Windows 10: How to automatically fix Windows 10 CrowdStrike BSOD, recovery boot loop

The world is witnessing an IT apocalypse. Millions of Windows PCs are crashing with a Blue Screen of Death error and reboot loop, which gets stuck at the “Recovery” screen due to a faulty CrowdStrike patch. If you’ve hundreds or thousands of machines affected by CrowdStrike BSOD, we have a workaround that automates the patch process.

The new method can automatically patch the CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death (Recovery screen, Windows didn’t load correctly) error by booting all your PCs from a modified WinPE image. Remember that the workaround requires you to use Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for your environment, and it may not work with encrypted PCs.

How to automatically fix CrowdStrike BSOD Reboot Loop on Windows 10

1. If you don’t already have the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for your environment, download and install it from the Microsoft.
2. You’ll also need to use Wimlib or Microsoft’s tools to mount the WinPE image. If you’re familiar with DISM, you can try the following command:
   dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:"C:\Path\To\WinPE.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"C:\Path\To\MountDir"
3. In the above code, you need to replace “C:\Path\To\WinPE.wim” with the path to your WinPE image file and “C:\Path\To\MountDir” with the directory where you want to mount the image.
4. Once done, you’ll need to edit the startnet.cmd file. In Command Prompt, run the following command:
   cd "C:\Path\To\MountDir\Windows\System32"
5. Open startnet.cmd in a text editor and add the following lines:
   del C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike\C-00000291*.sys
   exit
6. Save and close the startnet.cmd file.
7. After saving the startnet.cmd file, you need to unmount the WinPE image by using the following DISM command:

dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:"C:\Path\To\MountDir" /Commit



If you followed the steps correctly, you have successfully created a new WinPE with patch for CrowdStrike BSOD.

You’ll now need to create a bootable WinPE Media by following these steps:

1. Copy the modified WinPE image to a USB drive and make it bootable using a tool like Rufus.
2. In Rufus, select your USB drive.
3. Choose the modified WinPE image file.
4. Click Start to create the bootable USB drive.
5. Turn on your impacted system, insert the bootable USB drive, and boot from the USB drive by selecting it in the BIOS/UEFI boot menu.

The system will boot into WinPE and automatically execute the commands in startnet.cmd, deleting the problematic C-00000291*.sys file.

If you want to patch all your devices in the organization, you’ve several options now, including PXE Boot.

You can set up a PXE boot server setup where you can place the modified WinPE image on the server and configure the PCs to boot from the network.

This can make the patch process easier and automate it to some extent.

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Automatic Repair Loop Continued Woes


The automatic repair loop might be caused by the following issues:

• filesystem corruption
• corrupt MBR or BCD
• improper registry settings

This article covers all the possible reasons and solutions:
Fix Automatic Startup Repair Loop in Windows 10, 8 and 7 | Password Recovery

I hope this helps!

 

HP Laptop Boot Loop

I am encountering a boot loop problem with my HP laptop. Upon startup, it shows the HP logo and loading dots for about 11 seconds, then goes to a blank screen for approximately a minute before automatically restarting. The power button does not turn off during this cycle.

Troubleshooting Steps Taken:

• Tried hard reset and accessing BIOS/UEFI settings.
  
• Unable to boot into Safe Mode or recovery environment.
  

please see here the recorded video demonstrating the boot loop behavior for reference.

Any advice, troubleshooting steps, or insights into what might be causing this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your help and suggestions.

 

Cannot go into recovery mode in several ways

Problem:

Cannot login into normal mode or safe mode or access anything other than Boot settings.

• Do not get usual login screen.
• Seeing Automatic repair and then BSOD with code 0xc000014c
• That loop continues.

Troubleshooting Steps taken:

• Tried 3 times reset when in "Preparing Automatic Repair" to boot into recovery mode - Failed.
• Created bootable WIndows 10 USB flash drive to go into repair mode - Getting another BSOD with code "Driver pnp watchdog"
• Some times, after "Preparing automatic repair" screen, i get "Your pc needs to be repaired" recovery screen where it shows F8 to go into Startup settings. When i press F8, i get the same screen again in a loop.

Computer: Dell Precision T3500 Workstation

OS: Windows 10 64 bit