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Eimerson
Iron Contributor
May 22, 2025

Booting goes to "Automatic repair mode"

hi,

i have a 500gb hdd with win 10 os ... which was working fine ... but now its not booting up ... instead showing "automatic repair" while booting & then says could not diagnose ...

i have tried "chkdsk" "sfc" commands ... but it cannot diagnose anything ... its in loop when i restart desktop pc ...

the log file says "Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of the problem."

plz help ... what should i do ???

thanx

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  • ardikus's avatar
    ardikus
    Brass Contributor

    Insert the Windows installation USB flash drive → Select Repair your computer → Troubleshoot → Startup Repair, then run the boot repair commands:

    bootrec /fixmbr  
    bootrec /fixboot  
    bootrec /rebuildbcd