Minecraft won't launch, how to fix?

I have windows 8, which I think might be the problem.
Most noticeable crash error things: Pixel format not accelerated
and
No OpenGL context found in the current thread.

Also, if the problem is with my graphics drivers, how do I get a new updated one?

(Please be thorough in your answer, because this is a huge problem and I really want to play it…

Give me 10.00 on Paypal?

Okay so I know I have really stupid and invalid reasons as to why I want this money but my parents really can't buy it and don't have credit cards for some reason. I've been waiting a really long time, around a few months to play this new game that combines Minecraft and Pokemon together with my best friend who already has it. I've been dying to play it with her and since school is ending soon i really wanted to play it. If someone could give me 10.00 on paypal it'd be the nicest thing in the world! My paypal is ehassanx01@gmail.com

Minecraft is Lagging Badly?

I have Minecraft on a Toshiba Satellite. It is less than a year old & has Windows 8. I downloaded Minecraft the other day & it is lagging HORRIBLY! I tried setting the settings to the lowest they could go, & it's still lagging!

What song should I use for my pvp montage?

So for my minecraft channels 1000 subscriber special, I'm planning to to do a mash up of different cool pvp kills i've done. I'm not sure which song I should use. My choices are:

Virtual Riots - Idol (

Adventure Club - Do I see Color (

If you have your own suggestions please put them.

My channel is https://www.youtube.com/...edBeastify
I know i'm very far from 1000 but it will take a long time to make so i'm starting early.

Please watch my channel trailer if you want cause that's what I want it to be like.

Heavily Modded minecraft?

What PC specs do I need to run ftb and related modpacks on med-high settings with 40+ fps? I only have $600 to spend on it.

Minecraft major issue - Help needed

It started when i closed my minecraft (1.7.9) and restarted, i went to open my single player world and java crashed. I retried this 6 or 7 times to get it working, each time java crashed. I updated my java and now when i load a world it sends me streight back to the launcher, it also does this when i create a new world. I have tried resyarting and multiple vanilla installs.

_ Last for lines of the dev console that appears after every crash_
[23:06:36 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
[23:06:36 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[23:06:36 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\*****\AppData\Roaming\.minecraf…
[23:06:36 WARN]: Couldn't delete C:\Users\*****\AppData\Roaming\.minecraf… - scheduling for deletion upon exit