{"id":261,"date":"2020-07-30T18:12:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.badjoerichards.com\/apps\/developerhack\/?p=261"},"modified":"2020-07-30T18:17:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:17:54","slug":"how-to-fix-preparing-automatic-repair-loop-during-windows-start-after-the-latest-windows-feature-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.badjoerichards.com\/apps\/developerhack\/how-to-fix-preparing-automatic-repair-loop-during-windows-start-after-the-latest-windows-feature-update\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix preparing automatic repair loop during Windows start after the latest Windows feature update?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated: 20200730<\/p>\n<p>Sidenote:<\/p>\n<p>Our clients have scheduled backups that runs Macrium Reflect, so we can always restore their computer to a certain date should the computer ever crash or become unbootable &#8211; see: https:\/\/apps.badjoerichards.com\/apps\/developerhack\/how-to-restore-a-macrium-reflect-backup-when-your-computer-is-unbootable-or-fail-to-boot-to-windows\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PROBLEM:<\/p>\n<p>HOWEVER, the latest Windows feature update has caused multiple computers across the globe to fail to boot, and get caught in the preparing automatic repair loop &#8211; which fails to repair booting, and users can no longer boot and use their computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOLUTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Head to your BIOS, and change the booting device to Windows Boot Manager that is hosted on the correct disk drive!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DIAGNOSED PROBLEM:<\/p>\n<p>It seems the latest Windows Feature Update installs a new Windows Boot partition info into the WRONG drive, especially if you have multiple drives on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re unsure what algorithm the Windows update use to pick the drive, but clearly, it&#8217;s not working correctly, therefore installing Boot Manager into the wrong drive, and causing a failed boot and repair loop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated: 20200730 Sidenote: Our clients have scheduled backups that runs Macrium Reflect, so we can always restore their computer to a certain date should the computer ever crash or become unbootable &#8211; see: https:\/\/apps.badjoerichards.com\/apps\/developerhack\/how-to-restore-a-macrium-reflect-backup-when-your-computer-is-unbootable-or-fail-to-boot-to-windows\/ &nbsp; PROBLEM: HOWEVER, the latest Windows feature update has caused multiple computers across the globe to fail to boot, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.badjoerichards.com\/apps\/developerhack\/how-to-fix-preparing-automatic-repair-loop-during-windows-start-after-the-latest-windows-feature-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to fix preparing automatic repair loop during Windows start after the latest Windows feature update?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5,18],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to fix preparing automatic repair loop during Windows start after the latest Windows feature update? - Developer Hack<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Your computer is unbootable - Windows is Preparing Automatic Repair and fails - after the latest Windows Update. 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