How to removing a pending update that is preventing a successful boot

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Hi,

 

 

 

For an unknown reason (my guess is an update was automatically applied and automatically restarted), my computer rebooted overnight and in the morning was stuck in a failed boot loop. When trying to boot I get the message:

 

 

 

"Preparing to configure windows"

 

 

 

"Do not turn off your computer"

 

 

 

Then after a few seconds the computer reboots and does the same thing. Safe mode yields the same result. Using the F8 option to restore last known good configuration doesn't change anything. I can boot into the recovery console.

 

 

 

I have tried running SFC /SCANNOW in a command prompt in the recovery console and get the message:

 

 

 

"There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again."

 

 

 

Restarting of course doesn't change anything. So it seems something happened to an unfinished update and is still pending. I think if I can remove this pending update I might be able to boot normally, or at least run SFC and hopefully then boot

normally.

 

 

 

 

 

Does anyone know what I should try to remove this pending update that appears to be preventing a successful boot?

 

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

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