How to Run Startup Repair in Windows 10

This updated guide examines How to Run Startup Repair in Windows 10 and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Startup Repair is one of the recovery tools in Advanced Startup Options . This toolkit is located on your PC's hard drive (recovery partition), Windows installation media, and recovery drive.

This guide will show you how to run Startup Repair to fix problems that prevent Windows 10 from loading.

Note:

Startup Repair can only fix certain problems, such as missing or corrupted system files. It cannot fix hardware errors, such as damaged hard drives or incompatible memory, nor does it protect against virus attacks.

Startup Repair is not designed to fix Windows installation problems, nor is it a backup tool, so it cannot help you recover personal files, such as photos or documents.

The Startup Repair log file is located at:

C:WindowsSystem32LogfilesSrtSrtTrail.txt

Here's how:

1. Boot into Advanced Startup Options .

2. Click Troubleshoot.

3. Click Advanced options.

4. Click Startup Repair.

5. If prompted, select the operating system you want to perform boot repair.

6. If prompted, select the admin account to provide credentials.

You will not be prompted for an admin password if you boot from a Windows installation USB or recovery drive.

Enter the chosen admin password and click Continue.

7. Start Repair will now start diagnosing your PC ( Diagnosing your PC ) and try to automatically fix it.

8. If the repair fails, you will see a summary of the problem in the log file.

Option

• Run Startup Repair again:

Click Advanced options and go to step 2 above. Sometimes, it may be necessary to run Startup Repair as many as 3 times and restart the PC each time to fix boot problems.

• Boot Windows 10:

Click Advancedoptions , go to step 2 above, but click Next instead.

• Turn off the PC:

Click Shut down .