Windows 10: Laptop stuck in "Preparing Automatic Repair"

Discus and support Laptop stuck in "Preparing Automatic Repair" in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hi fellas, yesterday my laptop went off abruptly. Since then I have not been able to get it working up again. What happens is that whenever I turn it... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/GoodFellahh, Apr 11, 2021.

  1. Laptop stuck in "Preparing Automatic Repair"


    Hi fellas, yesterday my laptop went off abruptly. Since then I have not been able to get it working up again. What happens is that whenever I turn it on, it shows the Asus logo and the circles circling around as usual, after that it goes black for a second and I get the same Asus logo and circles and below it, it says what in English probably would be: Preparing Automatic Repair. From there on nothing happens. This probably goes on forever (today I left it like that for 10+ hours).

    I have tried to boot it up in Safe Mode, this actually changes nothing. Booting up BIOS is possible but I don't think I can do something else from there without having W10 on a disk/usb. My laptop came with W10 installed on it.

    Some additional info:

    When it starts this procedure the Hard Disk light is on, but after a while that goes off. My Hard Disk was showing some issues a month or 3 ago and sometimes slowing down the laptop drastically, but after a little clean up things have been quite okay (for a 4yr old piece). Laptop= ASUS N552VX-FY186T

    If someone knows a thing or 2 I can try before bringing it to an expert, that would be awesome, cheers!

    Edit: It might be that I am not booting on safe mode in the right way: I was holding F10 when booting up, this made the Asus logo in the 1st screen disappear so I assumed that's how one boots up this machine in safe mode.

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    /u/GoodFellahh, Apr 11, 2021
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  2. sheehy Win User

    Laptop stuck on Preparing Automatic Repair

    I tried to boot into advance startup options but it didnt work. followed the instructions. it might be of note that when I turned off the machine the first and third time, the Preparing Automatic Repair text was there. After completing your given instructions, it continued to start up and say Preparing Automatic Repair. Waiting to see what happens next as of 11.55pm uk time.

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    Also, should note I dont have a disk drive in this laptop.

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    11.58pm uk time
    the preparing automatic repair text is gone and the laptop restarted quickly, the os text was in top left , now stuck on the loading wheel which is the state it was in when I tried using advance startup options a few minutes ago.
     
    sheehy, Apr 11, 2021
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  3. My HP laptop is stuck on Preparing Automatic Repair has been for many hours

    Hello Sarah,

    I'd like to verify if you're computer is still stuck on Preparing Automatic Repair state. If not, I'd suggest to perform the steps below:

    1. Force shutdown your laptop, check first if your computer will boot normally. If not, after your computer restarts several times. you'll see the Windows 10 Boot Options menu.

    2. Select Troubleshoot > Advanced options.

    3. Choose Command Prompt, copy and paste the commands below and press Enter the after each line:

    • bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd
    • bootrec.exe /fixmbr
    • bootrec.exe /fixboot

    Looking forward to your response.

    Regards.
     
    Melchizedek Qui, Apr 11, 2021
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  4. sheehy Win User

    Laptop stuck in "Preparing Automatic Repair"

    Laptop stuck on Preparing Automatic Repair

    sometime yesterday I tried to boot my windows 10 laptop and it got stuck on the login screen, before I pressed anything to go to the password screen. I tried moving the mouse around to no result. I figured it was frozen so i held down the power button until the laptop turned off. when I turned it back on with the power button, I saw a brief message in the top left displaying that my OS hadn't shut down properly, followed by numbers i couldnt make out. afterwards, it got stuck on that spinning wheel screen for 15+ minutes.
    with no result, I restarted it again and then the Preparing Automatic Repair screen came up. eventually this went away but I was looped back to the spinning wheel screen for another fifteen minutes.
    can anyone help or explain? thanks in advance, my first postLaptop stuck in "Preparing Automatic Repair" :)
     
    sheehy, Apr 11, 2021
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