Windows update 10/12/2022 broke my PC totally!

Anonymous
2022-10-13T14:00:32+00:00

I noticed last night before I went to bed that I had the option to update and restart my PC which meant there was something in Windows that needed an update. Ok...sure. I selected that option, watched the system prepare and download the update, and went to bed.

This morning I go into my office and my PC won't even boot! I initially get to the Windows loading screen....nothing but the spinning dots for 30 minutes. So I hold the power button down, let it reset...same result. I reboot again, try to go into Safe Mode....nothing at all. Black screen. So I thought "Great! I have to reinstall Windows and restore my last system image (which was this Sunday thankfully)." So I get out my Windows USB install stick, set my PC to start from there, get the prompt to install 32 or 64 bit Windows, select 64 bit, get the loading install files message...

Nothing! Doesn't load at all!

I've tried to get into Safe Mode, took out all my RAM and reseated them, only installed 1 stick at a time (out of four I had installed), unplugged and reseated the PSU cables to EVERYTHING...not one single thing is working! I use my computer for work, and right now all I have is a $3500 paperweight! I've now spent HOURS in Google University trying to find the magic bullet that will fix this, and nothing is working!

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-13T19:26:01+00:00

    Ok...now I am getting somewhere.  

    It looks like Windows, once again, somehow corrupted my boot drive.  Seems like I go through this a few times a year.  I don't know how it does it since I maintain vigilance on my PC and am always making sure that there are no no-no programs installed or running on it....so Windows is the only constant source of problem.  All my C: drive is used for are storing Word documents and the operating system.  Everything else I keep on other drives.

    But now when I finally get to where I can get something more than a black screen and actually make it to the Windows repair utilities, every single option tells me that my issue can't be diagnosed, can't find a system restore point, or can't find a system image....all of which I maintain daily! And when I go into the Windows Installer and select the drive, it tells me that I can't install on that drive because it is MBR and not GPT, but when I delete it and try to reformat the drive, it still won't format it. But now when I try to install after I rebooted, I get two things happening when trying to launch into the Windows install USB:

    1. When I use Legacy, I start up, get the 32/64 bit choice option, the Windows logo, then a black screen forever.
      -or-
    2. When I use UEFI, I start up, get the 32/64 bit choice option, get the motherboard logo splash momentarily, and then spinning dots forever.....

    Windows is very quickly beginning to earn my ire...

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-14T18:54:42+00:00

    you can try talk with a proffesional

    heh...good luck with that. Last time this happened, Microsoft support was less than supportive. They literally tried placing blame on me for the issue when it was once again a Windows update that buggered my PC and wanted to charge me $99 to fix what their systems screwed up.

    Sorry....you don't get to cause the issue and then get paid to fix it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-13T20:59:56+00:00

    I have the same problem. The same!

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-14T14:28:04+00:00

    I'm having the same issue. Did the windows update last night and now my PC won't load windows.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-10-14T17:31:38+00:00

    Yeah....this is literally the third time in 2 years that I have had to reinstall Windows entirely after a Windows update.

    This time though....it's the apocalypse.

    I finally managed to get Windows to install on my drive, but now when it rebooted, I got a window somehow showing 8 windows boot records when it tried loading, gave me no time at all to try to select one of them, then just went into loading Windows.....and then gave me nothing but a black screen.

    Rebooted, tried to go into Windows repair....black screen.

    Rebooted again....it automatically started Windows repair...spinning circles....black screen.

    Thank goodness I went ahead and bought a brand new drive last night in case this thing becomes an absolutely 100% lost cause.....which I am about to call it as.

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