How to Fix Windows 8.1 if it Doesn’t Boot

There comes a time when we all have to face the reality. There is a chance your Windows 8.1 will stop working at one point or another or perhaps your device hardware will simply malfunction. If your Windows 8.1 doesn’t boot correctly or it doesn’t boot at all there is a possibility that your registries in the operating system might be damaged beyond repair. Also having a copy of your operating system will help you greatly in this quest of fixing your Windows 8.1 if it doesn’t boot.

You can read below to find out some useful fixes if your Windows 8.1 doesn’t boot correctly and also find out why you got this issue in the first place. In most of the cases Windows 8.1 users say that the loading screen in Windows 8.1 keeps running until it restarts or perhaps it passes the loading screen but you will get only a black screen with the mouse cursor after it loads.

Tutorial for fixing Windows 8.1 if it doesn’t boot:

Hardware related issues:

One or more of your hardware devices might malfunction during a power up of the Windows 8.1 device thus preventing it to boot correctly into Windows 8.1.

1. If the Windows 8.1 device isn’t powering up at all when you press the power button the first thing you need to check is the power supply.If your power supply is fried then your PC won’t respond to anything.
   Note: Also check the power outlet in your house, you might not have power to the socket where you plugged the device.
2. If you hear a continuous beeping when the computer starts and Windows 8.1 won’t load then you will need to check your RAM memory. First check if they are plugged correctly in their sockets and if it doesn’t work then unplug one at a time and try to boot, if it boots only with one RAM memory then you need to replace the other one.
3. If you have a Windows 8.1 laptop and it doesn’t boot then try removing the power adapter, the battery and any other peripherals you have plugged in. After you have everything unplugged hold down the power button of the Windows 8.1 laptop for about 50 seconds then reconnect everything and try to start it.

Windows 8.1 software related issues:

1. While the Windows 8.1 device boots up you could try continuously pressing the “F8” button or the “Shift” and “F8” combination.
2. This would get you into a menu where you can select to boot into “Safe Mode”.
3. If your Windows 8.1 device booted into “Safe mode” then try to remember any software you recently installed before having this issue. Try uninstalling the software and try again to boot normally to see if it works.
4. Undo from “Safe mode” any recent changes you might have made to Windows 8.1 system files.
5. From “Safe mode” run a system check with your antivirus and see if it finds anything that might make your Windows 8.1 malfunction.
6. Try doing a system restore in your Windows 8.1 system to get your system to a previous state and possibly fix any issues you might have encountered.
7. If the system restore did not work for you try doing a clean boot of the system by following the steps below:

• Press and hold the button “Window” and the “R” button.
• Type in the “Run” window “msconfig”.
• Press “Enter” on the keyboard.
• You will have a “General” tab present in the new window that pops up. Select from the “General” tab the “Selective Startup” feature.
• Uncheck the box next to “Load Startup Items”
• Left click on the “Services” tab now .
• Check the box next to “Hide all Microsoft Services”.
• Left click on “Disable all” feature.
• Left click on “OK” button.
• Reboot the Windows 8.1 device and see if it boots normally.
• If your Windows 8.1 loads up then one of the apps you disabled is causing your system to crash.

1. If the steps above failed to boot up your Windows 8.1 system then the last thing is to try and reinstall your Windows 8.1 system but keep in mind that you should do this only if you tried everything posted above.

Also you can write us below in the comments section of the page if you have any other questions regarding this article or tell us if the methods above worked for you or not.

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