Stuck at "Preparing Automatic Repair" after successful restore (Fix! The BCD file was missing)
Hello all,
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series 7559 with the following specs:
- CPU: Intel i7-6700HQ
- Ram: 16 gigs
- OS drive: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 500gb drive
- Sata Drive: Seagate SSHD 1tb drive - This was the C drive from the factory. I added the M.2 drive when I bought the laptop. This drive became D
- Original OS: Windows 10 Home
- IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller: Intell 100 Series.c230 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller
I had created a TI-2016 backup image of the whole system in 6/25. Good thing since the 1T drive died on 8/7. I restored the TI image just fine. No errors or warnings. However when I rebooted, Windows 10 anounces "Preparing automatic repair" and drops me into a "Choose an Option" screen. No automatic option seems to cure this repeating boot-loop. The first time I restored the system, I just restored the D drive. When this boot-loop started, I restored the whole system and still nothing but "Preparing automatic Repair".
What can I do to get past this "preparing automatic repair" dead-end cycle? Please Help!!

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Jim, thank you for posting your solution and insights for this problem to the forum - I am sure that some other users will find this information useful in a time of need! Glad to hear that you have a working system again.
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