Windows 8.1 won't boot up

My HP ENVY 15-jo11dx was downloading current updates for the built in camera but having problems with the download. Suddenly my computer rebooted but Windows 8.1 would not boot. Waited over 3 hours while hard drive lite stayed on. Nothing came on screen. Black screen of Death???
Unplugged power and battery because computer would not reboot. Started up and nothing but HP screen at startup. No Windows. Unplugged and restarted again except with esc. key and power button. Tried every option available on screens and all I could get was "Partition Not Found." Tried to restore to prevous date but nothing. I just got this computer in the first part of December.
I really love this coputer because it so fast and powerful. But right now it is a very costly paper weight. Can I please get a recovery disk to boot up my PC????
Currently I hve to fall back on my Apple to post and recieve messages. Please help.

Hi Ryan44,
Thank you for your post, I will do my best to assist you!
I understand that after upgrading to Windows 8.1, you received an error and clicked OK to terminate the program. Once you did, the screen flickered in and out. You did a shut down and restarted the notebook, but it has been stuck on Windows Repair for 12 hours.
I would try a forced reset first.Performing a Hard Reset or Forced Reset
If this did not help, I suggest you do a recovery and then retry the upgrade as the repair does not seem to be working. Here is some documentation to assist you with this process.
Performing an HP System Recovery (Windows 8).
During this process you will receive a prompt to backup your personal files. If you have not done a backup yet, I suggest you do one now to prevent data loss.
Restoring Files that were Backed Up Using HP Recovery Manager (Windows 8).
Here another one to aid with updating to Windows 8.1 again.
Updating Windows 8 to 8.1
I hope this helped.
Sparkles1
I work on behalf of HP
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