7 Ways Fix – Stuck in Windows Automatic Repair loop

Method 1: Use Check Disk Utility

Connect the Windows installation media or Recovery Drive/System Repair Disc to your PC, select your language preferences, and finally click Next button to continue.

1. Click Repair your computer at the bottom.

2. Choose Troubleshoot>Advanced Options>Command Prompt.

3. Type chkdsk /f /r C: and then press Enter

4. Type exit and press Enter.

5. Restart your PC to see if the problem is fixed or not.

Method 2: Fix Boot and Rebuild BCD via Command Prompt

1. Open Command Prompt according to the steps in Method 1.

2. Type exe /rebuildbcd and press Enter.

3. Type exe /fixmbr and press Enter.

4. Typeexe /fixboot and press Enter.

5. Type exit and press Enter after completing each command successfully.

6. Restart your PC. If you are still stuck in Windows Automatic Repair loop, try the next method.

Method 3: Restore Windows Registry

1. In Windows Boot Options menu, choose Troubleshoot >Advanced Options>Command Prompt.

2. In Command Prompt, type the following command in command prompt and then hit Enter.

cd C:\windows\system32\logfiles\srt\ (change your drive letter accordingly)

1. Type txt to open the file in notepad.

2. Press CTRL + O.

3. Select “All files” from file type and navigate to C:\windows\system32.

4. Right click CMD and select Run as administrator.

5. Type cd C:\windows\system32\config and press Enter.

6. Backup those files by renaming Default, Software, SAM, System and Security files to .bak.

7. Type the following command one by one & hit enter: rename DEFAULT DEFAULT.bakrename SAM SAM.bakrename SECURITY SECURITY.bakrename SOFTWARE SOFTWARE.bak

   rename SYSTEM SYSTEM.bak

8. Type copyc:\windows\system32\config\RegBack c:\windows\system32\config and press Enter.

9. Restart PC.

Method 4: Delete the Problematic File

1. Access Command Prompt again and enter the following command:

cd C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Srt

SrtTrail.txt

1. Then, you could see “Boot critical file c:\windows\system32\drivers\tmel.sys is corrupt.”

2. Now, type the following command to the problematic file.

cd c:windowssystem32drivers

delvsock.sys

1. Finally, restart PC. If these solutions can not help, please try the following troubleshooting steps to fix Windows Automatic Repair Fails to work.

Method 5: Disable Automatic Startup Repair

1. In Command Prompt, type bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled No and press Enter.

2. Restart your PC, the Automatic Startup Repair should be disabled and you might be able to access Windows 10 again.

3. If you need to again enable it, you can type bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled Yes in CMD and press Enter.

Method 6: Check Device Partition and OsdevicePartition

Sometimes, if your device partition values aren’t correct, you will stuck in Windows Automatic Repair loop. Now, follow these steps to remove the Windows 10 Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC error.

1. In Command Prompt, type bcdedit and press enter.

2. Find device partition and osdevice partition values and make sure their values are correct or set to correct partition. Because Windows come preinstalled on Cpartition only, the default and correct value is C:.Enter the following commands and press Enter after each one if the value isn’t set to C:

bcdedit /set {default} device partition=c:

bcdedit /set {default} osdevice partition=c:

1. After that, reboot PC and fix Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC error.

Method 7: Perform Refresh or Reset Your PC

If Windows Automatic Repair loop issue still exists after trying the above six solutions, you can try the last method- performing refresh or reset- to fix Windows Automatic Startup Repair boot issue.

1. Choose Troubleshooting when the Boot menu appears.

2. Choose between Refresh your PC or Reset your PC.

3. Follow the instructions to complete the process.