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soycappa

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#181157 4-Oct-2015 22:41
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Hello all,

I bought a Lenovo B50 all-in-one desktop today and was in the process of setting everything up. It was downloading Windows 10 in the background so hadn't done the install, and it restarted after downloading iTunes.

On startup it started installing Windows updates, got to 59%, couldn't install and started undoing updates. It then got stuck in a reboot loop which I'm assuming is the publicised update error and I now can't get it out of the loop. The problem I have is all of the fixes I can find rely on having access to the desktop, however startup after hard boot only shows the Lenovo logo then goes straight to install again. There's no other accessible menu item, it didn't come with discs and hitting F8 or shift+F8 isn't doing anything.

Does anyone have any other clues to get out of the loop and boot it in safe mode? (I was still on Vista so I'm unfamiliar with later OS). Apologies if you've answered this already - I had a look but the Qs I found didn't relate to this.

Thank you so much in advance!

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  #1399928 5-Oct-2015 06:56
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Use F8 or Shift + F8 (doesn't work when using UEFI BIOS & SSDs)

or create a bootabl Windows USB media, and run the recovery wizard from there



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  #1399932 5-Oct-2015 07:37
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Thanks for replying Nathan. As I mentioned, F8 or shift + F8 isn't working. I can't access anything else at all to create anything.

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  #1404434 12-Oct-2015 15:03
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soycappa: Thanks for replying Nathan. As I mentioned, F8 or shift + F8 isn't working. I can't access anything else at all to create anything.



To Enter to the BIOS :

Press Fn + F2 as soon as the Lenovo Logo appear on the screen, sometimes is necessary to press repeatedly this combination to get into the UEFI settings.

To Enter to Boot Menu:

Press Fn + F12 as soon as the Lenovo Logo appear on the screen.

HTH
Shane





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