[SOLVED] No screen output after windows logo on booting

[demozide]

Hi,
I have a Dell Latitude E6520. It is pre used and came with Windows 10 installed. After few months I updated windows to a newer version. The installation went flawlessly well. I shut down my PC then after few hours I tried to boot up. Dell startup logo shows, windows logo shows, spinning loader completes spinning then nothing shows on screen. No pixel is lit up. Not even backlight is showing. I force shutdown then start it up again, now the loading is bit slow but manages to get to login screen. I have to do this every time I leave my laptop off for hours. I resetted it, reinstalled it, didn't fix it. Any ideas how to fix this?

 

[onespeedbiker]

Try turning off fast startup https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4189-turn-off-fast-startup-windows-10-a.html

 

[demozide]

That worked. Thanks! Can you tell me what could have possibly gone wrong?

 

[onespeedbiker]

Fast startup saves systems files in RAM, so when you boot the next time the data doesn't have to be loaded from the hdd/ssd. In some cases, either corrupt data is saved, or recent changes are not saved, which can result in your PC unable to boot until the RAM is cleared; which happens when you forced a shutdown.

 

[demozide]

Can I turn back my fast bootup on now? I swear I only forced my laptop down when it didn't boot. Otherwise, I shut it down normally.

 

[onespeedbiker]

I certainly won't harm anything, but you may end up with the same problem. Best to upgrade to an ssd as there is little difference in boot speed even with fast startup enabled.