My Windows 8.1 is stuck in an automatic repair loop, how can I fix this?

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my laptop will not boot at all, when I turn it on the screen shows 'preparing automatic repair' then 'diagnosing your PC'. After this, the screen shows 'your PC did not start correctly' and it doesn't work when I restart it so I selected advanced options. After this, if I click continue the repair screen appears again and I am redirected back to the same page. I can't access my desktop at all and an administrator hasn't been set on my laptop, so after clicking troubleshoot I can't refresh or reset my PC.After this I clicked on advanced settings and I cannot choose system restore, command prompt, system image recovery or startup repair because they either don't work or need an administrator and I haven't set one as I mentioned before. My last resort was startup settings which requires restarting the PC. 9 options are to choose from and I tried almost all and it won't boot up in safe mode. Help!

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I've inserted the System Recovery disc 1 that came with the computer. No change.

Usually that means that that device is not higher than the hard drive in the boot device order. You would probably need to get into your BIOS screen to change that. See your User Guide or contact HP for more information. Post your product id (e.g. what details you need to use HP's site to find your particular documentation and downloads but not your serial number) if you need someone to help interpret your user documentation. In W7 HP had a nice tool that gave me those details. I never found anything analogous from W8, except in bits and pieces.

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle

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Anonymous

2014-03-26T10:56:42+00:00

Hi Stu,

From the post I see that you are able to boot to the Desktop after performing Startup Repair. So, why do you want to perform the manual steps?

For the installation media, I would like to tell you that when we buy OEM computer which comes in-built with Windows operating system they provide a Recovery Partition in-built. This partition helps to recover our computer from problems. In short it plays the role of the installation media.
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2014-09-21T20:34:09+00:00

I made it to through step 3, however, I cannot complete step 4 because no "EISA" partition is listed.

Here is what I have:

Partition 1: System

Partition 2: OEM

Partition 3: Reserved

Partition 4: Recovery

Partition 5: Primary

Partition 6: Recovery

Partition 7: Recovery
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2014-04-02T17:15:10+00:00

I have an HP tower and am having what sounds like the same issue.

Upon start-up, it flashes an error message saying it’s encountered a problem and needs to restart. This cycle happens several times. Eventually, the screen says it's preparing automatic repair and the loading wheel spins forever. Windows does not load.

I've inserted the System Recovery disc 1 that came with the computer. No change.

Attempting to use F8 to start in Safe Mode was unsuccessful. No change to the cycle.
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2014-03-25T16:45:12+00:00
Hi Stu,
1. What is the exact issue you are facing? Is it the same as the Original Poster in this thread?
2. What do you mean when you say "are your files effected at all after this option"? Which files are you referring to?
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