do a selective boot up with bios
get cmd to open and check
bootrec /fixMBR
bootrec /Fixboot
bootrec /rebuildBCD
and also
chkdsk /r c:
chkdsk /r d:
chkdsk /r e:
chkdsk /r f:
then let repair go thowe again and should be stoped
Windows 8 is stuck in an automatic repair loop
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My windows 8 get in a automatic repair loop and it couldn't repair it. And than it says log file d:\windows\system32\logfiles\srt\srttrail.txt
What to do?
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Hello Coonut,
Thank you for your reply,
I would suggest you to login to any other computer and create a Windows 8 installation disk. Using that disk you can perform the troubleshooting methods given below.
Refer the link to create the installation disk:
How to create installation media for a PC refresh or reset:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
Hope the information helps.
Please reply with the results, in order to help you fix the issue.
Wish u a Happy New Year!
Thank you
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Anonymous
2013-07-01T17:59:32+00:00 I'm having the same problem after installing the recent update, in my case i upgrade by downloading from the internet and the dvd is not an option yet. I am an advance use, have tried all the option, but the loop still on, should wait till the system is ok and not being a guinea pig guest
Remove the Windows 7 choice from by going into System Configuration (via Administrative Tools) - then select the "Boot" tab and delete the Windows 7 choice.
Found this on this site and it worked for me. They have a safer way of doing it too on the forum if you would like.
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Anonymous
2013-06-26T16:11:37+00:00 Hi Anoop,
What if I don't have the installation DVD because I only paid for the web download?
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Anonymous
2013-05-31T08:59:39+00:00 If one let the reboot go on long enough, at least on an HP, it will show several different memory related errors. Clue, ok?
Maybe it is not completely clear from the title, but the problem treated in this thread is -to my opinion- an endless automatic repair loop ('stuck into a.r.l.").
What you are describing, is just an example of the automatic repair doing what it is is made for,-ok, not a complete repair, but at least some diagnosisreport of what exactly was wrong.
When I had the problem, and I think many people in this and similar threads, the automatic repair never finished (my longest waiting time to the automatic repair was several hours I think) and so it did not give any report. And none of all options to repair the problem 'by hand' worked. So, the solution of that problem is not so much to be a little mote patient until automatic repair has finished his work.
However, of course it is good and maybe helpful to others that also reasons why a working automatic repair is invoked are reported.
In my case, the endless loop never occurred again (after the factory had put a new image of the O.E.M. W8 + software on my pc). Most probably because I did not create any secondary partitions on my harddisk again (so no more than 4 primary partitions). Because it seems W8 cannot deal with secondary partitions!. At least it couldn't until january this year; maybe this failure has been patched in Windows updates since then; i don't intend to try it out...