Windows 10 won't load when laptop is turned on. Windows won't boot after installing updates

Hi all! In the last article, we learned how. In today's article, we will learn how to enter Windows 10 Safe Mode if the system does not boot due to any errors.

Friends, what usually causes our operating system to stop loading? That's right, due to corrupted system files and critical drivers, but most often Windows does not boot due to programs and drivers installed by us that are not designed to work in our operating system. I'll explain a little more.

How to Enter Windows 10 Safe Mode if the Operating System Won't Boot

Recently, one person contacted me, he successfully updated his Windows 7 to Windows 10, but after the update, his video card and TV tuner drivers crashed. I updated the video card drivers for it, but with the TV tuner it turned out to be more and more difficult, only drivers for Windows 7 were posted on the official website of the device, there were not even drivers for Windows 8.1. In support, they told me that there are no 100% working drivers on Win 10 yet, but there are beta drivers and they suit who and who do not.

I downloaded and installed the drivers along with the software for the TV tuner without even creating a restore point just in case. The driver installed and asked for a reboot, after the reboot, a blue death (blue screen) appeared on the monitor, several reboots led to the same effect - the system boot ended with a blue screen.

What happened. The blue screen of death is a defensive reaction of Windows to incorrectly working code, that is, the system was automatically protected by a blue screen from a malfunctioning TV tuner driver. To remove the incorrect driver, I decided to use safe mode.

• Note: everything would be easier if I had before installing the driver.

We all know that safe mode is specially designed to fix various operating system malfunctions. In Safe Mode, Windows 10 starts with a minimal set of Microsoft-owned processes that you can trust. Therefore, we can use safe mode to remove incorrectly working drivers, or programs that led to Windows boot failure or its unstable operation.

All this is clear, but how to enter safe mode if Win 10 does not boot!?

In the initial system installation window, click keyboard shortcut Shift + F10.

A command prompt window will open, enter (suitable for any computers, including laptops with the UEFI interface enabled and the Secure Boot option, the command:

bcdedit /set (globalsettings) advancedoptions true

the command will make a change to the boot storage configuration (BCD) file.

Operation completed successfully.

We restart the computer, the Advanced Boot Options window will open.

Press key F4 or 4 to enter safe mode, you can also use other special modes used when troubleshooting Windows 10.

If you want to enter the operating system in the usual way, then press Enter on the keyboard.

Here we are in Windows 10 Safe Mode.

We remove the incorrect driver or program in the usual way.

Usually, drivers are installed into the operating system along with the software.

Open the Computer window and click Uninstall or change a program.

We find the name of the non-working, properly, software and click Remove.

If you installed the driver without an installer manually, uninstall it directly in the Device Manager - right-click on it and select Uninstall.

If you want to remove the appearance of the Advanced Boot Options window when loading, then boot from a bootable Windows 10 flash drive into the recovery environment, start the command prompt, enter the command:

bcdedit /deletevalue (globalsettings)advancedoptions

This command will undo previous changes to the boot storage configuration (BCD) file.

For insurance, before work, you can do.

Good time!

Despite the fact that Windows 10 has become a very reliable system (at least compared to Windows XP ...), however, it is not immune to various problems. One of the most frequent and painful is the refusal to boot ...

Most often, Windows 10 does not boot after you installed a second OS on a different disk partition, perhaps updated the system, connected another hard drive (or SSD). In rare cases, the problem occurs due to the incorrect operation of the antivirus.

In this article I will show several ways how you can restore the bootloader and bring Windows 10 back to life. I think the information will be relevant for most novice users ...

Addition!

You may find the article about ways to restore Windows 10 useful (a kind of mini-instruction). Link to it:

Windows 10 Boot Recovery

In this article, I assume that your Windows OS does not boot at all, giving various errors, for example, "No bootable device found ...", "An operating system wasn't found", "reboot and select proper... " and etc.

By the way, we will need boot (or as it is called, installation) flash drive with Windows 10.

Instruction!

Creating a bootable Windows 10 USB flash drive for UEFI and BIOS -

Important!

If you have problems loading Windows OS, the first thing to do is check that there are no left disks (floppies) in the drives, disconnect all drives and devices from the USB ports (and indeed from the PC / laptop) (leave at least: a mouse, keyboard).

Also check the BIOS / UEFI settings (try resetting them to the optimal ones). Especially, you should pay attention to this when installing (and any manipulations) with drives. Often, when the whole point is that the BIOS incorrectly specifies the disk from which to boot the OS.

To help:

Automatic recovery

The most up-to-date and easiest way to get Windows back to normal. The most important thing is that the user is required to click only a few items in the menu called up using the installation flash drive.

I will consider all the actions in steps (so that everyone can navigate):

If the method described above does not help, try the manual method (using the command line). It is a little more confusing, but there is nothing complicated in it either - any user can also run it...

Manual recovery (using the command line)

PS

1) If the above did not help, then as an option, you can (if some system files were damaged or the system is infected with a virus - this is the only alternative).

2) By the way, a good option (for those who do not want to lose the old system with all the data):

1. create another partition on the hard drive for installing the new Windows OS (using - this can be done quickly and without data loss);
2. then install Windows on this disk partition;
3. then you can go through the old Windows and pick up all the necessary files that were on that partition;
4. after which the old disk partition can be formatted and attached to any other partition (also using special utilities, the link was given above).

3) Or, you can try to restore Windows using the special tools that are on the LiveCD (DVD|USB). Such emergency media will allow you to check the system for viruses, assess the condition of the hard drive, remove some errors, etc.

True, it must be prepared in advance, or use another PC / laptop. One of my previous articles will tell you how to create such a medium:

Suggestions on the subject are welcome...

All the best!

Hi all! In the last article, we learned how. In today's article, we will learn how to enter Windows 10 Safe Mode if the system does not boot due to any errors.

Friends, what usually causes our operating system to stop loading? That's right, due to corrupted system files and critical drivers, but most often Windows does not boot due to programs and drivers installed by us that are not designed to work in our operating system. I'll explain a little more.

How to Enter Windows 10 Safe Mode if the Operating System Won't Boot

Recently, one person contacted me, he successfully updated his Windows 7 to Windows 10, but after the update, his video card and TV tuner drivers crashed. I updated the video card drivers for it, but with the TV tuner it turned out to be more and more difficult, only drivers for Windows 7 were posted on the official website of the device, there were not even drivers for Windows 8.1. In support, they told me that there are no 100% working drivers on Win 10 yet, but there are beta drivers and they suit who and who do not.

I downloaded and installed the drivers along with the software for the TV tuner without even creating a restore point just in case. The driver installed and asked for a reboot, after the reboot, a blue death (blue screen) appeared on the monitor, several reboots led to the same effect - the system boot ended with a blue screen.

What happened. The blue screen of death is a defensive reaction of Windows to incorrectly working code, that is, the system was automatically protected by a blue screen from a malfunctioning TV tuner driver. To remove the incorrect driver, I decided to use safe mode.

• Note: everything would be easier if I had before installing the driver.

We all know that safe mode is specially designed to fix various operating system malfunctions. In Safe Mode, Windows 10 starts with a minimal set of Microsoft-owned processes that you can trust. Therefore, we can use safe mode to remove incorrectly working drivers, or programs that led to Windows boot failure or its unstable operation.

All this is clear, but how to enter safe mode if Win 10 does not boot!?

In the initial system installation window, click keyboard shortcut Shift + F10.

A command prompt window will open, enter (suitable for any computers, including laptops with the UEFI interface enabled and the Secure Boot option, the command:

bcdedit /set (globalsettings) advancedoptions true

the command will make a change to the boot storage configuration (BCD) file.

Operation completed successfully.

We restart the computer, the Advanced Boot Options window will open.

Press key F4 or 4 to enter safe mode, you can also use other special modes used when troubleshooting Windows 10.

If you want to enter the operating system in the usual way, then press Enter on the keyboard.

Here we are in Windows 10 Safe Mode.

We remove the incorrect driver or program in the usual way.

Usually, drivers are installed into the operating system along with the software.

Open the Computer window and click Uninstall or change a program.

We find the name of the non-working, properly, software and click Remove.

If you installed the driver without an installer manually, uninstall it directly in the Device Manager - right-click on it and select Uninstall.

If you want to remove the appearance of the Advanced Boot Options window when loading, then boot from a bootable Windows 10 flash drive into the recovery environment, start the command prompt, enter the command:

bcdedit /deletevalue (globalsettings)advancedoptions

This command will undo previous changes to the boot storage configuration (BCD) file.

For insurance, before work, you can do.

This article collects the most common startup errors in Windows 10 and how to fix them. We hope this information will make life a little easier for those who switched to the new version of the system and suddenly found themselves between a rock and a hard place.

1 Windows 10: "The computer did not start correctly"

The first common problem when starting Windows 10 is that the system reports some kind of critical error ( CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED, INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE) and then displays a blue screen of "Automatic Repair" with the text .

Automatic Repair: The computer did not start correctly

The reason for this error, in most cases, is damage and deletion of system files or registry entries. This may be caused by installing and removing programs, or by the actions of antiviruses or utilities for cleaning the Windows registry.

The solution to the problem is to restore files and registry entries that are damaged:

1. Click on the button Extra options on the blue screen, select Troubleshooting> Extra options > Download options.
2. Click Reload.
3. In the window Download options press the F6 key or the number 6 on the numeric keypad to start Safe Mode with command line support.
4. The computer will restart in safe mode and a command prompt will open automatically. In it enter:

sfc /scannow dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth shutdown -r

The computer will restart and after that Windows will start in normal mode.

2 Windows 10 won't load past the logo

Another known issue is that the system boots up to the Windows logo, after which the computer randomly shuts down. The reason for this error is also the corruption of system files, however, unlike the first case, the damage is so severe that the system cannot start the recovery itself.

In this case, you will have to create a Windows Rescue Disk on another Windows 10 PC:

1. In the Windows 10 Control Panel, find and select Recovery > Create a recovery drive.
2. In the window that appears, set the parameter Back up system files to a recovery drive and press Dalley.
3. Connect an empty USB drive to your computer. Select it in the Create Recovery Drive window and click Next > Create.Wait for the files to finish copying and press Ready.
4. Remove the USB drive from your computer, plug it into one that won't run Windows 10, and enable BIOS to boot from it.
5. The Windows Recovery Environment will start. It has to choose Restoring a system image, or item Command line, and then enter the commands from the instructions for solving the first problem in it.

Windows Recovery Environment

You can also start the System Restore Environment from the disc that you installed Windows from. To do this, you need to boot from the installation disk, in the bootloader instead of Install press System Restore. In the menu that appears, select Troubleshooting> Extra options. The same options window shown above will open.

After recovery, the computer will restart. Set the BIOS back to boot from the hard drive and the system should start correctly.

3 "Boot Failure" and "An operating system wasn't found" errors

In some cases, when starting Windows 10, instead of loading the operating system, a black screen occurs with one of two errors:

1. boot failure. Reboot and Select Proper Boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device.
2. An operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.

There can be two reasons for this error:

1. Wrong boot device order in BIOS or UEFI. Make sure you are booting from the drive where Windows 10 is installed.
2. Damage to the system loader. In this case, you will also need an installation disk or an emergency recovery disk for Windows 10. After booting from it, in the recovery environment, select Boot recovery and let the bootloader files be overwritten.

Also, the problem may be hardware damage to the hard drive from which you are booting.

Boot failure error

4 Windows 10 won't start: black screen

A common error when starting Windows 10 is a black screen with no signs of loading the desktop, with or without a frozen cursor on the screen. This often happens as a result of incorrect installation of any drivers: after a reboot, the computer works, but the OS does not boot.

In most cases, the solution to the problem lies in the rollback of the system. This will also require an installation disk or a Windows 10 emergency recovery disk. After booting from it, in the recovery environment, you can try to select the item System Restore.

This will allow you to roll back the system to the state before the problem occurred. The system will prompt you to select a restore point to which the rollback will be performed, and after confirmation it will perform it. As a rule, after a reboot, the black screen disappears.

5 Windows 10 takes a long time to boot on startup

There is a situation when Windows 10 does not load, the waiting icon is spinning, and that's it. In fact, most likely, nothing bad is happening - the system simply installs the updates that it downloaded the last time you used the computer.

In this situation, it's best to just wait. This state can last for several hours, depending on the number and volume of downloaded updates. It is recommended not to turn off the computer, but to leave it in the boot state for 1-2 hours.

To prevent this error from happening again when you start Windows 10, you can set up a scheduled computer update so that the system does not download updates without your knowledge. To learn how to edit update policies, read our.

Most Windows 10 users have encountered a problem when a blue screen appears on computer startup with information that an error has occurred (without any data on the factors that caused it).

Consider the main problems that arise when you turn on a computer with Windows 10, and how to solve them.

CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED

Probably, most often, users see a blue background on the screen with a smiley that conveys a negative emotion, and a message that an error occurred when starting Windows.

For the first time, try restarting Windows 10, and when that doesn't help, restore it using one of the latest rollback points.

At this stage, it is important to know what actions most likely caused the problem when starting Windows 10 in order to resume it from the first time, rather than rolling back endlessly, choosing an older restore point each time. If the OS was updated or a driver/program was installed before restarting or shutting down the PC, select the restore point created by the system before performing this operation.

boot failure

This error indicates the impossibility of finding a boot record on a logical system drive.

There are several solutions here:

• we check the correct priority of boot devices in the BIOS or UEFI (perhaps the computer starts to boot from a connected flash drive);
• then we check the SSD or system partition for bad sectors;
• We restore the Windows bootloader using System Restore by booting from the installation disk.

We will dwell on the last option in more detail, because not all beginners understood what was at stake.

• We boot the computer from removable bootable media or a CD with Windows 10 installation files.
• On the screen with the “Install” button, click on the “System Restore” link.

• We select the item of additional boot options, which is responsible for troubleshooting and their elimination.
• In the menu with additional startup options for Windows 10, select the item indicated in the screenshot so that the installer performs the recovery of the boot record.

Operating system wasn't found

The error described in this section appears when the computer is started - immediately after the initialization of its hardware component. Its cause is hardware or logical damage to the drive from which the system is trying to read information, because it was not possible to find and extract information from the bootloader.

Try disconnecting and reconnecting the media using another free cable. Check the surface of the media for bad sectors, which may cause the inability to access the system information contained in them. Restoring Windows 10 in this case is not recommended - the best solution would be to reinstall the OS with a full formatting of the partition. Then the future system partition will be checked for the presence of bad sectors with their subsequent correction or reassignment.

Other Common Mistakes

Let's take a quick look at the other, less common problems that occur during the launch of the "dozens".

• Error 0x800F0923 - One of the drivers or software products used on the computer is incompatible with the current update / edition of Windows.

If restoring the system and then updating all installed drivers / programs (or removing products that are incompatible with the current update) did not help, contact Microsoft support.

• Error code 0x80200056 - most likely, the update process was interrupted and the computer needs to restart the update to fix problems in operation.
• Black screen when turning on the computer - boot into safe mode and enable low resolution mode.

Next, turn off each of the video adapters in turn and restart the PC to determine the problematic one. If you use one video card, update it, and if you cannot connect to the Internet, roll back the drivers for it.

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