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- Desktop Boot and Lockup
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07-07-2025 06:51 AM - edited 07-07-2025 07:00 AM
Hi @BD115
Welcome to the HP Support Community! We're here to help you get back up and running.
Let's walk through a few structured steps to help you break out of that Automatic Repair loop and blue screen situation:
🛠 Step-by-Step Fixes for HP Automatic Repair Loop
1. Hard Reset Your HP Laptop
- Power off the laptop completely.
- Unplug the charger and remove the battery (if removable).
- Press and hold the power button for 30 seconds.
- Reconnect power and turn it on.
2. Boot into Safe Mode
- On the blue Automatic Repair screen, click:
- Advanced Options → Troubleshoot → Advanced Options → Startup Settings → Restart
- After restart, press 4 or F4 to enter Safe Mode.
- Once inside, uninstall any recent updates or drivers that might be causing the issue.
3. Run Startup Repair
- From the same Advanced Options menu, choose Startup Repair.
- Let Windows attempt to fix the boot issue automatically.
4. Use Command Prompt for Deep Repair
If you can access Command Prompt:
sfc /scannow chkdsk /f /r C:
Replace C: with your system drive if different.
5. System Restore (If Available)
- Go to Advanced Options → System Restore
- Choose a restore point from when your system was working fine.
6. Reset Windows
- From Advanced Options, select Reset this PC
- Choose either:
- Keep my files (recommended)
- Remove everything (if necessary)
7. Reinstall Windows (Last Resort)
First, we need to download the Windows image onto a 32GB or 64GB USB flash drive (Flash drive only, memory cards and USB hard drives are not supported; It has to be 32GB or 64B only)
You can download the Windows image through the 'HP Cloud Recovery App', which can be downloaded from the Windows Store.
Refer to Step 2 on the link below:
And follow Step 4 to reload Windows from the newly created USB recovery media.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_9223491-9126662-16
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Regards,
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