windows 8 stuck in endless preparing automatic repair

this work for me

I would love to try booting from a cd/dvd.  `however my new machine, delivered today is an ultrabook, with no optical drive and I dont have an external one to try plugging in.

It hung up after I enabled bitlocker and has been playinmg up ever since.  It boots to the bitlocker password, `i enter it correctly, off it goes then crashes into the black screen "Preparing Automatic repair" .

FIXED THE Windows 8.1 "Preparing Automatic Repair" Message [SOLVED].

Just had the dreaded "Preparing Automatic Repair" message

on my 7130 Dell Venue 11 Pro

• I hadnt done anything weird that day, no new installs, no updates, next morning get a message.

"Preparing Automatic Repair"

message dissapears after 30 seconds , to blank screen with mouse support ( no keys working)

• waited 1 hour nothing else happned.
• power cable was half-in overnight:- flat battery , might have had something to do with it? - recharged to 30%

Had a good look round the forums, lots of people have the problem,

no sure fire ways to fix it though.

So what did I do?

• Tried taking battery out / in several times -  no luck
• tried BIOS tests ( VolUp+Power ) - no luck ( All tests passed OK)
• tried BIOS ( VolDown+Power ) then Exit - no luck
• tried BIOS Disable USB port , save , then exit - no luck

On a different Windows 8.1 PC

Created Recovery Drive on a sandisk 32GB Micro SD card

(NB it wipes the Micro SD card,  so copy all the files to somewhere else.)

• Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Recovery  > Create a recovery drive ( needs 16GB )
• slot in the Micro SD card
• Reboot , message appears again "Preparing Automatic Repair"
• then another message - Your PC did not restart Correctly ( no shirt sherlock!)
• select option to restart normally and up she comes no bother, as if nothing had happened!
• no messages or anything, just working as normal.
• no lost files
• Didnt have to reinstall anything
• Only took 5 hours!

Lots of good tips here to try:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_8-system/my-windows-8-is-stuck-in-automatic-repair/4b866eb1-394d-494f-bd2c-f43538e76b6e?rtAction=1403346638982

UPDATE Feb 11 2015:

Just got the "Preparing Automatic Repair" endless loop message again.

This time I took out the 64GB micro sd card that I had put in a few days before,

rebooted, and the message "Your PC did not restart Correctly" came up instantly.

I did not need to insert the recovery drive on a 32GB Micro SD Card.

There must be something on the 64GB micro sd card that windows doesnt like.

I then shutdown the tablet, reinserted the 64GB micro sd card, and it booted up perfectly.

Hope this helps someone.

Dell Venue 11 pro STUCK Preparing Automatic Repair [SOLVED]  = REMOVE 64GB Micro SD Card.

Hi inspiron42:

Did you ever discover a fix for this automatic repair loop? I've tried EVERYTHING suggested in this forum and others but cannot break the loop nor can I boot up from ANY Windows installation disc/drive.

I'm having the same problem with my laptop, at what point should i press the Shift+F8 or F8 Repeatedly? And are there any other solutions to this problem if this doesn't work?

 Thanks