Windows 8.1 Not booting

[Nick_Dunstan]

So I was playing on my PC this morning and everything was working fine, it asked if a wanted to restart to update and i did and when it had finished and booted into windows i left it for about 5 mins and then turned it off, when i came back and turned it on it didnt boot into windows, so i jumped in to BIOS and checked the boot order and everything was fine. then i thought i will restore it to a previous backup and it gave me an error for every  option, i have looked around on the internet and have not found anything on this issue, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[killcomic]

So I was playing on my PC this morning and everything was working fine, it asked if a wanted to restart to update and i did and when it had finished and booted into windows i left it for about 5 mins and then turned it off, when i came back and turned it on it didnt boot into windows, so i jumped in to BIOS and checked the boot order and everything was fine. then i thought i will restore it to a previous backup and it gave me an error for every  option, i have looked around on the internet and have not found anything on this issue, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Right, what errors are you getting? When it doesn't boot, what exactly happens?

[Nick_Dunstan]

Right, what errors are you getting? When it doesn't boot, what exactly happens?

it will boot to the windows 8 logo and the dots will spin for about 10 secs and then it will restart and then boot to windows auto repair

[Vacsol]

A lot of people have been having major issues since the latest update. although mostly BSODs and Stop 0x50 errors

[luke_2bossly]

Can you boot into safe mode???

[Nick_Dunstan]

A lot of people have been having major issues since the latest update. although mostly BSODs and Stop 0x50 errors

My PC did Bluescreen the night before it may have been that error?

[Nick_Dunstan]

Can you boot into safe mode???

Nope already tried

[Kazooey]

Do you have any overclocks? Try resetting the bios to its recommended settings.

[Vacsol]

My PC did Bluescreen the night before it may have been that error?

try booting from a live DVD or USB, then deleting the file c:\Windows\System32\FNTCACHE.DAT

according to http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/users-find-fix-botched-kb-2982791-and-kb-2970228-windows-update-248476

[Nick_Dunstan]

Do you have any overclocks? Try resetting the bios to its recommended settings.

I dont have an overclock, I even tried resetting the bios to recommended settings

[Nick_Dunstan]

try booting from a live DVD or USB, then deleting the file c:\Windows\System32\FNTCACHE.DAT

according to http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/users-find-fix-botched-kb-2982791-and-kb-2970228-windows-update-248476

I used a friends DVD and Bought a code, so i dont own a DVD copy of windows

[Vacsol]

I used a friends DVD and Bought a code, so i dont own a DVD copy of windows

just make a linux bootable USB, which is free and should take about a half hour tops.

then boot from the USB, choose to "try out" the OS instead of installing, then do what I told you.

 

I'm not 100% sure this will work, and I would suggest it after you've tried some other things, as it could be a complete waste of time.

 

[Nick_Dunstan]

just make a linux bootable USB, which is free and should take about a half hour tops.

then boot from the USB, choose to "try out" the OS instead of installing, then do what I told you.

 

I'm not 100% sure this will work, and I would suggest it after you've tried some other things, as it could be a complete waste of time.

 

I will give it a shot

[Nick_Dunstan]

just make a linux bootable USB, which is free and should take about a half hour tops.

then boot from the USB, choose to "try out" the OS instead of installing, then do what I told you.

 

I'm not 100% sure this will work, and I would suggest it after you've tried some other things, as it could be a complete waste of time.

 

Okay i have Unbuntu booted up on a USB how do access the file that i need to delete?

[Vacsol]

Okay i have Unbuntu booted up on a USB how do access the file that i need to delete?

open the file explorer, go to computer, then find the HDD with windows installed. then find the file I suggested and delete it.

don't worry, it's just a font cache file, and it will reload itself properly after windows boots.

 

If my advice doesn't work, then someone else might be able to help.

[Nick_Dunstan]

It says i'm "Unable to access the 1000 GB Volume" how can i get past this??

[Vacsol]

It says i'm "Unable to access the 1000 GB Volume" how can i get past this??

I'm not sure. next time you want to reply just use the quote button so I get a notification

[BiggestFan]

I got the same problem as you at the moment

 

Edit: I fixed my problem. Had wrong cables connected to the GPU from my PSU.

 

This is what I had when it was not working (where the red dots are) Wrong: http://puu.sh/aULbE/4ea8d6fe67.jpg

 

Correct: http://puu.sh/aUNXx/53296b2ca0.jpg