Win 8.1 Updated Hosed my Laptop

Hi,
A few weeks ago, I was prompted on my HP ENVY TouchSmart Sleekbook 4-1115dx (C2K73UA) with auto-update for Wins 8.1. I accepted and now my computer will not boot up and it rendered it unusable.
It attempts to start up but then just goes black forever.
How can I recover? There is not disk drive, I have not boot up disk or any way to try to force a reboot. Any ideas? Please help me!
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I hope you backed up your data. As in copied all your personal files like music, pictures, videos and software.
If you have done this, you can try pressing F11 at the HP logo to perform recovery.
Note that recovery erases/deletes all your personal files and I would not recommend it if you have not backed up your data.
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