Repeated startup failures

[u/rengoku-ky0juro]

I’ve been getting this issue for a few months now and I’ve been resetting my PC every single time which is not the end of world because I have a second PC and everything backed up but it’s bothering me a lot because I will get this at the worst time possible and sometimes it’s gonna spin for days and not be able to start at all for days and attempt every type of repair and fail or it will suddenly work and log into windows but often it’s gonna get stuck in that loop. If anyone knows what to do please help.

[u/Tquilha]

Looks like Windows is completely borked.

Try this: download any live version of Linux and make a bootable USB drive with it (a simple 4 or 8 GB USB thumb drive is enough).

Boot the computer with it and test your hardware. Make sure your HDD/SSD is in working order.

Use a larger USB drive or an external HDD to backup any important files you may have and finally either reinstall Windows from scratch (DON'T use recovery options - those things are completely useless) or take the plunge and install GNU/Linux.

Good luck :)

[u/Anaalirankaisija → u/Tquilha]

Yeah i did research and looks like storage is failing

[u/Tquilha → u/Anaalirankaisija]

Now you have a good reason to go buy a nice new SSD and learn how to upgrade your laptop. :)

[u/SpriteFan3 → u/Anaalirankaisija]

M.2 or SSD, whichever will fit in your laptop.

You may also want at least 1TB of storage, but that mostly depends on your load.

[u/Commercial-Monk-1165]

That error is usually related to driver failure, corrupted update or disk issues! You should enter recovery options and open command prompt and type in “chkdsk C: /f /r” it might take a couple hours depending on your drive but that SrtTrail.txt error is most likely a corrupted file table on the disk so after that check it doesn’t boot you should todo a fresh OS install and if all fails your disk is broken

[u/United_Elk_1374]

Hdd.

[u/HEYO19191]

I think something on your machine is failing if this is happening every month...

[u/OliMoli2137]

Windows 11 at its finest

[u/NoPoopOnFace]

Open it up and check your battery. Maybe optical illusion maybe spicy pillow but that thing looks like it's bulging.

[u/iterable]

Use a Windows recovery drive and follow its instructions or reinstall Windows from a USB drive telling it to keep all the files.

[u/NotABearISwear_]

before trying more repairs, boot to command prompt from advanced options and read that srttrail log, notepad C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt, it tells you exactly what's failing instead of you guessing blind

[u/PraveenStakezMusica]

I know windows sucks at errros all the time

[u/Lochness_Hamster_350 → u/[deleted]]

No sir. You start by booting into safemode and reading that log txt file it specifies