After upgrading to Windows 10, the black screen: causes, problem resolution and recommendations

One of the most unpleasant and, it must be said, absolutely non-standard is the situation, when neither the one nor the other appears during the update or after the Windows 10 update, the black screen. The reasons for this phenomenon are not clear to many. And users panic begin to bite their elbows in search of a solution. But do not despair. Even if you are watching a black screen after upgrading Windows 10, there is a solution. By the way, it will suit those who upgraded to the "ten" installed the eighth version. We'll talk at once: it's not so simple, so be patient.

Why, after updating Windows 10 - black screen?

In general, this situation is quite unusual, since there are cases completely different. For example, a black screen (with or without cursor) can occur when you update Windows 7, 8, or a subsequent modification of 8.1 to the tenth version. It can also be seen in an already running Windows 10 during or after its own updates.

Consider several reasons that can affect this. As a rule, there are several of them:

• Discrepancy of previously installed video card drivers;
• Failures in the Explorer service;
• Enabled quick start;
• Re-licensing.

In addition, it is worth mentioning two more varieties. First, after upgrading to Windows 10, the black screen disappears after a while, and the system returns to normal. Secondly, the black screen "hangs" constantly, but the control elements (at least the keyboard) are working. In principle, solutions for almost all situations, in general, are the same. But we will consider them proceeding from the first causes (about mechanical failures of computer systems speech now does not go).

Restore the system in the standard way

So, after the upgrade to Windows 10 - black screen and no response to the download of the newly installed system. What to do? Naturally, the easiest solution is to restore the system to the original "operating system" if you have an installation disc or a bootable flash drive.

All this is simple, when a disk or a flash drive is available. And if they are not, then what? Do not give up. The output is: black screen after upgrading to Windows 10 can be removed by built-in tools, and at the same time and return to the old system. This is all the more good because the G8 is not destroyed when upgraded to the tenth version, but is, so to speak, in the deactivated state.

What do you need to do? First of all, we call the Task Manager with the standard three-finger combination Ctrl + Alt + Del, and then create a new cmd task in it (launching the command line) with the launch on behalf of the admin. In the window that appears, write the line shutdown / r / o / f / t 00, and then reboot.

Now we use the diagnostics in the action selection window, then in the additional parameters we select the system recovery. When the process is complete, the computer restarts, and then an old, workable system appears before you.

Windows 10: How to fix the "black screen" during the update?

The situation described above is not the only one of its kind. In this case, the solution concerned the name of when the black screen appears after upgrading to Windows 10. But what do you want to do if it occurs during the update process? The reason for this, apparently - obsolete drivers graphics accelerator.

If you see a black screen when installing Windows 10, in principle, you can do the simplest way, although many may seem barbaric. We force shutdown and restart of the terminal or laptop. Upon restart, the system will check the hard disk for errors (maybe even in the background) and download the desktop.

To prevent this situation in the future, we update the video card drivers. You can do this from the Device Manager, but if you have a utility like Driver Booster at hand, it's better, because the driver will be downloaded from the official website of the manufacturer (not only for the graphics chip, but for all other devices that need In the driver update), and then automatically integrated into the system. After that, you can try to install Windows 10 again.

Entering safe mode

All this concerned the fact that it was after updating to Windows 10 that the black screen was the result of system failures or conflicts with the drivers. But what if the "dozens" installation went kind of successfully? And suddenly after loading Windows the black screen and the cursor appear before the user's eyes, and the system does not want to start, although the initial boot process clearly indicated that the system is trying to work?

It's not so simple. If there is an installation disk, there will be no problem. Perform the sequence as shown below (transitions from the diagnostics menu):

Otherwise, you will need a secure login mode. But with him there are problems. The fact is that the standard key press F8 when you start Windows in the tenth version does not work (why it had to be removed, still not clear). However, not on all devices, but sometimes press F8 times this way 10-20 with the Shift key pressed.

If a new window appears, go ahead and select diagnostics first, then additional parameters, and then - the command line. In it, we register the command as shown below (after the command - input):

In the next window, click on the continuation line and finally, in the boot options window, press the F4 (safe mode) key. Then the system reboots, the system boots in safe mode.

How to restore your system in safe mode

In principle, if there was a "dozen" installed, you can easily return to the old system, however, with one caveat: if the user has deleted the files of the previous "operating system". Otherwise, nothing happens.

You can do this in the security and recovery section, where there is a special link to return to the previous system. That's all. The process will end automatically, after which a restart with the previously installed "seven" or "eight" will follow.

If you need to restore the "ten" itself after its own update, you need to type sfc / scannnow at the command line (even at the download stage) and press the enter key (the process of scanning and recovering system files is activated). The process can be quite long, so you have to suffer. You can reboot the system and verify its functionality by using the shutdown -t 0 -r -f command.

But when entering safe mode, you can simply activate the recovery process and select a control point that precedes the appearance of this situation.

Installing drivers and uninstalling updates

Another step that can be taken when booting in safe mode refers to updating the drivers. How to do this was described above, so there is no point in dwelling on this.

As for the service packs that could cause this failure, you should go to the update center and see the latest installed packages. The latest updates should be uninstalled, then manually search for updates, and those that caused the critical failure to be excluded from the list. In principle, the automatic update can be disabled at all. Windows does not recommend this, but there's nothing to worry about. Updates for the most part relate to security, office applications and only sometimes - drivers. But if the user has the same Driver Booster package, the drivers will be updated through it. In addition, the program itself will issue a notification of the need for an update (free version). The version of Pro will generally update all the drivers in the background. The user only knows about this from the message of the successful installation.

Running the Explorer Service in Manual Mode

Consider another impartial situation, when instead of the expected start of the system we have after loading Windows a black screen and a cursor (in some cases, the cursor may be absent). The reason is the failure of the Explorer service, which could not load the Desktop. It will have to be started manually.

We go to the "Task Manager", as described above, then in the tree of processes we find the service explorer.exe and we terminate the process forcibly. Next, in the file menu, create a new task and enter explorer.exe in the startup line. If nothing happened, you can try to find the file yourself by clicking the browse button. Typically, the desired file is in the root directory of Windows on the system disk. In part this can solve the problem. In extreme cases, we use the same safe mode and scan the system with recovery, as described above.

Enabling Quick Launch

Safe mode is also good in that it is possible to change some key parameters that affect the system's performance. Here we are talking about the so-called quick launch mode.

Its activation is made from the power section in the standard "Control Panel", where the action of the buttons is first selected, and then the parameters that are not available. We put the "bird" opposite the prompt line, save the changes and overload the system.

Get rid of Windows Activation Technologies

Finally, one of the reasons might be reactivation. If a copy of Windows is licensed, there should not be any problems, but sometimes the activation file just causes trouble after upgrading to Windows 10. The black screen in this case can "hang" constantly.

We use the safe mode, in the properties of the folders we specify the display of the hidden elements, after which we find the folder with the same name. As a rule, for 64-bit systems it is located directly in the directory with the system (C: \ Windows), but for systems with 32-bit architecture it can be in the System32 section, where you need to go first to the Tasks folder, then - Microsoft, and - finally - Windows. Delete the folder with all its contents and reboot.

Conclusion

So we reviewed the main causes of failures after upgrading to Windows 10. The black screen is a thing, of course, unpleasant, but as you can see, it is possible to combat such type of failures, even if they occur in an already running system. Naturally, some of the above methods will be somewhat difficult for many users to understand or apply in practice; nevertheless, if you show a little patience, you can fix the problem yourself, and not run to any service center, and even pay money for it, even if Small, but still it is material costs.