I just upgraded my Alienware Aurora R4 from Windows 8.1 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. Everything seemed to go okay. I was able to log in and everything as per the usual. Then I went to reboot it, and now it stays stuck at the spinning dots (before loading Windows). I am able to get into the BIOS but I cannot do a lot of things I have been trying to do to fix it:
- Can't boot into Safe Mode (stuck at spinning dots).
- Tried running the command prompt from the recovery screen and doing
chkdsk
andsfc
scans. Nothing seemed to be wrong. - Can't System Reset (also gets stuck at spinning dots).
- Can't boot into Windows 10 USB recovery media I made for it (tried both legacy and UEFI boot mode options, but this also is stuck at the spinning dots).
- I unplugged all peripherals besides mouse and keyboard.
- ePSA boot looks good; no problems found.
I have researched into this, I know that some people have successfully been able to reset after this, but not I. Similar questions haven't helped. I can't seem to do anything. I don't mind wiping this garbage PC at this point and reinstalling from scratch, but am unsure how. It looks like I may need to run some other boot software to wipe the entire system off the PC. Any suggestions?