windows 8 stuck in endless preparing automatic repair

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I recently bought a sony vaio laptop with windows 8 out of the box.

Now the system is not starting

it says preparing automatic repair for some time then a blank screen comes up for while and then a screen comes up saying repair not completed...it automatically restarts and same thing continues in a loop

please help with this

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Anonymous

2013-01-06T20:45:30+00:00

Try "Refreshing your PC".

You can find a how to do guide here:

http://www.howtogeek.com/131916/how-to-use-the-advanced-startup-options-to-fix-your-windows-8-computer/

Hope it helps.
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Anonymous

2013-01-06T20:57:34+00:00

How do i go to advanced repair options.

Its not at all going to login screen..

When i switch on laptop it says preparing automatic repair and that loop continues.
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Anonymous

2013-01-22T15:37:49+00:00

did you ever figure this out?
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Anonymous

2013-03-30T05:35:57+00:00

Press The Shift+F8 Keys Or F8 Key Repeatedly When The System Starts
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Anonymous

2013-03-31T00:07:01+00:00

This works!!!

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JustinKostic replied on October 29, 2012

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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