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Windows 7 Ult 64 bit trapped by BSD and can not get out.

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Boggin:
You need to check if your computer will boot from an USB.

You can either check in the BIOS/Boot or tap F12 as you switch on to see if it gives an USB option.

Not having used AOMEI I don't know how long a back up would take, but you have a number of drives to back up which can determine how long it would take.

BTW - It's Boggin - not Bloggin :)

I'm not getting any email notifications of replies so I may be a bit late in replying, notwithstanding time differences.

FreeCat:
Sorry Boggin.  9:24 EST here and backup finished -  Now it is 54% through verification.  BTW, what do you use for system backup.  I tried them all (Acronis, Paragon, etc) and (until now) AOMEI Backerupper is the best.  Will keep you posted.

The next step I remember is to boot from the disc you helped me recreate and run the scan now from that while on the c:\ prompt.  Correct?

Boggin:
When you select Repair your computer on the Install screen, that will take you to the Recovery Environment (RE) where you select Command Prompt and that displays as a x: prompt.

Enter bcdedit |find "0sdevice" to see which partition letter it sees the volume in and use that letter in the sfc /scannow command as I've posted earlier.

As I've said before, I use Windows own Create a system image.

However, after the Oct. update that Win 10 will be getting, that will no longer be an option as MS are removing it in Win 10 and I'll have to look for something else to create my images.

Still_Game:
Hi Boggin

Backup / imaging software

I'm a long term user and great advocate of Casper, now in version 10, from Future Systems Solutions -
 https://www.fssdev.com/products/casper/. It's not free, but I've found it totally reliable and the support is first rate.

FreeCat:
Hi Boggin,

Overnight it finished completion and now I have a full image backup; I will proceed with the repair on the weekend as I need my computer during the day for work.  Will keep you informed.

Still_Game:  I will take a look at Casper doe to the recent challenges with AOMEI which has been reliable up to now --- but it so SLOW.  Weird part of AOMEI is that I purchased two licenses but there is no place to enter the license key and they have not answered several inquiries on that; this give me worries about continuing using AOMEI .  Thanks.

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