Asus T100H reboot loop?

Question

Yesterday I factory resetted my laptop. It went okay, but froze at 68 percent and somehow died even though it was on charge.

I rebooted it this morning but it was in a reboot loop, occasionally flashing the 68 percent. I turned it off and it loaded into automatic repair when I turned it back on, so I reserved it through troubleshooting and it froze at 58 percent. I switched it off again.

Now it is stuck in a reboot loop and I am unable to use the power button and volume down method. Power button and volume up loads aptio setup utility.

I desperately need to fix this, it is around exactly a year old. The sticker on the laptop says the model is T100H Asus transformer.

Answer 1

sounds like the hard drive needs checking for bad blocks. suggestion : download burn and boot Hiren's 15.2 to MiniXP. run a full check disk(ie type in chkdsk/f at the command prompt - you can also do that by booting any os disk to the command prompt or your own disk to the repair prompt, probably) which will correct the disk faults. then completely restart the OS install which should now go past the 68%

Answer 2

The simplest fix would be to boot off a Windows 10 recovery USB and do a fresh install

If you haven't a Windows 10 recovery USB you can make one using Windows 10 media creation tool, a working computer and a blank 4GB USB drive.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO#



Boot off the USB and follow the prompts

Answer 3

Factory reset is not the best repair choice for a windows 10 pc. Once you are okay again, be sure to look in settings/update and security for all the newer and better ways to fix OS problems, At this point , you should start up in recovery mode using whatever F key has been assigned to it. A CD burned by a friend with a free copy of Windows Recovery Disk is another option. The automatic repair mode is and was what you want to get to but the "reserved" option that you mentioned is not a part of it. If repair mode does not fix it then a restore to a working place in time is the next best option. Be sure to set up a restore point when done and occasionally create new ones The third recovery option is to "reset this PC" and safe all files. This will load a fresh copy of your operating system and it will save your personal files. You will have to run updates on all programs and reinstall all programs installed since the unit was purchased. All of the above adds up to good reasons to install a free virus protection program and or activate windows defender and to be able to access a free scumware remover program to run in safe mode. Keeping automatic protection in place is how modern PCs are maintained.

Good luck.