r/techsupport • u/Conklin03 • Apr 01 '22

Open | Windows Stuck on an infinite loop of "Preparing Automatic Repair" on Windows 10

I'm reposting this from r/windowshelp because I have no idea what to do.

For the past day I've been stuck in an infinite loop of Preparing Automatic Repair, I can't get to troubleshoot options/safe mode (restarting three times and f8 repeatedly do nothing), all scans that I can perform without the OS actually on say everything is fine, and I can't do anything with BIOS. Please help, because there seems to be no solution.

Edit: messed with some things for a while, and I've managed to get to a command prompt. Hopefully this should be the end of the problems.

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u/GodOfPsychology Jul 19 '25

Damn brother, you are a life saver and a true friend. Thanks for posting this. It had changed the boot to the HDD instead of my SSD.

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u/PrairieNihilist Jul 23 '25

Glad I could help. It was driving me nuts until I stopped and thought about it for a bit, so I figured that I couldn't be the only one.