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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  2. Anonymous
    2013-02-17T08:21:38+00:00

    In addition to my previous post: my computer did not beep when the hard drive problem was isolated. It just got stuck with the message "Preparing automatic Repair".

    I merely wanted to point out that new hardware problems occur, due to Windows 8 UEFI. Restoring or repairing Windows 8 itself may be useless. Both hardware problems were completely unexpected. In don't think that the old bios would have caused a problem and it is unclear why these new demands on hardware exist.

    If your hard disk is partitioned into two primary partitions, this is clearly not the problem. If you have one primary partition and one logical or secondary partition, this may be the cause for the "stuck in automatic repair loop".

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-15T09:45:13+00:00

    Thanks for your post. 

    As for your number 1 point, my computer does not beep at startup. As for number 2, I really don't think that I have 2 hard drives. I have 2 drives showing up on "my computer" but I guess there is only and hard drive partitioned. Despite this, can the hdd be the root of my problem?

    As in general, my computer is brand new, so  did not added any new hardware.

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