Today, my pc with Windows 8.1 installed suddenly started crashing on start up, and then rebooting and showing the 'Automatic repair' screen. I tried solving this in multiple ways already:
I tried creating a USB drive with a copy of Windows 8.1 on it on my laptop, and then on my pc select refresh pc - when I insert the USB drive it says the inserted media isn't valid. I don't have the original installation cd
I tried using startup repair, it just runs for a minute and then itsays the problem can't be fixed using startup repair
- I tried a system restore, but it gives the error '0x80070057'. Unfortunately, there's only one system restore available
I tried using the following commands in the command prompt:
bootrec /fixMBR bootrec /Fixboot bootrec /rebuildBCDHowever, after the last line it says that no installations were found(I made sure to activate the windows partition using
DISKPART)
I didn't recently install any suspicious programs, and I've been running Windows 8.1 for over a year now without any problems. Can anyone please help me? I really need to be able to use my pc
Update:
I gives the error INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. I've disconnected all my hard drives except the SSD that Windows is installed on, I made sure it is booted from, I changed the SATA cable, but nothing helped. Also, when I try to enter safe mode from the Automatic Repair screen, the INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error message still shows
