windows 8 stuck in endless preparing automatic repair

Anonymous
2013-01-06T20:25:17+00:00

Hi 

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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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-22T15:37:49+00:00

    did you ever figure this out?

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  4. 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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  5. Anonymous
    2013-04-25T18:29:29+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

    How do you do a selective boot up with bios?

    I would love to get to any form of menu or selection screen, but the PC just cycles through repairs and boot ups completely ignoring any repair or installation media I try to boot. And yes I have changed the BIOS boot order.

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