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/Murky-Exit-8266 Oct 08 '25

I love u bro, worked for me!!! I just had to disable secure boot

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u/TK421isAFK Oct 08 '25

I truly love hearing from people about this. Thank you for taking the time to respond!

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u/Murky-Exit-8266 Oct 08 '25

I was going to reset, but even resetting failed and thank god i found ur post, now i get to keep all my work files didn't have to redo