I'm experiencing a frustrating issue where my computer keeps going through an endless cycle of restarting, getting stuck at the 'preparing automatic recovery' screen. After some time, it led me to the repair screen, and following common advice, I performed a fresh installation of Windows. However, after working fine for about a day, the endless restart loop returned. I suspected that the problem might lie with the SSD that Windows 11 is installed on, so I tried booting from a USB, but I'm still stuck in this loop. I've even removed the problematic SSD, fiddled with the boot order, and updated my motherboard's BIOS, but nothing seems to resolve the issue. I'm unsure if this is a software or hardware problem. I've also tried using a stick of RAM individually and in different slots, but the issue persists. Here are my specs: Ryzen 3600x, Aorus X570 Elite WiFi, 7900XTX, and 16GB RAM.
2 Answers
So, just to clarify, did you attempt to recover from the USB and it still kept looping? If that's the case, you can access the Command Prompt from the Windows Recovery USB. Try running CHKDSK by typing 'chkdsk /f' and pressing enter – that might help if the issue is related to disk errors.
It sounds like you might be facing a hardware problem. Sometimes the best way to troubleshoot this kind of issue is to swap out components. I had a similar experience once when my AMD CPU turned out to be faulty, but of course, it happened just after the warranty expired. Let me know if you find a faulty part!
Yes, it kept looping and wouldn’t start up from the USB. I'm worried that there might be something more serious going on.