Why isn't my Surface booting properly?

[Windows Central Question]

won't boot properly. "surface" appears but booting goes no further.

black screen with "surface" appears but goes no further.

 

[realwarder]

Re: won't boot properly. "surface" appears but booting goes no further.

If you interrupt the boot by powering the laptop off a few times in a row after it should start up then it should show the recovery options.