Windows 10: stuck in "preparing aumatic repair" and no-admin-account-found loop ...

Just did a windows point restore due to an unsolvable problematic development environment issue on the machine. The restore process appeared to have completed and, at the end, it stuck in "auto restart" process. After a while, I decided to manually power cycled the machine hoping it'd be okay since the restoration had completed afterall. Then upon power-on, the blue screen showed "Preparing automatic repair", followed by another screen showing "there aren't any administrator accounts on this PC". No other option available at that point to proceed except by pressing "enter" key, then was led to "restart". It thus stuck in the endless loop. Can anyone help answering following questions:

1. What's the "known" way out to resolve the problem, I.e., retain my point restoration on the machine?

2. It is a "Samsung laptop model: N740U3M, purchased in 2017, which come with Windows 10 installed. How do I get an original Windows 10 OS install media in case a fresh install is needed?


Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advices you guys can offer.

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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

 

Stuck in Repair Loop


I recently updated to build 10130 and now I'm stuck in a "Preparing Automatic Repair" -> Restart loop.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?

 

Preparing Automatic Repair/Diagnosing Your PC Loop

Hi,

To resolve your concern with continuously looping your system, we suggest that you follow the Startup Repair steps below:

• Turn off your computer.
• Turn on your computer. As soon as you see the Windows logo with the spinning dots, press and hold down the power button until your computer turns off. Do this process
  twice.
• Turn on your computer for the third time, and let it load.
• It should give you the message: Preparing Automatic Repair.
• On the next screen that would appear, click on Advanced Options.
• Select Troubleshoot.
• Go to Advanced Options.
• Click on Startup Repair.
• Wait for the repair to finish.

We would appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback.