While Safe Mode will probably isolate any infection, it would be reinstated when you boot back into normal mode and that repair could be undone. I use the free version of MBAM for my scans other than what Norton Security does. The Preparing automatic repair screen is the screen that a Windows 10 user sees when something goes wrong with their computer and Windows 10 attempts to fix it by itself. Windows Repair cannot repair services that have been affected by an infection if it still present, which is why you should also include an antimalware scan in your pre-steps. When it came out, Windows 10 was simply riddled with problems and issues, one of which was the Preparing automatic repair loop. When it has read the data, expand Windows Logs and click on Application/Action - Find - then type chkdsk or wininit into the Find box and press enter.Ĭancel the Find box and read the log in the scrollable window. To view this, go Start - type eventvwr and press enter then ensure Event Viewer (Local) is highlighted in the left pane - if it isn't then just click on it. The sfc /scannow and chdksk /f will take some time and while the sfc /scannow will report its findings in the command window, to read the full chkdsk report, you will need to go into Event Viewer.
The program has a button to get you into Safe Mode with Networking and then you would open the program as normal.
