Windows 10: Windows unable to boot ; stuck in infinite repair loop

Hello everyone,

Last night I turned on my computer to find that it wouldn't boot. Confused, I turned it off and back on. It was then I discovered my PC was stuck in a loop. It was working completely fine before.


When I turn on my computer, it takes me to one of two screens ; an infinite loop of circular dots moving around, or a lightslight blue that says "Select Account" with my name on it. When I select it, it asks for a password. I ASSUME that this is my Microsoft password. It does not work. I have reset my Microsoft password four times : it does not work. My Windows login password does not work either.


I am very confused as to why this is happening. A seemingly perfect computer suddenly stops booting into Windows 10. I need to login using a password to access the troubleshooting menu, which I cannot do since the password is "incorrect". I do not know if I am connected to the Internet on my computer - I wonder if I need Internet to login to Microsoft on the blue screen.


Please leave a reply with suggestions and help. Everything is appreciated. Thank you

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Infinite Repair Loop

I have an HP 14-ac151nr laptop. It attempts to diagnose and repair but loops. Cannot access safemode.

Have tried startup repair
bootrec.exe with /rebuildbcd & /fixmbr & /fixboot
chkdisk

I found this while searching the forum. Startup Repair Infinite Loop Recovery - Windows 7 Help Forums and tried it. on step 13 it said "The file sizes presented here are approximate estimations, and may vary depending on your system. If any one of them are 0 bytes, then you should stop what you're doing now and seek an alternative method of recovering your system, because Windows cannot function with a 0-byte size registry hive."

Of course everything was 0-byte.*Mad

I would assume its toast and I would need to do a clean install, or maybe a repair install or something else? Not sure what is the best action at this point. Need advice.

 

Windows 10 Repair Boot Loop

Hi Jed,

If your computer is stuck in a boot-loop state of Windows, it could mean that automatic repair isn't able to repair a corrupted or broken system file, but attempts to repair it over and over again. For us to assist you properly in resolving this boot-loop
state, kindly respond to the questions below:

• Did the issue occur even after removing the USB wireless mouse?
• Aside from running DISM, what other troubleshooting steps have you done? This is for us to know and to avoid any duplication of efforts on your end.

We look forward to your response.

 

Infinite loop of startup repair


Welcome to Ten Forums, Goonsoon. If your windows 10 is activated you can clean install it and it will automatically activate again. You may want to consider that if the situation is an infinite loop of startup repair. This is from the tutorial forum. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html . Just follow the steps, sometimes the only thing to do is start over.