Preparing for Automatic Repair

Tipiford · 3 Weeks Ago

I started my win 10 pro machine after 'sleeping' and instead of 'awakening,' I'm stuck in a loop of 'Preparing for Automatic Repair.' The 'Preparing for Automatic Repair.' seems to circumvent most functions in the 'Troubleshoot/Advanced' options. I cannot use System Restore, Startup Repair (at least the option of saving programs and files─a total installation would not only cause many hours to rebuild, but would lose many old programs I still am using and have no installation media for). I can get into Command Prompt, but neither SFC nor CHKDSK will complete, and cannot download DISM/online/cleanup-image/checkhealth from there.
I hope that someone who has won this battle will come to my defense.
Thanx all

AmericanPharaoh · 3 Weeks Ago

Automatic repair infinite loop
'Preparing for automatic repair' Infinite loop Automatic Repair is a built-in feature in Windows 10 to deal with some system problems when the computer cannot boot properly. However, in some cases, Automatic Repair may not work and get stuck in the infamous Windows Automatic Repair loop.

Here's a list of possible fixes, give them a try and report back.

How to Fix the Windows 10 Automatic Repair Loop

or

This TenForums Tutorial will show you, How to Enable or Disable Automatic Repair in Windows 10 until you can find a fix.

Enable or Disable Automatic Repair in Windows 10

spunk · 3 Weeks Ago

It sounds like your HDD/SSD is failing or has failed.
What is the Model # of your Toshiba Qomiso laptop?
FAQ: Where is my model and serial number on my Toshiba laptop

You can download the Windows 10 Installation Media and burn it to a USB Flash Drive with the Media Creation Tool.
You can boot off the Windows Installer, choose your Language, then Repair Your Computer. This brings up the Troubleshooting Menu where you can choose System Restore, or Advanced Startup/Safe Mode.

If Startup Repair Starts automatically, let it go, it will soon fail and stop. You after choosing Repair Your Computer, you can hold down the Shift key and press F10, this will load the Command Prompt. You cannot run SFC /scannow or the DISM commands in te RE, the commands are more complex.

But all of this is probably won't help you, because the drive needs to be replaced. We suggest replacing with an SSD Here is a video showing you how

Toshiba Qosmio F750 Series: HDD Replacement - YouTube

You can remove the HDD and replace it with an SSD

SIW2 · 3 Weeks Ago

I cannot use System Restore, Startup Repair (at least the option of saving programs and files─a total installation would not only cause many hours to rebuild, but would lose many old programs I still am using and have no installation media for)

The sentence implies you have restore points. You ddint mention having any other kind of recent backup image.

I would use winpe bootable media and create wim image of a shadow copy. I have done it many times.

easiest way is run shadowcopyview ( it runs in booted pe ) to get the path of the shadow copy , then capture it thus:

for example

to capture \HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1\ into O:\shadow.wim

Dism /Capture-Image /ImageFile:"O:\shadow.wim" /CaptureDir:\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1\ /Name:anyname

note: the backslash at the end of the path is required

\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1\

screenshots here

Steve C · 3 Weeks Ago

If a laptop then remove the battery for a few minutes, replace and restart the PC.

dalchina · 3 Weeks Ago

As Spunk suggests, the disk may be failing, or something is badly corrupted.

The first thing to check is the physical disk.
Once again, you have two basic ways to do that.

a. Remove the disk and connect it as an external disk to another PC, then run e.g. Crystal Diskinfo (free) or better Hard Disk Sentinel (covers SSDs) and see what these report.
b. Boot your PC from a suitable live boot disk you have created (e.g. Bob Omb's, Hiren's) - use Google if unsure.
Obviously you'd need a working PC to do that. Such disks usually include a disk check program, else use the portable version of Crystal Diskinfo.

Do that before attempting any repairs or changes. I.e. don't write to a potentially damaged disk.

a total installation would not only cause many hours to rebuild, but would lose many old programs I still am using and have no installation media for)

- I quite understand your fear... so does that imply you really haven't yet started routinely using 3rd party disk imaging as is endlessly recommended here so you can restore your O/S and any imaged partition to a previous good state from a backup set on external storage? (Free programs available).

System Restore? - if using this proves to be relevant and appropriate (we don't know at this stage) you can do that by booting your PC from a Win 10 install disk via its Advanced Startup options. (tutorial available). You would need your admin password.

FreeBooter · 3 Weeks Ago

The log file created by Startup Repair can help to find out the cause of the boot problem. In this video, i will explain how to use the Startup Repair tool to troubleshoot boot problems in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Tipiford · 3 Weeks Ago

AmericanPharaoh said:

Automatic repair infinite loop
'Preparing for automatic repair' Infinite loop Automatic Repair is a built-in feature in Windows 10 to deal with some system problems when the computer cannot boot properly. However, in some cases, Automatic Repair may not work and get stuck in the infamous Windows Automatic Repair loop.

Here's a list of possible fixes, give them a try and report back.

How to Fix the Windows 10 Automatic Repair Loop

or

This TenForums Tutorial will show you, How to Enable or Disable Automatic Repair in Windows 10 until you can find a fix.

Enable or Disable Automatic Repair in Windows 10

Thanx, I have disabled the Automatic Repair.

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spunk said:

It sounds like your HDD/SSD is failing or has failed.

What is the Model # of your Toshiba Qomiso laptop?

You can boot off the Windows Installer, choose your Language, then Repair Your Computer.

So, do you think that these services that that advertise recovering data from disks accurate in their claims?

Qosmio X75-A7180
Part No. PSPLTU-OQUO4V

Selecting Repair takes me directly to the repair options where I get the same results as before.

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Steve C said:

If a laptop then remove the battery for a few minutes, replace and restart the PC.

Not effective in this instance, but thanx.

SIW2 · 3 Weeks Ago

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