After a graphics update in Windows 10 the iMac crashed and now Windows will no longer load. I get a blank screen, but can make the mouse curser appear and that is it. I have tried numerous restarts with the same result.
iMac 27 inch Late 2015
Radeon 395x
Sierra 10.12.6
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.1)
Does macOS boot properly? If yes, and you can use something like Paragon NTFS Trial to replace the driver files. The other option may be to consider a VMware Fusion trial version and see if you can correct the driver using Fusion.
Does macOS boot properly? If yes, and you can use something like Paragon NTFS Trial to replace the driver files. The other option may be to consider a VMware Fusion trial version and see if you can correct the driver using Fusion.
In Safe Mode, you can rollback drivers. It does require that you have System Restore points enabled or manually created after each update. You may also be able to create a Windows Installer to repair it.
If you BC Assistant, what are the available options. If you see only Remove/Restore, quit BC Assistant.
I have tried getting into safe mode numerous times now. I press F8 immediately after selecting the windows partition and have even plugged in a windows keyboard, but still can't get it to load. I don't know if it is different with windows 10 vs. past versions, but that is always how I have done it. I literally can't do it any faster or slower and make it work. After googling windows 10 safe mode it give instructions for how to do it inside of Windows, which does me no good at this point.
I don't see any options in BCA other than Restore.
I am planning on giving that a shot here in a day or two when I can get time to work on it. I basically use Windows for gaming compatibility so this is fast becoming more trouble than it is worth. Thanks.
I got around the boot issue by selecting the Windows partition as the primary startup. I am pretty sure I am getting into safe mode because it reacts slightly different (plan black screen vs. black screen with never ending spinny wheel of death). This seems like a dead end. I hate to have to wipe it and start over. Any more thoughts?
Hello leavenssti,
I've got the some problem, but I'm not able to recover it. How did you do that? Whenever I create "my own bootcamp" it disconnects after showing me "needs to be recovered". What option did you use to restore it?
Thanks in advance.
I kind of played with it until I got it to work. I think you go to "My Parallels Desktop" and hit the "+" button on the top right of the small window that opens. It will give you 4 options one of which is Use Windows from Boot Camp. Select that and be prepared to wait awhile. It is very slow once it opens but it acts just like you are in Windows normally except at about 1/4 the speed. Search for system restore and select a restore point prior to your issue. It took so long to restore I thought the computer was hung up again, but when it finished I was able to boot into windows again like nothing had ever happened. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the Quick Answer. But unluckily that doesn't work for me. It only asks me to recover windows, without giving me the chance to do so. Guess I'll try to replace the driver files with Paragon NTFS. Just need to figure out which ones they are, and where to get the earlier version.
Wish me luck. I'll report to you, if it works and how it was done. To add possible solution to this thread.
Can you Build your own Windows 10 Bootcamp USB Installer and see if it will let you boot from it and Repair/Rollback the faulty driver?
Can you boot into Windows Safe Mode?
When I click on the windows partition it loads pretty fast, almost instantly the windows logo comes up. Even if I could get into safe mode I’m not exactly sure what to do to fix it.
Are you able to go into Device Manager and roll back the Graphics driver?
No, screen is still blank. Only thing I see is the mouse cursor on a black screen.
Does Shift+F10 open up a command Window? Do any of brightness keys work?
No, more of the same.
Windows 10 no longer loads after update
