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Please help Windows 11 keeps restarting after resetting (keep personal data)
Hi All,
I got a Lenovo laptop, and an issue with preparing automatic repair looping, I have tried everything I can to fix without resetting it, however I had no other options but reset, so I went ahead to reset with option to keep personal data and reinstall Windows 11, it went fine and restarted but now it does not load up Windows, it keeps restarting.
what I have done so far:
I went to Command Promt, using diskpart to assign a letter to a particular drive FAT32 only 230MB type is System, so I hope this is the new Windows system.
I am stuck and running out of ideas.
any help/ direction would be hight appreciated.
Cheers
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That restart loop after a reset usually points to either a corrupted bootloader or incomplete system files after reinstall. Since you already checked with Diskpart, I’d suggest these next steps:
Boot Repair: From Advanced Startup > Troubleshoot > Advanced options, run Startup Repair. It often rebuilds boot files automatically.
Rebuild Boot Records: In Command Prompt (admin), try:
bootrec /fixmbrbootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
Check Partitions: Make sure the EFI/System partition is still set as active. Sometimes resets mess up partition flags.
Repair Image: Run sfc /scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth if it boots into recovery CMD.
If none of these work, you might need to create a bootable USB with Windows 11 and do a repair install (not a full clean install). That way your data stays intact but system files are properly restored.
👉 Many users with Lenovo laptops ran into this exact loop, and a USB repair install usually solved it.
I had a similar issue, but I could not fix it. endued up copy user data using CMD to a portable disk and reimage the pc.
I think that is the best option, so you can format repartition and install clean Windows OS.
