Bricked Surface RT Fix Now Available from Microsoft

Only days after it began offering the free Windows 8.1 update to users through the Windows Store, Microsoft has pulled Windows RT 8.1 for Windows RT users and released a software download designed to recover Surface RTs that wont start after being upgraded.

Microsoft informally announced that itd pulled Windows 8.1 for Windows RT users over the weekend on its Microsoft Answers community. According to a forum moderator for the site, the company pulled the update saying [Microsoft] is investigating a situation affecting a limited number of users updating their Windows devices to Windows RT 8.1.

While the Windows 8.1 update has gone pretty smoothly for users with devices running Windows 8, the results have been decidedly mixed for Windows RT users. Unlike Windows 8, Windows RT devices are powered by ARM processors and technology that makes those devices much more like an iPad than a typical Windows device. Although the two versions of Windows look the same, users cant install desktop applications on Windows RT devices. Its Windows RT that powers Microsofts Surface RT tablet.