Windows 10: Windows 10 won't boot past "preparing automatic repair" after power outage

I've tried every troubleshooting step I can find online, even Microsoft tech support hasn't been able to resolve the issue I'm having.

I had a power outage Christmas Eve and when my pc came back on, it had a blue screen asking how I wanted to boot so just hit enter on the default selection. Now it won't boot past the Windows logo and "preparing automatic repair". The dots spin for 2-3 seconds then freeze and it never progresses beyond this point.

I am unable to get it to boot into recovery or safe mode even with manually shutting it down multiple times in a row, it only ever displays the mobo screen followed by the automatic repair screen which never progresses or even fails, even when left running overnight. The screen will darken slightly after a couple seconds and never changes after that until manually restarted.

I have tried creating a bootable Windows 10 usb both with Microsoft media creation tool and Rufus plus the iso with a brand new flash drive. I am able to select the usb to boot from and it prepares files then goes to a plain blue screen. I have followed multiple BIOS settings changes that are supposed to fix this, but it never goes past a plain blue screen.

I even replaced my RAM as a last ditch random effort since I had a new set of the same type. I have tried unplugging everything inside and out. I don't know if the issue is only in the SSD that Windows is on, but everything else seems to be running without issue and the BIOS shows both SSDs.

All of the troubleshooting online goes beyond the point that I'm able to get to as I'm only able to access the BIOS, the bootable iso, or the automatic repair screen which freezes. I'm not even sure how to proceed, should I buy a copy of windows and/or a new ssd, or is there anything else I can try to get into recovery? I don't care about losing anything on either drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and happy holidays to all.

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Windows 10 random automatic repair after changing boot priority.

Hello. So i have an Windows 10 Pro. Sometimes when i am changing in bios boot order from USB to HDD ( SDD ) windows starts booting with AUTOMATIC REPAIR and then restarting. Is this something with BIOS \ Windows 10 bug related? Tested on pc and on laptop , and sometimes it doing the same.


Situation on PC first,listen:

Few days ago after i change boot in UEFI BIOS from USB to SSD.
Then Windows 10 showed at 1 boot Automatic Repair.
When starting Windows 10 boot loader starts by "preparing automatic repair" and diagnosing pc.
Interesting is that if I restart Windows (after procedure mentioned earlier) it will boot normally. This startup problem was occured only when starting system again after shutdown or restarted pc from windows.So i was needed 2 boots to boot properly to windows.
But on pc, format was needed to remove completely issue and after format is fine.

Pc :
2x8gb Kingston Hyperx 1600mhz DDR3
SSD samsung Evo 250 gb
4790k stock
Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 with UEFI BIOS


Now laptop with old standard bios:
On laptop i made the same operation, change boot from USB to HDD and on first boot Windows 10 shows Automatic Repair. But it happened once and i cant reproduce. No format was needed.

laptop is very old with 2gb ram

Why on pc format was needed when on laptop not?



Thanks for suggestions.

 

Windows 10 - Automatic Repair - boots in 2nd cycle

Hello. This is similiar topic on our forum but now i will explain more brighter.
So last time after i change in my UEFI boot priority from :"UEFI USB KINGSTON" to "P1 SSD SAMSUNG EVO 250 GB" i am getting weird booting problem with Windows 10.







When starting Windows 10 boot loader starts by "preparing automatic repair" and diagnosing pc. Then after this i get screen with Your pc did not start correctly or Automatic Repair couldnt repair your pc . And when i click restart then Windows 10 boot fine. So i am needing 2 boots to boot properly to windows.

My disk is on MBR partirion. Is this related to my UEFI/Partitions?



Somebody said to me this:"UEFI booting requires a GPT disk. This is why Windows has to fix itself and only boots in 2nd cycle - as you keep trying to boot UEFI to an MBR disk."



Also i know that UEFI firmware can emulate BIOS functionality (CSM/Legacy) and work with MBR disks just fine. Or i am wrong? And cause is elsewhere?



I am a little confused. Thx for reply. My ssd Samsung Evo 250 GB , rams 2x8gb DDR3 Kingston Hyperx 1600mhz.

 

Windows 10 - Automatic Repair - boots in 2nd cycle

Stop making new threads about the same subject. If you have updated information, post it in the thread you made in the first place.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...-loop-and-applications-not-responding.219960/

Next time you make a thread about Windows 10 booting twice because of UEFI/MBR issues, I'm banning you for spam.