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
    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...

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-05-30T23:58:25+00:00

    It hasn't been fixed yet.  They want Best Buy to handle it.   Keeps the economy moving, and someone will buy windows 9 before the end of this year, just like they through away their iPhones every six months.  You don't think MS and the Bilderbergers don't know these facts?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-05-30T23:20:45+00:00

    Your post fixed my issues, which are the same as everyone elses here.  It was both memory, (hardware), and software Microsoft OS 7 & 8, and bad Corsair EXPENSIVE memory swap.  Leave all hardware alone in these OS's.  And don't look forward to the rushed out Win9 To fix anything!

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