Windows 8.1 not booting!

I installed windows 8 then I installed bootcamp 5 drivers and the beta amd catalyst drivers.
I then updated to windows 8.1 and rebboted and worked fine.
I then rebooted (do not ask why) and when I rebooted the screen was lit but black!
This has happened to me 3 times now and is getting frustrating.
I installed but deleting mac partition and formatted it to FAT and installed windows

It isn't clear but sounds like you used Windows 8.1 Setup rather than burn and boot from DVD you make from the ISO. That does work better.
might leave out Boot Camp 5 until later. Same for AMD.
You have formatted what was Mac to FAT? and then in Windows install format it again so you can install on native NTFS.
And what was Boot Camp with Windows 8.0 is or is not there?
You could boot from Windows DVD and make the entire drive just Windows, no need even for Boot Camp Assistant then.

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Should i just go ahead and click instal windows 8, and then backup that fresh instal with my backup drive?
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Wow, how about you guys just answer the dude's question instead of posting useless garbage. thanks for wasting everyone's time.
The only way I know of fixing this right now is unfortunately by doing a clean install. Thats not to say however that you won't run into the same problem down the road. To be honest, even tho Templeton's answer was useless, he's right. Seven is currently way more stable.

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Hi,
Hopefully someone can help me!!
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I was wondering if anyone knows of any way to restore my Windows partition, retaining all of my previously saved files on my Windows disk. It's probably a long shot, but the thought of losing everything I have been working on for the last few months is a sickening one.
What does give me a bit of hope is that, if I click Boot Camp it seems to recognise that Windows 7 is installed as the option that appears is to uninstall it.
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Hi Christopher,
I also have problems with Windows rebooting after partition resize trying to reduce Mac side and increase Windows side. I do not see the BootCamp partition labelled as such while running disk utility. The Windows partition shows up when I boot up while pressing the ALT key. However, when I try to run Windows, it says " error loading operatig system".
I also followed instruction and went through to run gdisk successfully. Results towards the end.
What can be done? Windows still does not boot and It shows ? Suspicious MBR at sector 0.
Below is information based on typical questions you ask.
diskutil list
/dev/disk0   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE        IDENTIFIER
   0:              GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB     disk0
   1:                                           EFI                         209.7 MB     disk0s1
   2:                         Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            78.5 GB     disk0s2
   3:                       Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB     disk0s3
   4:                   Microsoft Basic Data                         31.7 GB      disk0s4
sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0
gpt show: disk0: mediasize=120034123776; sectorsize=512; blocks=234441648
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 234441647
      start       size            index       contents
          0          1                             MBR
          1          1                             Pri GPT header
          2         32                            Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600           1            GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640 153240016      2            GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
153649656    1269544     3            GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
154919200   17628896
172548096   61892608    4            GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
234440704        911
234441615         32                       Sec GPT table
234441647          1                        Sec GPT header
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 14593/255/63 [234441648 sectors]Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE    0   0   2 - 1023 254 63 [         1 - 172548095] <Unknown ID>
*2: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 172548096 -   61892608] HPFS/QNX/AUX
3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.7
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
MBR: hybrid
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.
Command (? for help): r
Recovery/transformation command (? for help): h
WARNING! Hybrid MBRs are flaky and dangerous! If you decide not to use one,
just hit the Enter key at the below prompt and your MBR partition table will
be untouched.
Type from one to three GPT partition numbers, separated by spaces, to be
added to the hybrid MBR, in sequence: 4
Place EFI GPT (0xEE) partition first in MBR (good for GRUB)? (Y/N): y
Creating entry for GPT partition #4 (MBR partition #2)
Enter an MBR hex code (default 07):
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): y
Unused partition space(s) found. Use one to protect more partitions? (Y/N): n
Recovery/transformation command (? for help): o
Disk size is 234441648 sectors (111.8 GiB)
MBR disk identifier: "DELETED INFO"
MBR partitions:
Number Boot Start Sector   End Sector   Status      Code
   1                               1    172548095   primary     0xEE
   2           *     172548096    234440703   primary     0x07
Recovery/transformation command (? for help): w
Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!
Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/disk2.
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
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Warning: The kernel may continue to use old or deleted partitions.
You should reboot or remove the drive.
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Hello Kermit_70,
What is your current situation?
Please try the suggestion as aw00t mentioned.
Additionally, please try to use Automatic Repair to fix problems that keep Windows from loading.
For more information, please take a look at the following article.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2269-system-recovery-options-boot-windows-8-a.html
Please note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
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I haven't found any known issues. I going to try it out here. What's the security update you're installing?. I noticed there's a bunch of them in the Microsoft web site.
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Hay Munir
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Now when I attempt to boot into Windows, I get the following error message, before any Windows logo appears:
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I'm, not sure whether this is just because of bootcamp not recognising the disk properly or my optical drive playing up (which is has done with some disks pretty much since I bought the mac, although does boot successfully from the Mac OSX disk I tried).
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I've also installed ReFit and am running that successfully, which recognises the USB disk but also can't boot from it. Tried the MBR and GPT sync tool too which said there wasn't a sync problem anyway.
I can't access any boot options for Windows (Safe Mode etc), each attempt is faced with the same error; can only choose to boot Windows or run the memory diagnostic tool which I doubt would help.
Obviously can't access any BIOS as that doesn't exist on macs.
Can I replace any specific boot file on the windows partition remotely?
Please help! I'm running out of ideas and really don't want to try and re-install Windows!

I would, but as the apparent guarenteed solution is to boot from the Windows CD, and I believe bootcamp is preventing this, I'd assume it'd be more relevant here.
Will probably do both though though, makes sense, as you say.

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Hello every one, il be glad if someone can help me here
I had the latest build of windows 10 downloaded and the PC restarted to install it, i left it at that, when i got back i had a black screen with nothing on it, for a few hours so i restarted the PC, when it come back up the BIOS pop out, there is only a
boot sitting for "Windows Boot Manager (PO: ST9750422AS)" and "Disabled", i tryed to restart the system a few times but it dose not seem to help
Any one have any idea? if nothing come up i guess il try to format if possible and reinstall windows, but if i can avoid that and get also the few files that are not backed up yet back il be glad to cut off that hassle
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Since you have the media to reinstall Windows, that will be your best bet.
Win 10 TP is still a beta. There can be numerous possibilities that resulted in the "black screen" situation. You could be running around like the proverbial " chicken without a head " trying to solve the problem.
Save the headache, reinstall and start from scratch. Unfortunately you will be losing the files you have not backed up.
Another suggestion :
If you can wait and if you have computer #2......
It is quite possible that a new build is forthcoming soon.
Use your computer #2 to download the new build ISO file, burn it to a bootable DVD or USB > use it to install the new build into computer #1.

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