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Windows 7 Ult 64 bit trapped by BSD and can not get out.
Boggin:
It's been a while since I unsuccessfully tried a repair install on my Win 7 laptop, but looking for updates is a normal part of the process now that I've been reminded by this article which will walk you through.
http://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-repair-a-faulty-windows-installation-without-reformatting/
FreeCat:
bOGGIN, HERE ARE THE MESSAGES IN ORDER INSTALL 0 1A 1B AND 2 sAME MESSAGES EACH TIME. DID THIS 4 TIMES NOT THREE. should I tkae the formk that says no updates which migh get a good system working and then apply the security updates?
FreeCat:
Boggin, I am looking at the link. Yes I did method 1 just the way it was laid out. Maybe i should do the sfc scannow several times. Maybe each time it fixes a little. How many time do you think would be the limit to try that? 3, 6, 9? It seems like the cleaner and less dangerous way to fix W7.
FreeCat:
So, I am proceeding to keep running the scf scannow.
2 Boservations:
1 - When I first ran it earlier in the day I saw many corrupt files which looked ancient. Then, I renumbered the dunsil drive that was left in the machine when the Dell guy left years ago. So, I decided to just go in and disconnect it as maybe the SCF was looking at it to find those corrupt files. I did so and the first Scf that I ran after that there were no longer any more corrupt file messages.
So, that seems to be good, but the first scf run after that sill found errors that could not be corrected. I am going to keep running it for up to x times. hehe
But, that is not all. After removing the dunsil J drive, there was only 1 drive left. So, somehow, the 2nd Dell guy that came go confused and took out my second RAID drive instead of the dunsil J drive. He was younger than the first guy as the first guy got tied up with something on the NYSE downtown. So, all these years I thought I was RAID protect but I was not. LOL
But, I will fix this once, I have a fixed system by writing a AOMEI backup and reinitializing two RAID drives then restoring. Until recently I have not had any problem with AOMEI --- better than Paragon and Acronis which I paid for but were not supported.
Boggin, you mentioned Marcum Reflex; I remember trying that like 5+ years ago and I could not get a full restore like AOMEI gave me. Maybe different now. Dunno.
2- The first time I ran the SCF while the J drive was there, the Windows drive was E. After removing the J dunsil the Windows drive was D.
But when the scf finished it said the CBS log file was on C:
Should I try scf using the C drive and the off and dir?
Boggin:
No.
When you boot up with an install disk you are loading into memory and not Windows, so it doesn't always see the volume as in C: which is why you have to execute that bcdedit |find "osdevice" cmd.
I'm confused as to what HDDs are in use.
If a sfc /scannow still reports that it cannot repair all files in a normal boot, can you remove all but the HDD that has Windows installed on, boot up with the install disk and then run those cmds ?
If that reports the same then follow the steps in that last article to perform a repair install.
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