Windows 8.1 start up failure

Hello, sorry if this is answered elsewhere.
I just upgraded to windows 8.1 with my Lenovo S440. I also tried this in October but it resulted in the flickering screen problem - clearly, the drivers have been updated in order to resolve this.
The problem now is that, whenever I shut down the computer, it doesn't start up again when I turn it back on. It comes to the Lenovo screen, which quickly disappears. Then it comes once again to the Lenovo screen, the keyboard lights up, then it disappears again for a couple of seconds. Then the Lenovo screen comes back, keyboard lights up, then it disappears again. This process repeats itself interminably.
However, if I hold down the power button to turn off the computer at any point during this loop from hell, then turn it back on, Windows 8.1 starts up normally. So the problem only obtains when I properly shut down Windows 8.1.
Any idea how to resolve this issue - basically, Windows 8.1 not starting up 50% of the time?

Don't worry Lenovo - no answer to this question is required. The reason being that it is now perfectly obvious to me that the S440 is not, in fact, compatible with Windows 8.1. Why don't you just come out and say it, saving people the trouble of trying to upgrade to 8.1 and then being confronted with an array of technical problems?

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