This all started yesterday when i reset my laptop to update. While it was updating before it shut down, the screen froze, then went to my desktop for an hour before i finally shut it down. (i get that it might not have been the best idea to shut down the laptop then, but i was at a loss of what to do.)
Upon bootup, it went to my loading screen (which just shows the laptops brand name, MSI) for about 10 minuites, then went to a blue screen which said:
error 0x0000185
missing file: msrpc.sys
your machine needs to be repaired. Insert installation media....etc.
after several attempts at the auto-repair and system restore (all of which came back as failures) i loaded the windows 8 software onto a flashdrive to do the full repair. this also failed, but it does allow me to get to the password screen.
Now im stuck with the machine taking 10-15 minutes to load from boot, and freezing on the first screen with all the pictures. It will open to the password screen after a few minutes, but the GUI gives no response to any attempts to click either the password box or the shut down button on the screen. Did I get some kind of crazy virus? or did windows just break?
Upon bootup, it went to my loading screen (which just shows the laptops brand name, MSI) for about 10 minuites, then went to a blue screen which said:
error 0x0000185
missing file: msrpc.sys
your machine needs to be repaired. Insert installation media....etc.
after several attempts at the auto-repair and system restore (all of which came back as failures) i loaded the windows 8 software onto a flashdrive to do the full repair. this also failed, but it does allow me to get to the password screen.
Now im stuck with the machine taking 10-15 minutes to load from boot, and freezing on the first screen with all the pictures. It will open to the password screen after a few minutes, but the GUI gives no response to any attempts to click either the password box or the shut down button on the screen. Did I get some kind of crazy virus? or did windows just break?