5 Solutions: “Automatic Repair, Your PC Did Not Start Correctly” in Windows 10/8/7
How to fix “Automatic Repair, Your PC did not start correctly” error in Windows 10//7? You can find 5 effective methods in this page.
By Emily / Last Updated August 11, 2020

The error
I received a message that there is a problem with my computer and Windows 10 will repair it. So I left the computer to do its work but it gives a blue screen and displays an error message saying “Automatic Repair, Your PC did not start correctly. Press вЂRestart’ to restart your PC…”. What should I do? Restart option does not work at all!! Thanks a lot!
What causes your PC did not start correctly?
It might drive you mad when you encounter the error “Your PC did not start correctly” in Windows 10/8/7 computer. Once it happens, you will not be able to boot your PC successfully, not to mention getting access to your computer data. This error can be triggered by one of the following factors:
> Sudden power failure
> Recent PC operating system upgrade
> Third-party program or a recent hardware change
> Corrupted MBR or BCD files
5 Methods to solve «Your PC did not start correctly» error
When the error pops out during Windows boot, you can first try to restart your PC as the error message prompts. If it works, you can save lots of time and energy. If it does not work, you can apply the following methods.
Method 1. Perform a system restore
As mentioned above, the “windows did not start correctly ”issue can be caused by a third-party program or a recent hardware change on your system, so you can run a system restore to see if it can restore your system to a point back where the issue didn’t occur.
Step 1. On the error screen, click “Advanced options”. Or you can insert Windows installation disc and boot your computer from it, select your language preferences, and click “Next”>“Repair your computer”, select “Troubleshoot” under “Choose an option” to get into“Advanced options” window.
Step 2. In the “Advanced options” window, select “System Restore”.
Step 3. Choose a target operating system.
Step 4. In the subsequent “System Restore” window, follow onscreen instructions to restore operating system.
Method 2. Uninstall new third-party programs
If the “Automatic Repair” error happens after you installed new third-party software, you can boot into Safe Mode and uninstall them directly to see if the error can be fixed.
Step 1. In the “Advanced options” window, click on “Startup Settings”>“Restart”.
Step 2. Press the F4 key to boot Windows into Safe Mode.
Step 3. If computer boots up successfully, uninstall the new software immediately.
Method 3. Run Startup Repair
If the first two methods do not solve your problem, you can run “Startup Repair” in the “Advanced options” window, which will scan your Windows computer and try to diagnose and fix “windows 10/8/7 not starting properly” issue. If Startup Repair does not work, either, proceed to the next method.
Method 4. Run SFC to check system file integrity
To repair corrupted or get back missing system files, you can run System File Checker by taking below steps.
Step 1. In the “Advanced options” window, click on “Command Prompt”.
Step 2. In the new “Command Prompt” window, input “sfc /scannow” and press “Enter”. The sfc /scannow command will scan all protected system files, and replace corrupted files with a cached copy.
Step 3. After that, type “exit” and press “Enter”.
Step 4. Restart your PC and check whether the «Your PC did not start correctly» error exists.
Method 5. Rebuild damaged Boot Configuration Data (BCD)
When it comes to Windows boot failure issues, you ought to consider the BCD is corrupted. Thus, you can use bootrec.exe tool to rebuild the damaged data.
Step 1. Open Command Prompt window as you do in Method 4.
Step 2. Type “bootrec /fixmbr” and press “Enter”.
Step 3. Type “bootrec /fixboot” and press “Enter”.
Step 4. Type “bootrec /rebuildbcd” and press “Enter”.
Finally, type “exit” and press Enter. If you think running commands to fix or rebuild MBR is too complicated, you can use a free GUI tool AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard (working on all versions of Windows from XP up to Windows 10).

First of all, you need to create a bootable USB drive since your Windows cannot boot up successfully: connect an empty USB drive to a working Windows computer, download the freeware, install and launch it, click “Make Bootable Media” on the left-hand pane and follow the wizard to complete the process. The bootable drive will contain the pre-installed AOMEI Partition Assistant.
Then, insert the bootable USB into the computer which reports “Your PC did not start correctly” error. Boot computer from the USB by changing boot order in BIOS. Now you can rebuild damaged MBR in three steps.
Step 1.Once you logged in, you will see the AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard running. Right-click the system disk and select “Rebuild MBR”.
Step 2. Choose a proper MBR type for your current OS and click “OK”.
Step 3. Back to the main interface, click “Apply” and then “Proceed” to commit the pending operation.
In addition, you can also use this tool to check bad sectors and fix them on your system drive. For more advanced functions including migrating OS to SSD, recovering lost partitions, you can upgrade to Professional.
Final words
Here, 5 different methods are offered to help you solve “Automatic Repair, Your PC did not start correctly” problem in Windows 10/8/7. If all of them do not make any difference, your last resort is to reinstall Windows from scratch.
Проблемы с ноутбуком
На ноутбуке появилось сообщение об ошибке
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click »Next.»
3. Click »Repair your computer.»
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
Или в переводе на русский
Диспетчер загрузки Windows
ОС Windows не удалось запустить. Последние аппаратные или программные изменения могут быть причиной. Для решения этой проблемы:
1. Вставьте установочный диск Windows, и перезагрузите компьютер.
2. Выберите параметры языка, а затем нажмите кнопку» Далее. »
3. Нажмите» ремонтом вашего компьютера. »
Если у вас нет этого диска, обратитесь к системному администратору или изготовителю компьютера для получения помощи.
Файл: \ Boot \ BCD
Статус: 0xc000000f
Информация: Произошла ошибка при попытке чтения данных конфигурации загрузки.
Нашла установочный диск Windows 7. Безрезультатно.
А вот установочный диск Windows 8 помог. Хотя и установлен на ноутбуке был Windows 7.
- Перезагрузила компьютер.
- Зашла в BIOS при помощи специальной клавиши, которая для каждой материнской платы своя, у меня F2.
- Открыла раздел биоса Main. Установила F12 Boot Menu Enabled. Далее нажала F10 для сохранения изменений меню и выхода из него.
- Установила установочный диск в CD ROM, который сделала первым в загрузочной иерархии. По умолчанию загрузка производится из жесткого диска.
- Перезагрузила компьютер и нажала F12 для входа в Boot Menu.
- При появлении на экране строки «Press any kay from CD or DVD» нажала любую из клавиш, чтобы запустилась загрузка с CD ROM и началась установка Windows.
- После того, как появится меню установки нажимаем «Далее».
- Теперь необходимо в левом нижнем углу найти «Восстановление».
После нажатия на поле » Восстановить» у меня появилась строка Диск заблокирован. По этой причине пришлось все предыдущие операции проделать повторно и отправится в меню «Диагностика» и «Дополнительные параметры» там «Командная строка».
Теперь займемся открытием доступа к диску, на котором находится Windows.
Необходимо прописать простую команду «Bootrec /fixmbr». Нажимаем «Enter».
- Ключ меняем на «/rebuildbcd». Опять же подтверждаем «Enter».
- Перезагружаем компьютер.
- Теперь появляется доступ к диску.
Главное, что для процедуры необходимо использовать дистрибутив Windows. И даже может понадобиться ключ активации, с помощью которого ранее и была установлена текущая система. В противном случае команда может не сработать, а значит все останется, как есть.
У меня на удивление сработало при запуске диска с Windows 8, и система с Windows 7 восстановилась.
В моем случае думаю что все проблемы связаны с тем, что первоначально на ноут буке была установлена Windows Vista. Возможно аппаратно мой ACER не тянет Windows 7 и поэтому у меня частенько происходит перезагрузка или загорается синий экран.
Windows 8 Vaio «Your PC Did not Start Correctly».
PC Model: Sony Vaio SVF143A1YL
I was working on my PC today and received the notification that updates needed to install, along with a countdown of an automatic restart. I shut down the computer with the power button instead of clicking restart.
1. Restarting the computer resulted in the the Vaio loading screen attempting «Automatic Repair».
2. The Windows 8 blue screen loaded with the following message:
«“Your PC did not start correctly. Press “Restart to restart your PC, which can sometimes fix the problem. You can also press “Advanced options to try other options to repair your PC”».
3. Restarting the PC resulted in steps 1-2 repeating.
4. From the Advanced Options screen:
- «Refresh PC» fails.
- There is no «System Restore» point recorded.
- «Startup Repair» produces the following error message: «Startup repair couldn’t repair your PC. Log file: C:\windows\system32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt».
5. Booting from my Windows 8.1 discs results in the following:
- «Repair» produces the same results as above.
- «Upgrade» install produces: «The computer start using the Windows Installation Media. Remove the installation media and restart your computer so that Windows starts normally. Then, insert the installation media and restart the upgrade. (Do not select ICustom(advanced)I to perform an upgrade. ICustom (advanced)I installs a new copy of Windows and deletes your programs and settings.)»
6. Attempting the fix described in Vijay B’s response here works until reaching step 5, at which point I receive the error: «Path not found — C:\boot».
7. Attempting the following commands produced no changes, the same issues continued to occur:
- bootrec /fixMBR
- bootrec /Fixboot
- bootrec /rebuildBCD
8. Attempting the fix described here resulted in «error code 50».
9. Attempting to move documents onto USB via «command prompt -> notepad» failed; no actual documents appeared, only boot files.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am far from computer literate, and just about at my wits’ end. My previous PC died just two weeks ago, this computer is basically new. I do not want to lose documents unless there is no other option.









