Win10 continuous loading in safe mode

Question

Hi, thought I had posted this already.

Given a pc to fix.
OS Build 19041.1288
Initial issue was rollback on windows update I assume.
Heaps of space though.

Obtained windows 32 iso, and booted from there, as its 32 bits.

Ran troubleshoot items to no avail.

Shift F10 to go to admin cmd prompt.

sfc /scannow - Windows System Protection could not perform the requested operation.

ran chkdsk - all ok.

Tried dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth, etc - got errors 50 & 87.

Deleted registry item, and got dism going.

Extracted install.wim from install.esd ( obtained from c:\esd\windows\sources ) as it wasn't on iso, to d:\test.

dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:d:\test\install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity which was windows 10 home.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:d:\test\install.wim

Cleaned out SoftwareDisribution dir by renaming folders.

Rebuilt bootrec.

Set into Legacy mode, to go into safe mode.

Rebooted.

F8 on restart, or not, computer goes into windows loading screen endlessly.

Any ideas people ?
Please don't send generic answers from ms recovery pages.

Regards

Answer 1

well this is from a mspage, though this will toggle safe mode from windows settings
"Press the Windows logo key + R.

Type msconfig in the Open box and then select OK.

Select the Boot tab.

Under Book options, clear the Safe boot checkbox."

Answer 2

Power on the computer and as soon as you see the Microsoft icon power off.

Within one minute repeat the second time: Power on the second time and as soon as you see the Microsoft icon power off.

For the the third power on allow it to progress to the Windows troubleshooting menu.

If it progresses to the troubleshooting menu then continue with a startup repair.

If it does not progress to the troubleshooting menu then boot to the Windows 10 iso and perform a startup repair.

Perform a startup repair > indicate whether it does or does not create a srttrail.txt

If it creates a srttrail.txt then find the file and post a share link in this thread.

If it does not create a srttrail.txt then open command prompt and type: bcdedit /set {current} recoveryenabled No

Reboot > take a picture of the error message / code > post a share link in this thread using one drive, drop box, or google drive

The error message and / or code may be able to be troubleshooted.

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Answer 3

Hi @Fred Smith

Corrupted system files after trying to roll back are one of the possible reasons why this issue is happening.

Press F8 while booting your computer to access System Recovery options.
Click Troubleshoot.
Select Command Prompt.
Enter the following commands below, then press Enter after each command:
chkdsk c: /f
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bcdboot c:\windows /s c:
Once done with the above commands, restart your computer and see if the problem is fixed.

Hope this resolves your Query!!

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