Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 5

re: Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 5

thankful — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:42:44 GMT

Thanks Mobay! You're observation about the TV helped me get through the install. I was stuck at a black screen, but if I would've turned on the TV I would've seen it! I unplugged the TV and everything completed fine!

re: Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 5

Vimal Shekar [MSFT] — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:49:50 GMT

Thanks for reporting that Mobay! :)

re: Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 5

mobay — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:00:11 GMT

Hello

regarding the Black screen problem. You may also experience this problem if your computer has 2 or more displays hooked up at the time of install.

I my case my TV was connected with HDMI and Windows thought that this was the primary display and my computer booted up without anything on my primary screen. This took awhile until i found that my TV was displaying Windows. My TV not on the HDMI input, so I did not notice right away. :-)

I was able to switch the input using WIN + P keyboard shortcut.

But to anyone doing an upgrade I would suggest to only connect one monitor during the first boot.

Just my two cents.