from the Windows 8.1 boot screen work, they don't initialize before I get BSoD.
This is all in UEFI mode. When I change to Legacy mode, I'm not able to boot into Windows 8.1 for some reason. Legacy mode starts with Network Boot and then tries the Optical Drive even though my SSD is first in booting priority. I'm hoping to access Safe Mode through Legacy boot.
I'm of course keeping a reinstall of Windows 8.1 as the ultimate solution, but I have a lot of important files and programs on the laptop. I have a backup that's somewhat recent on an external drive, but my hope is to access the backup created by Driver Booster and revert back to before I installed those drivers.
My question is if I can somehow force Safe Mode or access the Driver Booster backup manually and revert to it. I have an Acer Aspire V3-772g with Windows 8.1 (64-bit), any help is greatly appreciated.
Daniel
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire V3-772g