🔄 Fix Automatic Repair Loop
Last updated: April 23, 2025
Break out of the 'Preparing Automatic Repair' or 'Your PC did not start correctly' endless loop
Overview
If your PC is stuck in an endless loop of 'Preparing Automatic Repair' followed by 'Your PC did not start correctly', this guide provides multiple methods to break the cycle, from disabling automatic repair to rebuilding boot configuration from scratch.
What this helps with
What to expect: Hard difficulty • usually about 30-60 minutes.
This is one of 30 Recovery & Emergency Fixes fixes in the WindowsHelper library. The full step-by-step fix lives in the WindowsHelper app.
Coming soon in the app
The full step-by-step fix for this lives in the WindowsHelper phone app — coming soon, no price announced yet. The free PC Companion (available now) is the piece that connects your phone to your PC.
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