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djmarielion:
Hi, Shane.

I don't know if you have found those other files yet, but I was thinking that I would just format my computer. However, when I tried to do so, I got this error (attached), which nothing seems to fix. I'd like to just reformat my computer but I can't find my USB with the backup of the OS. Is there any other way or is the error fix-able? 

Thanks for the info.

P.S: When I click on the "link" to check solutions, nothing happens, except it minimizes the 'settings' app.

Update: Still can't format the drive from Windows. Tech wants to charge me $35 to do it?

djmarielion:
Hi, Shane.

Can you please send me the files you have when you see this? I know you don't have all of them but it's something!


Thank you.

Shane:
I can send you what I have, I just put out windows repair v3.4.2

I made a lot of changes, run all the repairs in windows safe mode, backup the registry with it first, and then once it is done reboot and try things out. If they still fail send me a new log of the pre-scan and I will grab the files that I do have :-)

Shane

djmarielion:
Hey, Shane.

This time it paused on 39 for several hours. Setacl isn't running and doesn't appear to have crashed either. It's now moved on to 40, but it's still been 13 hours. I've attached the screenshot. Cmd.exe has been running the whole time alongside the repair.

I'll let you know what files I'm missing when I'm able to run it all the way through, which hopefully happens on its own. I'll send you the log of the repair, if you'd like, when it does finish.


Cheers.

Shane:
That repair is an odd one. It calls MS's dsim command to cleanup. The first time you run it it goes through pretty smooth. The next time it takes hours and hours and I have no clue why. It will finish, and you should see cpu usage going, which I can see by the screen shot. But man that is a long time!

I have never understood why MS makes commands to do something and it gives no progress report back so a user can know what is going on. They hide that for some reason.

Shane

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