Dell Inspiron 14 3000 Series won't complete Windows 8.1 Installation

My daughter received this laptop yesterday. When she turned it on and started the installation on the Windows 8.1 she ended up turning it off by accident part way through the installation. Now we can't get it to install at all! It says something about how installation was stopped unexpectedly and to re-start the computer to install, but I can't seem to figure out how to get it to work! Each time you try again, it says the same things. Will check back in later! Thanks for any help in advance!
Mary-Anne

OK, tried that, but the options I get are listed as...
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Enable Boot Logging
Enable low-resolution video
Debugging Mode
Disable automatic restart on system failure
Disable Driver Signature Enforcement
Disable Early Launch Anti-Malaware Driver
Start Windows Normally
(And clicking start windows normally doesn't work....)
And the title at the top of the screen says...
Advanced Boot Options
Thanks

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While the call is out for the system to go to sleep all working processes are supposed to be stopped before the system is fully "asleep"  All it can take for one process to be running and not shut down correctly to cause the system not to recover from sleep.
Since it sounds like this is random that can make it even more difficult to track down the cause. One thing to consider is what the system may have been doing prior to being placed to sleep.  If a specific program or device was being used just prior to the system going to sleep every time that you noticed that the system wont wake, there is a good chance that program is the problem. Can you think of any common denominator, any specific program that you had running just prior to the system freezing?
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The laptop worked OK-ish and I was pretty happy with it until recently.
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ejn63
First, you do not have a system with a dedicated video card. You have a hybrid AMD-Intel MUX-less system - software controlled hybrid video.
The AMD GPU is simply a co-processor - only the Intel GPU has a physical connection to the display panel, so ALL video data, even if it is processed through the AMD GPU, passes through the Intel GPU on its way to the screen. The Intel GPU will always show active, and primary in the system.
Does the Catalyst Control Panel allow the selection of the AMD GPU? If it does, the system is working properly (though note that Windows will still see the Intel GPU as primary, as will most diagnostic test utilities). Second thing: not all games support hybrid video, and even among those that do, there are often settings that need to be changed.
Finally, you must temper your expectations of the video chip in the system - it is not a gaming GPU or system of any caliber. It's now about 3-4 years old, and the GPU wasn't cutting edge even when it was new. It's a low- to mid-range system with a low- to mid-range GPU for its time.
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