Preparing Automatic Repair Error in Windows 10 FIXED

(11/23/17 Update): For those who are unable to access automatic repair, use the Windows 10 media creation utility provided by Microsoft and boot your computer from it:

Stuck in Windows Automatic Repair loop, how do I fix it?

"My Windows 10 PC stuck in Windows Automatic Repair loop for a couple days. It happened when I was trying to turn on the laptop and came up with the "Preparing Automatic Repair" screen, and then rebooted automatically and ran Automatic Repair again, becoming caught in the loop again and again. How do I fix the issue?"

About Windows Automatic Repair loop issue
Automatic Repair is a feature designed to help you fix some PC issues in Windows. But sometimes, it might fail to work and stuck in a startup repair loop in Windows 10/8.1/8 due to certain reasons. According to users, there are two most common cases of the Windows Automatic Repair loop issue:

1. Windows Automatic Repair stuck on a black screen with "Preparing Automatic Repair" error message.

2. Windows Automatic Repair failed and said, "Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC".

When Automatic Repair your PC did not start correctly issue occurs in one of the two cases mentioned above, you can try the following solutions to solve the problem without the disc. They can also help to fix Startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically error.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).

[reirtodiablo]

it says theres a problem reseting no changes were made what do i do?

[alisasutton]

what do you do if you can't get to the 1st step - I have turned my laptop off & on 10x and can't get to this step.

[el]

It worked!!! My desktop had a new update last night so I let it install and then shut down automatically and today when I turned the computer on, this happened. I was quite frustrated but your solution worked!!
I do have to redownload a lot of stuff (games, different programs for files, etc) but still none of my existing file was damaged and this is free tutorial!
Thumbs up! Thank you so much :)

[Steve-ohtu]

You mean to tell me this computers is not smart enough to do an automatic restore point.

[kuhneegit]

I tried literally every single option and it kept telling me I was unable to do anything because it encountered an error. Sorta regret buying a laptop off of eBay now :/

[deepjha]

my computer after trying all the stuffs gets login but it automatically turn off after few minutes and this process is not ending....after reboot the same problem arrives automatic recovery ....can you suggest me whats wrong

[pheasantlady]

While waiting on the phone for over an hour with HP help from India, was able to try your suggestion in under 2 minutes and it worked! Many Thanks!!!

[xxfireowlxx]

Funny how I'm stuck in this screen thanks to Microsoft support

[sonnymendoza]

I downloaded an anti-virus application and later on it asked me that it need to restart the computer and then afterwards it did not open again its stuck with "preparing automatic repair" and "diagnosing your pc " then it will go straight to thst blue screen . I tried fixing it but it never worked it remains the same again and again . What should i do ?

[onigames]

My laptop has this problem right now, but none of the options work. What should I do?

[rohanissur]

Still the same after resetting its says that no change were made??
Please bro help me out need the pc for a project please bro

[Dtx]

Mine gets to starting automatic repair... And stay black with a mouse cursor

[kamui]

Automatic repair screen does not pop up please reply

[swanarima]

My computer has been on the screen "preparing automatic repair for the last 24 hours I want to get out of it.

[doglasagna]

My laptop doesn't responses to all the repair options, My system's working like if you want to fix it, you have to fix it (it doesn't even makes sense so, like my pc got overheated and it's shutdowned but after that automatic repair starts looping which is not the reason to be repaired it just shutdowned bc. overheated) and it loops forever help?? (sorry for bad english)

[bobelan]

I tried the hard power off 3 times but it still goes to the screen. Do you mean the power switch or holding down the power button?

[fsujreed]

Toshiba done the hard power turnoff ~10 times in a row and I can't get it to pull up that screen. Could you break that process down further?

[tomo]

I cannot get it to do anything other than automatic repair. I never get to the screen that has the Advanced Options button. I've restarted at least 20 times.

[miriahpetersen]

I have a question. I click troubleshoot then I click Reset your PC under the troubleshoot menu, but when I click that under the reset you PC menu It says choose a target operating system and I only have a choice of Windows 10 then I only have another option to cancel. I don't get the two options that you have on your screen saying "Keep Files" OR "Remove Everything" Please help

[drpeppergirl]

Every time I try to reset mine, it stops when it's at 30 percent. I've also tried all other options it offers and still nothing works! Can someone help?