How to Fix Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC: Windows 10 is the latest operating system offered by Microsoft and with each Windows upgrade Microsoft is trying their best to overcome the limitation and shortcomings of various issues found in earlier versions of Windows. But there are some errors that are common to all versions of Windows including boot failure being the major one. Boot failure can happen with any version of Windows including Windows 10.
Automatic repair is generally able to fix the boot failure error, this is a built-in option that comes along with Windows itself. When Windows 10 running system fails to boot, the Automatic Repair option tries to repair Windows automatically. In most cases, automatic repair fixes various issues related to boot failures but like any other program, it also has its limitations, and sometimes Automatic Repair fails to work.
Automatic Repair fails because there are some errors or corrupted or missing files in your operating system installation that prevent Windows from starting correctly and if Automatic Repair fails then you won’t be able to get into Safe Mode. Often a failed automatic repair option will show you some kind of error message like this one:
Automatic Repair couldn't repair your PC. Press "Advanced options" to try other options to repair your PC or "Shut down" to turn off your PC. Log file: C:WINDOWSSystem32LogfilesSrtSrtTrail.txt
In a situation when Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC, Bootable installation media or Recovery Drive/System Repair Disc are helpful in such cases. Let’s get started and see step by step how you can fix Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC error.
Opgepasst: For each and every step below you need to have Bootable installation media or Recovery Drive/System Repair Disc and if you don’t have one then create one. If you don’t want to download the entire OS from the website then you use your friend’s PC to create the disc using this Link or you need to download official Windows 10 ISO but for that, you need to have a working internet connection and PC.
IMPORTANT: Never convert a Basic disk that contains your operating system to a Dynamic disk, as it could make your system unbootable.
How to open Command Prompt at Boot in Windows 10
NOTÉIERT: You need to open Command Prompt at Boot a lot in order to fix various issues.
a) Put in the Windows installation media or Recovery Drive/System Repair Disc and select your Sprooch Virléiften, a klickt op Next.
b) Klickt Reparatioun Äre Computer um ënnen.
c) Now choose Troubleshoot an dann Advanced Options.
d) Wielt Kommando Prompt (Mat Vernetzung) aus der Lëscht vun Optiounen.
Fix Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC
Wichteg Verzichterklärung:
These are very advanced tutorial, if you don’t know what you’re doing then you may accidentally harm your PC or perform some steps incorrectly that will ultimately make your PC unable to boot to Windows. So if you don’t know what you’re doing, please take help from any technician or expert supervision is recommended.
Method 1: Fix boot and rebuild BCD
1. Open the Command prompt and type the following commands one by one & hit enter:
bootrec.exe / Rebildbcd bootrec.exe / fixmbr bootrec.exe / fixboot
2. After completing each command successfully type Sortie.
3. Restart your PC to see if you boot to windows.
4. If you get an error in the above method then try this:
bootsect /ntfs60 C: (replace the drive letter with your boot drive letter)
5. And again try the above commands which failed earlier.
Method 2: Use Diskpart to fix corrupted file system
1. Again go to Kommando Prompt an Typ: Disco
2. Now type these commands in Diskpart: (don’t type DISKPART)
DISKPART> select disk 1 DISKPART> wielt Partition 1 DISKPART> aktiv DISKPART> Dateiesystem verlängeren DISKPART> Sortie
3. Now type the following command:
bootrec.exe / Rebildbcd bootrec.exe / fixmbr bootrec.exe / fixboot
4. Restart to apply changes and see if you’re able to fix Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC error.
Method 3: Use Check Disk Utility
1. Go to command prompt and type the following: chkdsk /f /r C:
2. Elo start Äre PC neu to see if the problem is fixed or not.
Method 4: Recover Windows registry
1. Gitt de Installatioun oder Erhuelung Medien an Stiwwel vun et.
2. Wielt Är Sprooch Virléiften a klickt nächst.
3. After selecting language press Shift + F10 ze Kommando VIRSCHLOEN.
4. Type the following command in the Command Prompt:
cd C:windowssystem32logfilessrt (ännert Äre Fuerbuch deementspriechend)
5. Now type this to open the file in notepad: SrtTrail.txt
6. Press CTRL + O dann aus der Dateityp wielt "All Dateien" a navigéiert op C: Windows System 32 then right-click CMD a wielt Run als Administrateur.
7. Type the following command in cmd: cd C:windowssystem32config
8. Rename Default, Software, SAM, System, and Security files to .bak to back up those files.
9. To do so type the following command:
rename DEFAULT DEFAULT.bak
rename SAM SAM.bak
rename SECURITY SECURITY.bak
rename SOFTWARE SOFTWARE.bak
rename SYSTEM SYSTEM.bak
10. Now type the following command in cmd:
kopéieren c: windowssystem32configRegBack c: windowssystem32config
11. Restart your PC to see if you can boot to Windows.
Method 5: Repair Windows Image
1. Open Command Prompt and enter the following command:
DISM / Online / Cleanup-Image / Restauréierhéalth
2. Press enter to run the above command and wait for the process to complete, usually, it takes 15-20 minutes.
NOTÉIERT: If the above command doesn’t work then try this: Dism /Image:C:offline /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:testmountwindows or Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:testmountwindows /LimitAccess
3. After the process is completed restart your PC.
4. Reinstall all the windows drivers and fix Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC error.
Method 6: Läschen déi problematesch Datei
1. Access Command Prompt again and enter the following command:
cd C:WindowsSystem32LogFilesSrt
SrtTrail.txt
2. When the file opens you should see something like this:
Boot kritesch Fichier c: windowssystem32driverstmel.sys ass korrupt.
3. Delete the problematic file by entering the following command in cmd:
cd c: windowssystem32 Treiber
vun der tmel.sys
NOTÉIERT: Läscht Treiber net, déi wesentlech fir Windows sinn fir de Betribssystem ze lueden
4. Restart to see if the issue is fixed if not continue to the next method.
Method 7: Disable Automatic Startup Repair Loop
1. Open Command Prompt and enter the following command:
NOTÉIERT: Only disable if you are in Automatic Startup Repair Loop
bcdedit / set {default} recoveryenabled Nee
2. Restart and Automatic Startup Repair should be disabled.
3. If you need to again enable it, enter the following command in cmd:
bcdedit /set {Default} Erhuelung aktivéiert Jo
4. Restart fir Ännerungen ze gëllen.
Method 8: Setzt korrekt Wäerter vun der Apparatpartition an der Osdevicepartition
1. In Command Prompt type the following and press enter: bcdedit
2. Now find the values of Apparat Partition an osdevice Partition a gitt sécher datt hir Wäerter richteg sinn oder op d'korrekt Partition gesat ginn.
3. By default value is C: because Windows comes pre-installed on this partition only.
4. If by any reason it is changed to any other drive then enter the following commands and press Enter after each one:
bcdedit /set {Default} Apparat Partition = c:
bcdedit /set {Default} osdevice Partition = c:
Opgepasst: Wann Dir Är Windows op all aner Drive installéiert hutt, gitt sécher datt Dir deen benotzt anstatt C:
5. Reboot your PC to save changes and fix Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC error.
Method 9: Disable driver signature enforcement
1. Put in the Windows installation media or Recovery Drive/System Repair Disc and select your Sprooch Virléiften, a klickt op Next.
2. klickt Reparatioun Äre Computer um ënnen.
3. Now choose Troubleshoot an dann Advanced Options.
4. Wielt Startup-Astellungen.
5. Restart your PC and dréckt d'Nummer 7 (If 7 isn’t working then relaunch the process and try different numbers).
Method 10: Last option is to perform Refresh or Reset
Again insert Windows 10 ISO then select your language preferences and click Reparéiert Äre Computer um Buedem.
1. Wielt Troubleshooting wann de Menü bäi erschéngt.
2. Now choose between the option Refresh or Reset.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Reset or Refresh.
4. Make sure you have the latest OS disc (am léifsten Windows 10) in order to complete this process.
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