Although Microsoft does not make it easy to disable this function, from the operating system boot troubleshooter it is possible to do so. Of course, we must keep in mind that this self-repair functionality of the operating system itself will be of great help on many occasions. Therefore, if we are faced with the problem that we are talking about in these same lines, the best thing to do is to activate it again once everything is solved.
Use Windows Automatic Repair
A bad system update, a new graphics card, corrupted system files, even a new USB mouse – any of these can cause the dreaded Windows Automatic Repair loop when trying to start your PC. To try to fix it we can use automatic repair on systems running Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11. This is a Windows system recovery tool that troubleshoot and diagnose boot errors common you can find.
Advantages of this system function
Automatic Repair in Windows is a useful repair feature that can help us fix problems that prevent it from booting properly. In case that the computer does not start correctly two consecutive timesautomatic repair will be activated as a system response to correct the boot problem.
One of the most common reasons why Windows won’t start or won’t recover is because there are system files that are missing or damaged. And it is necessary that the important files that we need to run are not available. It is also possible that the Windows kernel and other important Windows services are not fully loaded, making the computer impossible to use. Another problem that a repair slip can cause is a recently installed component or a connected device that is missing a device driver, or is simply not working as it should.
However, in some cases, this repair is simply not possible. When your PC fails to enter automatic repair mode, it gets stuck on the screen without any progress or system repairs, so it can be quite annoying. And since prevention is better than regret, the truth is that deactivating this system recovery function can be carried out if we do not trust it.
Disable automatic repair
To do this, what we must do is completely turn off the computer, generally by holding down the power button for a few seconds. When the computer is turned off, the next step will be to press and hold down the F11 key and turn it on. In a few seconds we can see the boot troubleshooter.
We must go to the section «Solve problems”. Once here, click on the “Advanced Options” which will take us to another menu where we must click on the known “Command Prompt«.
A window will open CMD, within which we will have to execute the following command:
bcdedit /set {current} recoveryenabled no
we restart the computer and that’s it. Now it will no longer automatically load the system repairer, so we will have exited the boot-loop, being able to reload Windows again. Unless, of course, there is a serious error in the system that does not let us continue. As we mentioned before, now is when we have to get started to study where the error is and solve it in the best possible way. Once we have achieved it, we recommend that you reactivate the functionality that we have just turned off. This, in the future, will surely help us to avoid more than one headache.
Reactivate the function
That said, if Windows 11 or 10 is already booting normally again, and the issues have been fixed, you may want to re-enable this feature in Windows as a precaution. It may be that for some reason we find a failure when starting the computer and this function is capable of correcting it.
Therefore, once we have left the boot loop from the automatic repair that we mentioned before, the next thing we will have to do is reactivate this feature. To do this, we will open a command prompt window, or CMD, with Administrator permissions. To say that this is something that we achieve by simply writing the corresponding CMD command in the search box that we see next to the Start menu button. In the entry that will appear here, before executing it, click with the right mouse button in order to be able to execute this with administrator permissions, as we mentioned. Therefore, in the window that will appear below, we only have to execute the following command:
bcdedit /set {current} recoveryenabled yes
we restart the computer and that’s it, everything should be back to normal, as before the failure described. If everything is correct, it is most likely that Windows automatic repair will not appear and that the operating system will load normally. But the function will be there, prepared so that if something goes wrong it can repair our PC without having to do anything, which will be very helpful in many circumstances. In addition, as we will see, the process to follow is very similar to the one that we have previously described in these lines.
Is it worth turning it off?
The short answer is No. Windows implements a large number of functions that work without the user being aware of them and this is a clear example. The Windows automatic repair function automatically takes care of solving any malfunction that the computer encounters during startup.
The only problem that this option can give us is when it enters a loop and continually restarts the computer, preventing us from starting it normally. Fortunately, this failure only usually occurs when we have changed some piece of hardware on our equipment. The start of Windows can also be affected by a malfunction of a Windows update that we have installed, although it is not usual, there is always the possibility.
Windows Automatic Repair feature is there to help the user to fix computer boot issues. In previous versions of Windows, when your computer wouldn’t boot, you could spend the day like this, hanging at boot, showing a black screen, or doing nothing at all. Thanks to this function, any user who has a problem with the equipment will be able to solve it easily and quickly. It is like WebView2 Runtimean application that is launched by Windows and is there to improve the performance of Windows and Office in general, an application that when included in an update, many users considered to be a virus.
What do I do in case of the error Preparing automatic repair
There is a bug that sometimes appears on the screen in the form of a message in Windows, which has been with us for many years and is increasingly feared. We refer to the error that reads Preparing automatic repair. One of the main drawbacks that we find here is that this is a failure that precedes a series of looping reboots that do not allow us to continue working with our computer.
There is no doubt that this represents a serious problem if we need to use the PC at that moment, so we will see what we can do about this serious problem below. First of all, we must take into consideration that there are several reasons that can cause this failure to appear: Preparing automatic repair. And, as we have seen now, Windows has its own automatic repair function that is useful for diagnosing and solving errors in system startup. But if the tool cannot resolve the boot errors, it goes into a loop and the computer keeps rebooting.
This can be caused by some issues related to corrupted system files. It can also be due to not having the system updated, or a failure in the Windows registry itself. At the same time, this loop reboot can be caused by an error in the Windows Boot Manager file or BOOTMGR.
At this point, the best thing we can do is disable the aforementioned Windows automatic repair function as we showed you previously.
Problems we can find
As we have mentioned before, this is a Windows functionality that on certain occasions can be the culprit of certain problems when starting the system. However, this is not the most common, since if Microsoft put it there, and also in operation by default, it is because it is very useful. Thus, in the event that we deactivate it forever, the system of those of redmond It can become unstable and unreliable with any small failure that occurs. This can be given by a new updatethe change of a configuration, or by the installation of some program.
That can cause a small problem in the operating system, and become a much bigger one. That is why, if we detect startup errors and deactivate automatic repair, once they are solved, we should activate it again. This returns to OS to its natural state and recommended by Microsoft for most situations. Therefore, next, we will help you with this activation task that we are discussing.
And it is that as we are going to teach you, the secure boot mode has some functions of enormous interest when it comes to solving problems in the operating system. That is why it is best recommended that we keep it active on most occasions.
The deactivation of this very useful element in most cases is not the most recommended, except in specific cases in which it can cause us more problems than solutions. This means that, as we told you, we should not touch this functionality that Microsoft proposes to us in Windows, since it can save us more than one upset in the future.
Precisely for all this, in the event that we have deactivated the feature we are talking about and we want to put it back into operation, let’s see how to achieve all this quickly and easily.
What to do if we have problems booting Windows
As we have said, the automatic repair function of Windows does not always work. It may happen that, if we have it activated, our PC enters a boot loop state from which it cannot exit, and that by deactivating this feature the error prevents us from starting Windows, for example, with a blue screen. This screen is displayed when Windows detects that the computer has tried to start 3 times consecutive but it has not succeeded, an option that all operating systems, both desktop and mobile, should have, but which, unfortunately, is not the case.
Using the CHKDSK command
In that case, what we can do is try to run commands, like CHKDSK and Fixboot to try to repair the system and solve these problems, commands…