How to Run a Startup Repair in Windows 10 Published by Category: Performance & Maintenance
05 Sep 2020
How to Run a Startup Repair in Windows 10
Startup Repair is a Windows recovery tool that can fix certain system problems that might prevent Windows from starting. Startup Repair scans your PC for the problem and then tries to fix it so your PC can start correctly.
Startup Repair is one of the recovery tools
in Advanced Startup options. This set of tools is located on your PC's hard disk (recovery partition), Windows installation media, and a
recovery drive.
This tutorial will show you how to run a Startup Repair to fix problems that keep Windows 10 from loading.
Startup Repair can only fix certain problems, such as missing or damaged system files. It can't fix hardware failures, such as a failing hard disk or incompatible memory, nor does it protect against virus attacks.
Startup Repair isn't designed to fix Windows installation problems, nor is it a backup tool, so it can't help you recover personal files, such as photos or documents.
See also:Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) | Microsoft Hardware Dev Center
The Startup Repair log file is located at:
C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt
Here's How:
1 Boot to Advanced Startup Options.
2 Click/tap on Troubleshoot. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Advanced options. (see screenshot below) 4 Click/tap on Startup Repair. (see screenshot below)
5 If prompted, select the OS you want to perform a startup repair on. (see screenshot below) 6 If prompted, select an administrator account to provide credentials for approval. (see
screenshot below)
You will not be prompted for an administrator's password if you booted from a Windows installation USB or recovery drive.
A) type in the password of the selected administrator, and click/tap on Continue. (see screenshot below)
7 Start Repair will now start "Diagnosing your PC", and attempt to automatically repair it. (see screenshot below) 8 If repairs aren't successful, you'll see a summary of the problem in the log file. (see screenshot below)
Options:
Run Startup Repair again: Click/tap on
Advanced options, and go to step 2 above. Sometimes it may take running Startup Repair up to 3 times and restarting the PC each time to fix the startup issue.
Boot Windows 10: Click/tap on Advanced options, go to step 2
above, but click/tap on Continue instead.
Turn Off PC: Click/tap on Shut down.
That's it, Shawn
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New05 Sep 2016 #1
About once every 3 months, my PC goes into Automatic Repair on booting
from cold (power off at mains overnight). I just switch of the PC, wait a while then it boots fine for few more months. I can never find anything wrong using chkdsk, sfc /scannow etc. Can I turn off Automatic Repair, is this wise and would this prevent Automatic Repair occasionally starting on boot as I have experienced?
New05 Sep 2016 #2
Hello Steve, :)
You can run the commands below in an elevated command
prompt to disable automatic startup repair at boot. To undo this in the future, you'd just delete the value in red below from bcdedit.
You can run the commands below in an elevated command prompt to disable automatic startup repair at boot. To undo this in the future, you'd just delete the value in red below from bcdedit.
Don't I use bcdedit /set recoveryenabled YES to reinstate Automatic Repair? Its
unclear how to reverse bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy IgnoreAllFailures?I also found the command bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreshutdownfailures. Is this worth a try since I suspect my problems may be due to an 'unclean' shutdown?
Also, my Windows Boot Loader identifier is {current} so should I use that identifier?
Note there is a full list of commands at
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx
New06 Sep 2016
#4
The command will work with {default} as well. It would be best to find the cause of this, and try to fix than just disable it though. I suppose you could try troubleshooting with a clean boot to see if that
may reveal the culprit.
Clean Boot - Perform in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts - Windows 10 Forums
To undo the commands above, you would use the commands below.
bcdedit /deletevalue {default} recoveryenabled
bcdedit /deletevalue {default} bootstatuspolicy
New01 Aug 2017 #5
Note Startup Repair can only fix certain problems, such as missing or damaged system files. It can't fix hardware failures, such as a failing hard disk or incompatible memory, nor does it protect against virus attacks.
Startup Repair isn't designed to fix Windows installation problems, nor
is it a backup tool, so it can't help you recover personal files, such as photos or documents.
See also:How Windows RE Works
The Startup Repair log file is located at:
C:\Windows\System32\Logfile\Srt\SrtTrail.txt
The above post does not work and appears to be an
error. It displays Logfile instead of Logfiles This is the link that opens the log file on my computer: C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt
New01 Aug 2017
#6
Thank you zbook. Typo corrected. :)
New12 Jan 2020 #7
Hi guys, Startup Repair doesn't work for me, nor can I use System
Restore, either restarting with Advanced options or booting from a Windows Installation on USB. So what could be the cause, or how do I fix this properly?
I tried a method last night and I got into problems after Bootrec /Fixboot returned an Access Denied message. Not sure if this was the right way to go, but I was in a bit of a hurry and went along with the first fix I found, which didn't work and ultimately forced me to restore my PC from an Image in the end. So I want to do this the
right way & I'm hoping someone could help me out with a decent solution. Thanks!
New12 Jan 2020
#8
Check Advanced Power options to see if Fast Startup is activated...
New12 Jan 2020 #9
Thanks for quick intervention dmholt57! I just checked Advanced Power Options and Fast Startup isn't among the options, so I can't en- or disable at first glance.
PS my Power scheme is set to Balanced. Well, last night it was set to High Performance, but since I restored from an Image it is now set to Balanced. Does it make a difference?