Microsoft is working on a fix for a "issue" that bricked Microsoft Surface RT tablets after updating to the new Windows RT 8.1 operating system.
Microsoft was embarrassingly forced to "temporarily" remove the operating system update for its Surface RT tablets from the Windows Store after some of the updated devices could not be restarted.
One user has posted a suggested fix for the problem, which involves creating a bootable USB drive from another Windows computer, and then repairing the boot drive on the tablet.
The update is limited to a small number of Windows RT tablets – using ARM chips – and not full Windows 8 PCs with Intel chips, including the Surface Pro.
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