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Solved Windows 8.1 not booting
My windows 8.1 is not boot D:
I have access to recovery menu tho
Well I've been having trouble with my PC all week now and I found out I had a Trojan
So I start to remove it with windows defender. But half way though my PC turned off.
So I turned it on again. But this time is didn't get pass the login screen. The next time same thing.
This happened for a few moar times until...
My PC wouldn't budge pass the windows loading icon.
Last edited: Aug 13, 2015
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
Can you not give us some more information?
OS
Windows 8.1, x64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom Build
CPU
Intel i5 4690K @ Stock
Motherboard
ASUS Z97-K
Memory
Corsair XM3 DDR3 1600MHz @ 1333MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS 760 OC @ Stock
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
[1] ASUS, 23", AH-IPS, 16:9 [2] Samsung TV, 20", LCD TFT, 16:9
Screen Resolution
[1] 1920 x 1080, 60Hz [2] 1680 x 1050, 60Hz
Hard Drives
Internal: 500GB, 1TB, (plus SanDisk, SATAIII, 120GB SSD)
External: 250GB USB2, 1TB External USB3
PSU
Corsair TX750 Enthusiast Edition
Case
Zalman Z11
Cooling
Air - 9 Total Fans
Keyboard
Xebec Media Line
Mouse
Logitech Optical
Internet Speed
Approx. 550KBps DL, 100KBps UL (EE)
Browser
Firefox
Antivirus
Kaspersky Internet Security
Other Info
It's "tower," not desktop!
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
Well I did try to fix it before because I had a trojan and while I was using windows defender to clean it out Pc shutdown...
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
BSOD Analyst & Security Analyst
VIP Member
Pro User
What options of the recovery menu have you tried and what were the results?
OS
Windows 10 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom build
CPU
i5-6500 @3.20GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
Memory
16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
PSU
Corsair RM550x
Case
Fractal Design Define S
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 i
Keyboard
Func KB-460 (MX Red)
Mouse
Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
Other Info
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
BSOD Analyst & Security Analyst
VIP Member
Pro User
What was the result of the repair?
Do you have a restore point?
What are your options in the menu?
OS
Windows 10 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom build
CPU
i5-6500 @3.20GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
Memory
16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
PSU
Corsair RM550x
Case
Fractal Design Define S
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 i
Keyboard
Func KB-460 (MX Red)
Mouse
Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
Other Info
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
The startup repair didn't work.
And somehow my restore points got deleted...
My options in the menu were.
Refresh pc
Reset PC (really don't want to do this one)
And advanced troubleshooting.
Btw I tried lanch windows in safe mode. No luck
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
BSOD Analyst & Security Analyst
VIP Member
Pro User
What are the options in advanced troubleshooting?
OS
Windows 10 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom build
CPU
i5-6500 @3.20GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
Memory
16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
PSU
Corsair RM550x
Case
Fractal Design Define S
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 i
Keyboard
Func KB-460 (MX Red)
Mouse
Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
Other Info
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Now it says I have a disk read error occurred
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
BSOD Analyst & Security Analyst
VIP Member
Pro User
What have you done exactly?
OS
Windows 10 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom build
CPU
i5-6500 @3.20GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
Memory
16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
PSU
Corsair RM550x
Case
Fractal Design Define S
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 i
Keyboard
Func KB-460 (MX Red)
Mouse
Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
Other Info
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Never mind
I fixed that. But I still can't boot into windows 8.
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
The Advanced Options are:
System Restore
System Image Recovery
Start-up repair
Command Prompt
Start-up Setting
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
BSOD Analyst & Security Analyst
VIP Member
Pro User
Do you have any information of this trojan? Like file name, file location etc.
OS
Windows 10 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom build
CPU
i5-6500 @3.20GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
Memory
16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
PSU
Corsair RM550x
Case
Fractal Design Define S
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 i
Keyboard
Func KB-460 (MX Red)
Mouse
Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
Other Info
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
BSOD Analyst & Security Analyst
VIP Member
Pro User
Too bad, removing trojan with command prompt won't work then.
Try refresh pc at first.
OS
Windows 10 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom build
CPU
i5-6500 @3.20GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
Memory
16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
PSU
Corsair RM550x
Case
Fractal Design Define S
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 i
Keyboard
Func KB-460 (MX Red)
Mouse
Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
Other Info
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
It says I need to use my recovery media?
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
BSOD Analyst & Security Analyst
VIP Member
Pro User
Don't you have one?
You can create a recovery drive with this
tutorial
OS
Windows 10 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Custom build
CPU
i5-6500 @3.20GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
Memory
16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
PSU
Corsair RM550x
Case
Fractal Design Define S
Cooling
Cooler Master TX3 i
Keyboard
Func KB-460 (MX Red)
Mouse
Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
Other Info
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Thank you
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110
Don't you have one?
You can create a recovery drive with this
tutorial
Um.. I don't have another windows 8 pc
OS
Windows 8.1 pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
CUSTOM BUILT
CPU
Amd A6-6400k apu
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI
Memory
Crucial Ballistix Sport Low Profile 8GB single DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD graphics
Hard Drives
Seagate pipeline HD ST3500321CS 500GB
Case
Cooler Mater Elite 110