When I bought the laptop new, I had opted to install the faster/smaller 500gb M.2 SSD drive. As the specs in my original post states, the laptop originally came with a plain (and rather doggy) Seagate 1tb SATA drive. I'll try to record them here as best I can in case anyone else finds themselves in this particular rabit hole.įirst a little background. Ok - I fixed it but made a series of discoveries along the way.
What can I do to get past this 'preparing automatic repair' dead-end cycle? Please Help!! When this boot-loop started, I restored the whole system and still nothing but 'Preparing automatic Repair'. The first time I restored the system, I just restored the D drive. No automatic option seems to cure this repeating boot-loop. However when I rebooted, Windows 10 anounces 'Preparing automatic repair' and drops me into a 'Choose an Option' screen. Good thing since the 1T drive died on 8/7. I had created a TI-2016 backup image of the whole system in 6/25. I added the M.2 drive when I bought the laptop. I have a Dell InspiSeries 7559 with the following specs:
