Automatic Repair Loop

When I turn my computer on, the Automatic Repair screen comes up. I have tried almost all of the Advanced Options and nothing has worked. I DO NOT want my data deleted! I have hundreds of photos that are not backed up anywhere else. I also cannot find my disc that came with the computer (which could be used for recovery I'm assuming). Can I somehow fix this on my own or will I need to take it to a professional?
Not very happy with this, looks like it has been a problem for a lot of customers.

The latest critical update from Microsoft (7/20/2015) seems to have created this automatic repair loop. Widows 8 came installed - I upgraded to 8.1. The only suggestion provided by HP that I have not tried is to get Windows disks and try to boot the computer from them and use the system repair tool. How successful is this? How do I get the appropriate software?

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First and foremost, good luck:
Method 1:
Wait for the machine to boot into the 'Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC' error message.
Click the 'Advanced Options' button
Open cmd and type:
bootrec /fixMBR
bootrec /Fixboot
bootrec /rebuildBCD
and also
chkdsk /r c:
chkdsk /r d:
Method 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNKEsOF7e4M
Method 3 (copied from a youtube comment):
1. Turn on the computer.
2. Wait for the machine to boot into the 'Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC' error message.
3. Click the 'Advanced Options' button
4. Click the 'Troubleshoot' button
5. Click the 'Advanced options' button
6. Click the 'Startup Settings' button
7. Wait for the system to reboot into the 'Startup Settings' menu (is the same menu for safe mode)
8. Select the 'Disable early launch anti-malware protection' option. (Press '8')
9. If this worked for you, you should now boot into windows.
10. Now you can shutdown your system and it should hopefully work first time the next time you start the system.

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Kris_ClearFIxPC wrote:
I'm working on a client's HP ENVY TouchSmart 4-1215dx Ultrabook that is stuck in a never-ending automatic repair loop. I have done a system diag...all passed . Tried multiple ways to get into BIOS to do a repair from a USB stick made from another OS 8....but can't get into BIOS to change the boot. Tried F11 to do factoy resest....just puts me back into the loop. I have a feeling my client downloaded a bad 8.1. Considering pulling the HDD and using my desktop to at least try and save her personal data....Please help!
That would be the best thing to first do and then use the recovery media of which you will now have to order since the O/S seems corrupted beyond repairs. This way you can be sure the recovery media will restore it back to factory install and hopefully they will not do this again til they will consult first before upgrading the O/S.
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So I have a issue that really causng me problems.
Many times, my laptop goes to the blue screen of death and restarts.
This time, it randomly said "your PC did not start correctly" shut down and went directly to automatic repair.
Now, Im not able to get it to start properly. It keeps restarting and every time it goes to options such as doing system recovery, start-up repair, start-up setting, restarting etc. it just keeps looping with no way out. The problem is, my laptop is telling me I don't have an administrator account on it so I am unable to do any of the advanced options.
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Ok so in the first picture
it shows what happens when i click system restore. What its displaying there is, i have no administrator account. So at the bottom it displays "Forgot your password or dont see your account?" I click on that to see if i can find my account, instead it tell me to restart (as you can see in the second picture)
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In the third picture
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Hi, I attempted the windows 8.1 update w. failure.
=============1st part============
the machine is stuck in bootloop initially, searched the forum and tried several things like the "recovery" options and making a install USB drive to do repairs. Nothing worked.
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Hi,
About this problem, it seems like there is not any method can fix it, Windows encounter problem during Windows upgrade first boot, Windows 8.1 already installed but new system configuration failed. This is problem why you use install USB drive to repair
but failed.
In my opinion, it's hard to fix it, the worst result is you may need to reinstall you system. While here is some methods you still can have a try.
1. Boot into System repair mode as you said. find Command Prompt option.
2. Open Command Prompt mode, type Bootrec.exe and press
Enter.
3. Try to use the command below to fix system.
bootrec /FixBoot
bootrec /ScanOs
bootrec /RebuildBcd
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Automatic repair

I have a HP envy TPN-W106. I keep get getting the automatic repair loop. I am unable to use the F11 key. Warranty has expired. I can get the F9 key. Please advise!!!!

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Stuck in auto repair loop.

Attempted to wake desktop running Windows 8.1 Pro (after typical MS update time Tuesday).
Computer would not load Windows, stuck in automatic repair loop.
Boot disk is 120GB SSD.
Created Recovery USB from good Windows 8.1 laptop.
Used diskpart and list vol to get:
Volume 0 C
System Rese NTFS
Partition 350MB
Healthy
Volume 1 F
RAW Partition
111GB Healthy
Volume 2 D
3TB NTFS
Partition 2794GB
Healthy
Volume 3 E
RECOVERY FAT32
Removable 14GB
Healthy
Exited diskpart
Ran: chkdsk /r /f f:
Got:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
293120 file records processed.
File verification completed.
8135 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
Correcting error in index $SDH for file 9.
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If I use the Refresh Your PC option from recovery USB, I get: The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again.

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I ran diskpart again, and letters have changed, but boot volume still RAW:
Volume 0
F
System Rese
NTFS
Partition
350MB
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Volume 1
C
RAW
Partition
111GB
Healthy
Volume 2
D
3TB
NTFS
Partition
2794GB
Healthy
Volume 3
E
RECOVERY
FAT32
Removable
14GB
Healthy

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