Windows 8 is stuck in an automatic repair loop

Anonymous
2012-10-26T21:04:03+00:00

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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Anonymous
2012-10-29T14:14:32+00:00

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

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Anonymous
2014-12-31T16:33:06+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-03T18:34:09+00:00

    Hello There,

    I got my computer out of this rut/loop by restarting it and as it was rebooting I kept hitting the F11 key.  Then followed the steps to restart in SAFE MODE.  Once in  SAFE MODE I deleted a lot of CACHE and FILES to reduce the amount of storage on the hard drive.    No problems since.  Keeping fingers crossed.

    Good luck,

    Lizzi

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-02T23:41:41+00:00

    Hi Justin 

    I tried that, but my computer does not like chkdsk/r c: everything else was fine and it accepted it, but the computer is not fixed. It is still in a loup.

    Any more advice?

    Thanks

    Porsha

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-07T06:28:47+00:00

    Hello Mary,

    Thank you for your response.

    I appreciate your efforts.

    Did you try using suggestions provided in my previous post?

    Apart from those suggestions, you may also run this command and check.

    chkdsk /f /r

    Note: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost.

    Please keep us informed.

    Thank you

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