Windows 10: My laptop is stuck in an Automatic Repair startup loop, and I'd like to transfer the files...

I haven't booted it up in about 6 months since getting a new laptop, and all I need is to transfer the files on there to an external harddrive. All attempts to reset while keeping my files have failed, as have all troubleshooting attempts. Every action is met with the response "There was a problem doing x. No changes were made." I cannot uninstall quality or feature updates, and I cannot perform a system restore.

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Stuck in startup repair boot loop, C drive is in RAW

I am not getting that error now. So I don't remember the exact words. Now after 'preparing for automatic repair' and spinning dots, windows starts and I see this screen.

After running startup repair using the bootable win 10 usb, I got this error.

How do I check esp partition and what exactly do I check in it? How do I format it and recreate the boot critical files? Please share step by step methods.I'm doing all this for the first time.

 

Automatic Repair Loop

Hi Charlene,

Your concern regarding the device going into an Automatic Repair Loop can be caused by change on its settings/configuration or broken system files. To effectively assist you with your concern, can confirm if you've made any changes on your device prior to
your concern?

As an initial step to get back into the normal Windows screen, we suggest that you perform a
Startup repair. The repair will attempt to fix any broken components/files which may prevent your device from booting properly. To do this, follow the steps below:

• On theAutomatic Repair screen, select Advanced options.
• Select Troubleshoot.
• Select Advanced options.
• Select Startup Repair.

We'll appreciate if you can send us an update.

 

Stuck in startup repair boot loop, C drive is in RAW

Okay. I'll try with disk genius. - - - Updated - - - Okay I tried this command with disk genius.

I got this result.

Then I tried this command.

and got this result.

I forgot to mention earlier. 1 hour back, when I checked my C drive it is back to normal. I was able to run chkdsk /f and /r These analyses were done after that. The issue hasn't got resolved yet and I'm still stuck on the startup repair loop. - - - Updated - - - Okay. So I eventually created an image of my C partition using Macrium Reflect PE environment. Everything went fine. For some unknown reason, the image was of approximately 100gb in size whereas my C partition was occupied upto almost 175 GB. Then I booted using the windows 10 USB and deleted all the partitions of the C drive during the installation menu that asks for the location of windows 10. Then I chose the newly formatted C partition to install windows. The installation went fine. I got to the desktop wallpaper screens and icons. Then I booted using Macrium and restored using the image file. After I restarted my laptop. I got this error.

After pressing enter, I got this.

Then I checked in the boot menu of my BIOS. To my surprise, my SSD was not listed in the boot menu. Don’t know why.

Then I booted using Win 10 USB, and ran sfc scannow. I also ran DISM, trying to restore the image from the official windows files present on the usb drive and got these results.

Upon checking the volume information, I got this.

I also tried to fix the bcd using the following commands. bcdboot c:\Windows /s Z: /f ALL The letter Z was assigned to the 100mb ESP partition on the D drive Now this 100mb partition is present on my D drive (SATA). The bcd fixing went well. I got the message ‘Boot files successfully created’ Unfortunately I didn’t click a photograph of the result. Now I booted again in windows and I am seeing this result.

After pressing enter, I got this.

Now I am stuck and absolutely clueless about my next step. Please advise.