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--- Quote from: Boggin on April 20, 2016, 06:06:14 am ---A chkdsk /f on my Win 7 640GB HDD doesn't take that much time at all.
Let's have another go with a sfc /scannow
If it still reports it is unable to start the service, enter -
sc config trustedinstaller start=auto
net start trustedintaller
SFCFIX reported "No corruption."
SFC will not start!
14295 iso will not install!!! Always fails, quits and goes home.
to see if they report as successful and then retry the sfc /scannow cmd.
If it reports it is unable to repair some files. then run SFCFix.exe which will give a much more concise report, but I think the only alternative now will be a clean install.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/sfcfix.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/
If you are unable to create bootable Win 10 ISO media with the MCT on your machine then you'll need prevail perhaps upon a friend if no other machine is available.
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--- Quote from: Boggin on April 20, 2016, 10:22:59 am ---If you are stuck for creating bootable Win 10 media, I've used the MCT to download a Win 10 x64 ISO with the box unchecked to match my Windows version so that the download would be good for Home or Pro.
If you require the 32 bit then I can download that as well, so if you want, I can burn and send you a couple of disks.
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three different updates: one burned to hd, one to external, one to usb, one to DVD. None of them can install. It takes 7 hours to download.
--- Quote from: Boggin on April 20, 2016, 12:57:24 am ---Do you have anything other than the keyboard and mouse plugged that you can remove ?
Try the Upgrade now button in Safe Mode with Networking and if that also fails, open a Command Prompt (Admin) and enter chkdsk /f
I'm interested to see if it reports any KBs in bad sectors.
If there are bad sectors then the chkdsk /f may not complete - in which case, enter chkdsk /r
You can view the chkdsk report in Event Viewer by expanding Windows Logs - click on the name Application - Action/Find and enter chkdsk or wininit into the Find box.
Cancel the Find box to read the report in the scrollable window.
Something must have caused this massive corruption if it isn't an infection, but I would have preferred it if you had also run the ESET Free Online Scanner.
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chkdsk returned NO Errors.
Boggin:
SFCFix.exe requires a recent CBS log generated by a sfc /scannow to examine.
If you are unable to run a sfc /scannow then it must be an earlier CBS log that it is looking at.
Did you try those two commands to see if that gets sfc /scannow to work ?
Did you create an external system image before upgrading to Win 10 ?
Are you able to boot up with the Win 10 media to perform a clean install ?
Does Event Viewer record anything for these fails ?
And have you ran ESET Free Online Scanner in Safe Mode with Networking yet ?
Ben:
No backup of 7. Original 10 distro was useless when the crap hit the fan. Booted but would do nothing. I overwrote it with a rescue disk which is useless 'cuz it does not recognize the mouse and keyboard.
Unable to find that free scanner you mentioned. Only saw big price tags.
None of the update isos will install. All quit and go home.
At this stage, tweaking.com windows fix quit working. ASC also quit, but I got it working again.
I had tried selective startup. Msconfig will not get out of it no matter what I do; always reverts from normal to selective.
Boggin:
It sounds like it's completely screwed.
Hit the Scan now button in http://www.eset.co.uk/Antivirus-Utilities/Online-Scanner - check the relevant boxes as previously described and see if that reports anything.
To get out of Safe Mode, open Command Prompt (Admin) and enter -
bcdedit /deletevalue {default} safeboot
exit
Then reboot.
The cmd shutdown /r /t 00 instead of exit will also close the cmd window and effect an immediate reboot.
I think it could be time to go back to Win 7 if ESET comes up clean and redo the upgrade to Win 10 if you still want it.
You would need to back up your personal stuff first though and all 3rd party programs will need to be reinstalled, so you should have the product keys for any paid for programs.
I can supply you with a couple of Win 7 SP1 bootable install disks (one spare) with which you should be able to perform a clean install - just need to know if you are using 32 or 64bit and you can PM me your address.
This article has steps with which to activate it with your COA sticker key - http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/can-oem-product-key-be-used-to-re-install-windows/2669057f-28d6-455c-bc44-e0e68c2e3b33?auth=1
As in that article, don't check or uncheck anything to do with activation then you could also go Start - type Slui 3 - press enter and enter your COA sticker key then follow the prompt and wait for it to accept the key.
Can you actually boot up the machine with a bootable disk ?
Ben:
I learned on another forum that the installer iso is dependent on DISM. If it is not working, installation fails.
The recovery stick includes recovery.wip, which indicates that DISM failure undermines it, too.
There are indications that corrupted files in C:\Windos\system32\downlevel may be at the root of the problem.
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