Wednesday, July 8, 2015

HP Envy 17t-j100 17.3" reinserted the battery, connected the power cord,HP Assistant updated BIOS;

After reading various posts, I solved the problem. I disconnected the power and removed the HP Envy 17t-j100battery.
Tag# Envy 17 Series Pavilion 15 Series Envy 15 Series Envy 14 Series
Pavilion 14 Series Pavilion 17 Series

battery part number# 3INR19/65-2 709988-421 710416-001
710417-001 HSTNN-LB40 HSTNN-LB4N
HSTNN-LB4O HSTNN-YB40 HSTNN-YB4N
HSTNN-YB4O P106 P1O6 PI06 PI06XL
PI09 PIO6 TPN-Q117 TPN-Q119 TPN-Q120
TPN-Q121 TPN-Q122

I then reinserted the HP Envy 17t-j100 battery, connected the power cord, and pressed the power button. The BIOS update "recovered," continued, and the system finally booted up. I was able to enter my password and the system is working normally now. I'm by no means a computer expert, so this experience was really frightening. I hope my solution helps someone else.

You should have your Windows Updates set to Notify as well as Bios Updates Notify; You can prevent more surprises by setting the HP Assistant to Notify in Settings; When HPSA is set to Notify, you still receive notifications of Updates. You decide when it is a good time to download and install those updates. Your computer's Support Pages -- LOTS of good information here: manuals, drivers (there will be more than you need - compare against what you see in Control Panel > icon view > Device Manager), Troubleshooting...

all sorts of "stuff".

You need to select your exact model and there you go!