Windows 10: PC Stuck in "Preparing Automatic Repair" and BSOD "Driver PNP Watchdog" Loop

Hi,


I would appreciate some help on an issue I may have caused on my Windows 10 PC.


Currently my PC is stuck in a loop where it will not boot. The loading screen displays indefinitely, and after a hard reset my PC will initiate "Automatic Repair". After a few minutes it will blue screen with the error code "Driver PNP Watchdog", restart and the loop continues.


One potential cause may have been a change I made the last time the PC was on yesterday where I disabled "Compress contents to save disk space" on all folders on the system. Could this have caused my drive to run out of storage and not boot on the next restart? Is there any way of fixing this?


Any help much appreciated,

Ewan

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Inaccessible boot device then driver pnp watchdog

Hi,

So I tried it but after it says "preparing automatic repair" it never loads and I get the same error message: "driver pnp watchdog".

 

driver PNP watchdog

Hi

i'm stuck whit this BSOD driver pnp watchdog.

and i can't do anything at all.

when i start it says "unexpected shutdown detected"

then it looks as if it starts up and suddenly the BSOD comes up.

What can i do????

 

HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED and Preparing Automatic Repair loop


Hello Les,

Have you checked other threads on these forums to see if there are any suggestions you can try.

Here's one to try: Windows 10 preparing automatic repair loop