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

2016-05-12T22:44:32+00:00

Any ideas how to proceed? Reinstalling windows is not an option since it just won't open. I have win10 media in bootable usb. It blinks few times my screen and get stuck. When reboot, f2 brings some menu, f10 brings bios, f11 tries to start recovery but can't do it. None of those helps.
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Anonymous

2016-05-18T18:18:55+00:00

Mee too it same it happen now what will i do because i didn't have the password the administrator set this laptop can you help or suggest because i didn't know what to do
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Anonymous

2016-05-18T19:36:39+00:00

I actually went with easy way out and bought new hard drive. Problem solved.
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Anonymous

2016-05-21T11:10:03+00:00

Hello,

Thank you for updating on the issue.

It is unfortunate that you had to buy a new hard drive.

However, I hope that you did a backup of your personal files before replacing the drive.

Thank you
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