Windows 10 Pro - Failing to boot and going into Auto Repair

[Woody3]

Windows 10 pro is failing to boot for some reason. Not sure if an update has occured, but I went for dinner and came back to a blue screen saying:

Log File: D:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt

I've tried resetting and it's just bringing me back to this screen each time.

I've followed a couple of youtube videos (chkdsk /f/r c: and d, and rebooted but I just end up with the same screen.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

[Glasgowrob]

had a similar issue recently on one of our desktops,

not the answer you want to here but easiest option was create a install usb on another computer and reinstall

obviously you can try the install usb to repair before wiping but as long as you back up important stuff its the quickest easiest way

[Derek Smith]

I'm with GlasgowR.

Had the same problem following an 'upgrade'. Tried as much as I could but in the end I had to give up.

A bit of rubbing your face in it, I know, but I had a cloned backup drive that I could just plug in and everything went back to normal.

If you do a clean installation of Win10 clone it immediately. Then do the various updates and load all your programmes, backing it up to another HDD.

The HDDs need only be 250Gb or so, not talking massive investment here.

Every now and again, back up your drive to the second HDD clone. I do mine after installing a new programme.

[Woody3]

I thought that might be the case.

So it appears (I think) all my data is still saved on the HDD? Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, I've got a 1tb portable harddrive that I want to transfer all the data on to. Is it an easy enough task for me to transfer the data from the failed HDD to the portable HDD?

Thanks!

[Derek Smith]

Woody3 said:

I thought that might be the case.

So it appears (I think) all my data is still saved on the HDD? Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, I've got a 1tb portable harddrive that I want to transfer all the data on to. Is it an easy enough task for me to transfer the data from the failed HDD to the portable HDD?

Thanks!

I can only say what happened for me.

I have a docking station, about £30 on ebay I think. I plugged in the failed HDD and all the files were there. I copied all of them onto the new OS HDD I bought and then formatted the HDD. I'm still using it as a back-up without problems.

I hope it works for you.

[Woody3]

Thanks for the advice! I've taken the HDD out and connected, via an adapter, to another laptop and thankfully all my stuff is still there and accessible. I'm currently copying it all over to my portable hard drive.

So the HDD seems fine, the issue is booting the operating system. Is there anything I can do to get the OS to boot up correctly now?

Thanks again!

[Derek Smith]

Woody3 said:

Thanks for the advice! I've taken the HDD out and connected, via an adapter, to another laptop and thankfully all my stuff is still there and accessible. I'm currently copying it all over to my portable hard drive.

So the HDD seems fine, the issue is booting the operating system. Is there anything I can do to get the OS to boot up correctly now?

Thanks again!

I can't help, I'm afraid. I tried a few things but as I'd got a clone, I just put that in. Sorry.

[anonymous-user]

Woody3 said:

Thanks for the advice! I've taken the HDD out and connected, via an adapter, to another laptop and thankfully all my stuff is still there and accessible. I'm currently copying it all over to my portable hard drive.

So the HDD seems fine, the issue is booting the operating system. Is there anything I can do to get the OS to boot up correctly now?

Thanks again!

Only really trying a repair or reinstalling windows

[guitarcarfanatic]

I had this a few weeks back. Lot's of trying and youtube guides yielded nothing.

Repair would not work either. Ended up making a Windows Installation USB and did a fresh install (full wipe). I had nothing to keep on the computer so nothing to lose.

[stevensdrs]

You could run system restore from a command prompt. You can get to the command prompt using windows recovery. Then type rstrui.exe and follow the on screen instructions to roll back to a previous saved point. I have had to do that after a windows update went rogue on me.

[guitarcarfanatic]

stevensdrs said:

You could run system restore from a command prompt. You can get to the command prompt using windows recovery. Then type rstrui.exe and follow the on screen instructions to roll back to a previous saved point. I have had to do that after a windows update went rogue on me.

This wouldn't work for me. It will fail when trying to restore, repair or do a new install. I had to get a bootable USB and do a clean install.