How To Fix Windows Blue Screen "Recovery - Your PC/Device needs to be repaired"

[@jeffsbaker]

FAQ - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions for this video can be found at: www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/startuprepair.htm#faq

[@tso2099]

I like how the comments are from 2 days ago, good thing im not the only one who's experiencing this right now.

[@carterkesel3884]

it’s so annoying

[@carterkesel3884]

@@tso2099 i figured out that im having a problem with my cpu so it could be a problem with one of your parts

[@sharktiger4919]

It just happened to my MSI today and I spent the day fixing it but 0 progress

[@miorfirdaus7375]

@@sharktiger4919 same bro, it just happened to my msi laptop after i add ssd to my laptop

[@MrRiyality]

Mine just happened after I got back from work

[@dineomoloi3186]

I can’t believe I was able to backup my important files by your “notepad” . Thank you

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome!

[@abdoyousef9818]

yea that is the best part

[@brainstormsurge154]

@@jeffsbaker I've been looking for a way to backup my files from command prompt in recovery mode. Thanks so much!

[@PrabiFamily]

Step 8 worked for me. Thank you. Those of you wondering...all the commands hes advising you to type...example x:\ you dont change it to the local disk letter (C)

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thank you for letting us know what step worked for you.

[@thaimcgrathmusic]

Step 8 worked for me! You saved me countless hours of reinstallation! Thanks so much! ❤❤

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thank you for letting us know which step worked for you.

[@bbvibes8786]

LIFE SAVER, ayeee make sure u order a USB nd follow the steps !!!! This dude ain’t cappin

[@XiaoBu8u]

Holy crap thank you. The cmd commands worked for me. I was panicking because I had to submit an assignment for school. Thank you.

[@MCMilitaryForce]

Thanks, step 8 fixed the problem. Watched tutorials all night and day

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thanks for letting us know which step fixed the problem.

[@xXavorx]

Just when I lost all hope... your vid came along and fixed my problem; I followed all the steps and it wasn't until I reached step 8 that I finally got windows to load, bless your soul man

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thank you for letting us know which step worked for you

[@_indeey]

Thank you so much!!! I was so frustrated when i saw the blue screen and almost cried bc i have so many works that needed to be done asap. My laptop can be started normally again after i've done the disk check! Thankfully it was 0kb in bad sectors so when i restarted the laptop again, it came back naturally as if nothing happened😭 I'm so happy that I didn't have to go to step 6 onwards bc step 5 solved all the problems. Once again, thank you so much, God bless you and your family!

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thank you for letting us know which step worked for you computer

[@nicksconvenience5933]

brilliant video, took me over 24 hours to fix my surface pro after booting issues and after 100s of attempts to fix from loading safe mode, saving files, creation tool not wanting to know, command prompt having to repeat above steps in video numerous times - it finally happened.

[@Jack_223]

When I run the “bootrec /FixBoot” in command prompt it says “access is denied” I gave up and installed windows…

[@maimia100]

Thank you! This worked. I set my computer to update overnight and then it wouldn't boot back up the next day. Since my computer didn't fully update overnight, my boot data was erased. Repairing the bootdata with the system partition worked.

[@vanzypubg8469]

Are all out computers expiring this year or something??

[@akiyoshi_fun]

The first command in Step 8 fixed the problem for me. Thank you very much! Can't lie I was feeling very frustrated earlier but now I'm feeling super refreshed.

[@jeffsbaker]

Thank you for letting us know which step fixed your problem!

[@khebbymooreverdaluza]

Play it on 1.5 speed, you'll thank me later

[@smokeyace]

😂😂💯

[@tayokarate]

😂😂😂

[@davidfestus3507]

Two years later and I’m saying thanks you 😂

[@jedediahmesele9821]

😂😂

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Nah I'm good

[@johncicale8893]

Fantastic. Advice from all others did not work, but your clear, step by step instructions, including mentioning where there are spaces in the commands was so helpful. I can now dual boot and not have to use the extremely limiting Windows 11.

[@cheeye6294]

thank you for saving my life… I used step 8 and my pc starts even faster than before…

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thank you for letting us know which step worked for you.

[@saladig]

Legend. Ive been worried about how to fix my old pc without losing my pictures, i can try this soon, thank you so much ❤

[@peterclaver4675]

If there's anyone watching this: It worked for me. I followed step 8.

[@jeffsbaker]

Thank you for telling us which step worked for you.

[@cili7]

Thanks for in-depth instructions, it ended up working by step 7 (rebuild boot data). And I love the notepad idea of backing up data instead of doing it all manually via command prompt. Thanks very much.

[@monishmeher3901]

Dude this video is such a life saver hope you and your family are blessed

[@bettyudokwe9180]

Thank you. I just followed the instructions and my computer restarted and windows working. I found this video extremely useful.

[@nyamwasapraise3499]

Bro you made it happen... step 8 is a life saver🙏🏼Definitely deserve my subscription 🥂

[@jeffsbaker]

Thank you for letting us know which step helped you.

[@cassidycross3406]

I had two windows installations and my osdevice was unknown. Step 8 finally fixed my problem. Thank you!!

[@jeffsbaker]

Thank you for letting us know which step fixed your problem!

[@SuBZer0lp]

I have been searching for a way to recover my files for 10 hours. You are a genius, thank you so much

[@yoe91]

at 7:40, it's chkdsk C:/R not C:\R, the slash is in the wrong direction.

[@jeffsbaker]

Thank you for the correction. There should be a pop-up at that point in the video that displays the correction. Unfortunately, KZbin doesn't allow very much editing on a video once it goes live.

[@yoe91]

​@@jeffsbakerreading my message again that sounds a bit robotic sorry haha but I was so focused on the task from the video at the time.

[@Milkmangood58]

Thanks so much I've been here for 30 minutes

[@sisahmcwera106]

Sir if i may ask, what should.i.do if it doesnt want to enter boot menu?

[@benhicks_music]

Whenever I Download the windows update on my usb and I put it in my computer it still doesn’t recognize it as a windows update

[@danielmcdade4013]

At 10:50 my windows and storage drives are backwards. I know I just installed my OS on drive C. But this list shows C as storage and D as /windows

[@Sandstr1der]

What if I don’t have any tools

[@errolsmith2176]

When installing windows from the recovery usb. After it installs it needs to restart to continue. But as it restarts it puts me back at the blue screen. And I have to start all over again. Any help ?. I’m at a loss

[@konto-fu9tq]

for anyone wondering, it's supposed to be /R not \R

[@ntsikeleloyalezo1524]

Thank

[@tychocurious]

scanning the drive + 8:23 onwards fixed my computer! thank you very much!

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thanks for letting us know

[@vizekgaming8241]

Thank you sir, this is a really great video! Learnt some things (and I am in this field since DOS 3.0), the Notepad copy trick is super neat! One observation here, might help other people caused I spent more time on this than needed (this was caused by my stupidity not the clarity of the instructions): I fixed my Windows10 problem with the Step 8 instructions. BUT I spent 2 hours doing the wrong thing - I selected the wrong volume - Volume 1 on which Windows is INSTALLED instead of Volume 2 (which is the System Reserved). Was ready to give up and reinstall Windows but went again to the Step in the video 8 to review the commands and only then noticed that you clearly state "take note of the SYSTEM or System Reserved partition". Redid the sequence with the correct volume and voila! problem fixed! Thanks again!

[@avhari7299]

Yeah I tried this but now I can't go to repair mode ?Can u help me?

[@adiking777hd8]

Thank you so much! I saved my files! And now I have a new system working! My unfinished projects and lost pictures+data are still there!!!

[@mansing]

Did you have to backup everything or were they all still there after the repair without backing up?

[@adiking777hd8]

@@mansing They were still there after the repair, but I would 100% reccomend to the backup first!

[@jeremywright7832]

mine said recovery pc boot file missing .. if i fix this problem will my data be lost? or my files etc etc??

[@jeffsbaker]

Did you follow all the steps in the video to the end? One of the steps is to backup important files.

[@mansing]

@@jeffsbaker Meaning ALL files are automatically going to get erased during the process? Because in my case, I dont have another hard drive that could accommodate everything. Or will my files still be there without backing up?

[@jeffsbaker]

@@mansing It depends on a lot of things. If you do a reset then your files could be lost. If your hard drive is going bad then your files could be lost. The commands in the video do not erase your files but computers are complicated things, data can be lost at any time for a number of reasons. It is always recommended that you have a backup of important files.

[@mansing]

@@jeffsbaker Thanks so much!

[@Brian.001]

what do you do with a EUFI boot drive, please? GPT rather than MBR.

[@tasmia5243]

My laptop doesn’t show "Launch CSM" option??? What to do??? Please, help!! It’s an emergency!!!

[@franklinperez3761]

Can I do that with downloading the windows in a phone or tablet.

[@plu3]

I would also like to mention that, sometimes its hardware not connecting or something. Not sure exactly what the problem is but thats what I assume it was for me atleast… i just replugged all my cables and it fixed itself

[@3thanpaul]

Sir you deserve everything good that comes your way. You are a saint

[@g.gg.g4539]

2:28 video boot part starts

[@himanshikajindal2070]

Hi. What is the reason behind this kind of a thing happening?

[@robertivanov9492]

Can anyone please tell me if by this method, will only partition c will be reset or will i lose all the data on the hard disk (i.e. local disk e and f) Please somebody reply.

[@jeffsbaker]

This question has been answered many times. Read the comments. The steps in the video do not delete data, but data can be lost at any time. Always backup

[@tkchamp21]

I've put in the bcdedit....but it told me the system has attempted to load or restore a file into the registry but the specified file is not in the register you file format...what do I do?

[@jeffsbaker]

Unfortunately, you might need help from a computer tech. You can try going through they method of backing up your data and while you are doing that see if you can tell which drive letter has your Windows installation on it. Then you can try all the commands using that drive letter, but you might need help from a technician.

[@neonetic8526]

I put the usb in my laptop then select it from the boot menu but it then goes back to "Recovery - Your PC/Device needs to be repaired"

[@soccershopclub]

Same

[@钱大四]

Disk?

[@samsussalekin5264]

I am also having same problem ...any solution

[@erin.4life]

when you turn your pc on to boot the the windows installation menu thingy, turn it on and immediately press f 11 , not f12 for some pcs if f12 doesnt work for you.

[@skullkssounds1938]

You sir... saved my life's work today! Bless you and your family!

[@吴俊豪-e8v]

I download the window 10 dvd but it is 32-bit, is it will affect the download???

[@SpoiledMilkEw]

I can’t even get past the initial blue screen. I have pressed everything that was possible- Nothing worked.

[@rokiasako3639]

I can’t believe this was the only video that solvent problem thanks a lot I was really stress out

[@willytotheme2883]

If my laptop is a Windows 8 can I use a recovery drive with a windows 10?

[@spectrumdennis3752]

I accidentally deleted all files in the whole system via regedit. If i install windows using this, will the registry be reset too?

[@jeffsbaker]

Reinstalling will reset the registry, but not to where it was before you deleted things. It will reset it to like a fresh installation. So you may still need to reinstall some applications afterward. Backup any important data first.

[@spectrumdennis3752]

Jeff Baker thanks!

[@shahzad6279]

Dear after installing window tool from other computer then put into USB ..who we can insert into computer which has shown blue screen ..i mean no option who to insert it into computer?

[@soccershopclub]

Exactly

[@johnnunez7745]

After entering BootRec /fixboot, I'm getting "access denied"? Why

[@Boncreate]

You dont have a Usb

[@jmricks]

thank you! I just cloned my boot drive onto a larger SSD and stupidly erased the original boot drive before fully testing the new one. Apparently the boot record and recovery partition did not transfer over during the cloning process so I kept getting the "windows must be repaired" error. Turns out the very last step in your video (the bcdboot with UEFI) is what ended up fixing it for me, even though none of my volumes had "system" listed in their info. I kind of guessed on which volume to use and it worked!

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thanks for letting us know which step worked for you

[@-...................-]

i only have 4 options on the blue screen: Press Enter to try again Press F1 to enter Recovery Environment Press F8 to Startup Settings Press Esc for UEFI Firmware Settings

[@EdisonsEdi]

Any idea solve this problem

[@David.A]

press Esc then press F11

[@neiliahjackson3553]

@@David.A it just brought me to bios.>>What else should I do

[@David.A]

​@@neiliahjackson3553 did a small blue screen show up?

[@minhhoia2531]

Try f1 or f8

[@patricklucas7164]

Do we need a cd or dvd or just a usb and if we need to use a cd or dvd does it have to be a disc with nothing in it or what also how do you check what mark your pc is like Asus and others also to get the windows installation media can it be on any computer or a windows one

[@julissanorris8983]

What should I do I if my keyboard is not working tho

[@saguhn8221]

same

[@ch3skapo]

same

[@julissanorris8983]

Cheska Po I just got a new computer XD

[@julissanorris8983]

saguhn I just got a new computer XD

[@saguhn8221]

Julissa Norris lmaoo i got it repaired

[@mwishampandebaylon]

I have installed my boot media, but I can't find it in the boot menu options, why?

[@ajigrafi]

Thank you so much, step 8 work in my case. My problem was due to the update issues

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thank you for letting us know which step worked in your case.

[@WanoToba]

Thankfully I only got to step 5 and it fixed my computer!! Thanks man! Subscribed and liked!

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thanks for letting us know which step worked for you

[@yaminoraikiri]

is there any lost data?

[@WanoToba]

@@yaminoraikiri none at all

[@yaminoraikiri]

@@WanoToba Thank youu :D

[@kjnalamb2062]

the usb dosent work for me i followed all ur steps and nothing worked

[@dmarundebooks]

mine does not have all the items you showed on the first step. NOTHING I try gets me to the command prompt area so I cannot enter anything!!! Blue screen stays there after I select the usb. Hitting enter on exit only gets me back to the blue recovery screen! Ready to throw the damn thing out the window!

[@TrevoPhD]

Just a quick note, if your computer has an SSD do NOT run /R with the check disk command (chkdsk /R), it's unnecessary wear. Instead, run chkdsk /f (fix). I work IT and once riddled a solid state drive with SMART errors running /r by mistake

[@swiftypopty1102]

ty!

[@ChrisAyan]

Reinstalling the windows 10 can solve the problem?

[@IsaacTan]

my keyboard or mouse dosent work when i enter that blue page, how can i fix that ?

[@IsaacTan]

tried plugging it into every usb port and it still does not work.

[@oxy1172]

@@IsaacTanmine used to do that. try unplugging and re-plugging all the USB slots on your motherboard

[@IsaacTan]

@@mnymn846 i reseted the cmos to fix it

[@chicagofan76]

Option 1 & 2 are not an option. Got this screen after a power outage

[@edgetoperfection2953]

does anyone know what could've caused this type of blue screen?

[@belugalllofficial5302]

I've a 12 generation dell laptop.

[@liathelosed6058]

it happens because somethings corrupted, it can be caused by turning off ur pc when it’s updating

[@edgetoperfection2953]

@@liathelosed6058 thanks

[@Flyhigh2763]

I plugged in the usb with the windows downloaded and it doesn’t pop anything up

[@eveaysraelleanimo6715]

What will i do if there is no “launch csm”???

[@tasmia5243]

How did you solve it??? I am having the same problem!!!!

[@Findingpeace078]

I wanted to install the ubuntu. With usb i have installed ubuntu but still getting this error.....

[@-angie]

does the usb have to be free of any other files for this to work?

[@tha_beefy1518]

asking the same thing, did you try with other files on the usb and it worked?

[@rednijrah281]

When you make a window media in USB will format the usb and then window will get Installed no other data will be or should be in usb other than windows

[@-angie]

@@tha_beefy1518 i had to buy a new usb for it to work

[@Stix2654]

When I turn off and back on my pc the blue screen doesn't show anymore is that ok or should I still do the media USB thing

[@rmp5s]

Good stuff, man. Had an SSD die...got a new one and cloned over and got the blue screen. This got me up and running. Thanks.

[@danielehab2030]

Do these steps delete the old data on the computer and restart everything or does it only fix this problem? Pls anyone answer!

[@danielehab2030]

@jeff Baker

[@jeffsbaker]

These steps do not delete data. But data can be lost at any time. Always backup important files

[@danielehab2030]

Jeff Baker thank you so much sir. I have fixed my computer

[@RocZi]

I just spent 4 hours figuring out my death boot loop problem. I will give you my solution. Roll back the BIOS / UEFI firmware that you just did until its fine again. Why did I not figure out right away? Because the boot was fine for a few restarts after updating the bios. i had 2 windows on 2 different drives. after updated bios, 1 can boot in, the other can't. i tried everything. finally i Reset PC. so now both should work. nope! the one previously that worked start going into the death boot loop instead. error is driver signature unverified / missing kernel. i had tried everything to narrow down till i thought its the problem of secure boot. enabling and disabling secure boot gave me alternate success on the 2 windows. since it was not consistent, i was going crazy, until i read up what secure boot does. it was enabled by default after i updated bios. i remembered i have never enable it in the past and it was never enabled by default. so i figured out this new bios update can't recognize my device signatures, disabling secure boot also didn't work. so that's when i had the idea of rolling back the bios, and it finally worked. piece of sh1t update.

[@x2c3c]

bro ima student im clueless n lazy to do anything im fucked

[@RocZi]

@@x2c3c don't worry, we are all the same.

[@AldenSinari]

Please help, why dosent the usb show up in the boot options

[@Davemiller01]

Yeah mine doesn't show up too

[@tamertamertamer4874]

Make sure to backup important files: I take my external hard drive and put literally everything on it

[@TheLuthorri]

What if I can't get past the blue recovery screen?

[@dannib8416]

This problem occur when I'm using the computer and there's a black out due to thunder.

[@dannib8416]

And I believe my hard disk was corrupted because it wasn't turn off properly,I'll be back next week and update if I fix my computer.

[@dannib8416]

Update I just fix it and the problem probably operating system I reinstall it

[@lilastro069]

yo is everything alright now

[@dannib8416]

@@lilastro069 yup I just reinstall the operating system

[@vincentvella2491]

Bro when I go to command prompt it gives me “x:\sources>” not “c:\windows\system32” how do I fix that please?

[@dumbstruckk]

same problem

[@jeffsbaker]

It does not matter what the prompt says. You just start typing the commands on the keyboard

[@minhhoia2531]

cmd in here boot from the iso media but doesn't matter

[@alecthom4001]

Im really scared, its been like this for a week, what can I do to fix it

[@vivianjackson8690]

Contact cyberpuk4 to fixed your device

[@jsmoothatp]

@@vivianjackson8690 who is cyberpuk4 where can I contact them

[@alie3643]

Hello sir, I really need help. My main driver is broken and can I still fix it by following this video?

[@websurferdude]

Good thing you mentioned ASUS options because that's the laptop i'm using! BTW, the command to check disk is using a forward slash not backward one. ;)

[@jeffsbaker]

Thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I can't change it in the video but I changed it to /r in the description.

[@kenacobra6047]

So like I can’t get my boot menu or my bios to come up

[@codybartholomew317]

Thank you so much! I got mine to work at 11:52 with step 8!

[@jeffsbaker]

You're welcome! Thank you for letting us know which step worked in your situation.

[@cloaker4561]

I am able to boot into my usb with the windows 10 media stuff on it, but when I do the spinning circles on the screen freeze and I can’t get any further. Is there any fix for this issue?

[@jeffsbaker]

Sounds like there could be serious hardware issues. You might need a repair tech to look at it. It could be a bad USB drive or USB port as well. So you could try another one first.

[@missriddhima]

@@jeffsbaker my cpu automatically get off after 2 mint showing this blue screen.. What's the reason

[@Austin_207]

What if your key board isn’t working?

[@landonharris6066]

Than ur fucked prolly

[@brodyzimmerer513]

What do I do if I didn’t recover my device before the problem

[@Caitilizzie]

It’s so weird because I had this happen on my ASUS laptop and the only thing I could get into was BIOS, but then somehow it just fixed itself after exiting out of BIOS. I ran a few SFC scans and it fixed a few corrupted files, and I guess i’m good now?

[@jeffsbaker]

Thank you for letting us know what worked for you. Hopefully, you will be good for now. Unfortunately, Windows has many quirks that pop up out of the blue sometimes.

[@Caitilizzie]

@@jeffsbaker It turns out one of my startup files is corrupted, which is why going in and exiting out of BIOS works as a reroute!

[@Storyditt]

It happened to me today on my ASUS TUF F15 It was working just fine last night but as soon as i open it this morning I am greeted with this screen , I have no clue why this happened but just waiting it out fixed it I just sat their for like 5 min and it just restarted itself and now I am using it

[@ahmadalhaj3999]

Hello Mr. Baker, Is there a way or program to remove the bad sectors from the hard disk? Thanks

[@ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ-11ηΕΝΤΟΛΗ]

My friend you are really great......Thank you very much for your help.Your assistance and knowledge was really helpful. Voice, clear English language and calm way talking make you teacher...It's a pleasant to hear your instructions. Thank you again.

[@AkbaraliQ]

What awesome trick for backup important files... Dude you saved my life 😭

[@pasanpitigala5396]

Updated to Windows 11 and migrated the OS to a new SSD from previous HDD...deleted the recovery partition and formatted the HDD..this happened...still no clue

[@Surya-vm1xj]

Same thing happened to me..what do I do to fix it bro..I have really important data in my pc!

[@pasanpitigala5396]

@@Surya-vm1xj im sorry but you will have to reinstall windows...download an iso and mount it to a USB stick you’ll have to sacrifice data of one partition

[@Surya-vm1xj]

@@pasanpitigala5396 really thank you for the reply. But I found some way to fix it without reinstalling..Cheers!

[@shrestha_99]

@@Surya-vm1xj how?

[@Surya-vm1xj]

@@shrestha_99 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIOYkoqQqNSqsKs I'm guessing that it's this video which helped me..try these methods..

[@mashasharf990]

Hi Jeff. Thank you for the video. If I follow all the steps, I should not loose any of my files, correct? I would like to back up my pictures like you suggest in the beginning of the video, but I cannot see 50% of my picture folders. SO I am scared to go through all the steps in fear that i will loose my current files. Thanks

[@onix2723]

I don't have a working computer though?

[@HACKEDLOLOLOLOL]

u have to get another working pc or borrow one from a friend

[@TheTrainedLamb]

Library Funny how in this day and age people forget about libraries since they are basically obsolete but this is one of those actual useful reasons that they should still be around.

[@instarters2277]

As i Select and enter the Windows usb it goes blank and nothing happens

[@mttufunga7118]

Thanks so much - 2020 and still works :)