Windows 8 is stuck in an automatic repair loop

Does your computer beeps at start-up repeatedly ? Then there is probably a hardware problem that must be solved first. The store where you bought your computer can inform you what the various beep patterns mean.

Many problems are caused by Windows 8 UEFI, the replacement of the BIOS. UEFI places special demands on the hardware and contains various childhood diseases.

My experience so far:

1. My added video card is incompatible with UEFI (as indeed most video cards). Repeated beeps indicated that VGA is not recognized. I had to remove the video card before I could get into the bios. My computer has on-board video that is recognized by UEFI. There were settings in the bios to change, so that the ordinary BIOS is started first and can recognize the card. These settings are different for each computer / BIOS. Your help desk should be able to inform you about the specifics.
2. My second hard drive was not recognized. The problematic UEFI recognizes solely primary partitions per hard disk (max 4). If you have secondary or logical partitions, then you must first re-partition to primary partitions, using for example the free EASEUS Partition Master. To begin, I had to remove my second hard drive from the computer, and reconnect it via an USB connection. Now, after the computer was booted, the logical partitions are detected and cause no problem and they can be changed into primary partitions. After I had converted to primary partitions, the problem was "solved" and I could see my hard drive installation. Since then, I have no more problems.

In both cases, the computer would not start.

More generally, if you have added new hardware, remove it and try rebooting your computer.

To access the recovery options, you must at least reach your log-in screen after booting. Bottom right, you will find a power button with which you can reboot. You need to press the shift key on your keyboard when you click on Restart. Then you restart to the recovery options. In theory, Windows 8 boots automatically to the recovery options when serious problems occur, but on the basis of the above experience, I know that this rarely happens with hardware "problems".

NB For the above problems, the recovery options would have been useless. I did not use or needed them.

Problem is that Windows 8 is so new that help desks do not yet know these details. For example my supplier was not aware of the problem with a second hard disk partition.

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.

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".