Windows 7: BSOD When Booting From CD - Page Fault in Nonpaged Area

It sounds like you still have some hard disk related problems. You should again run Disk Check with both boxes checked for all HDDs and with Automatically fix file system errors checked for all SSDs. Post back your logs for the checks after finding them using Check Disk (chkdsk) - Read Event Viewer Log (you may need to search for wininit instead of chkdsk).
For any drives that do not give the message:
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems
run disk check again as above. In other words, if it says:
Windows has made corrections to the file system
after running the disk check, run the disk check again.

Okay.... well, it's sure taking a LOT longer this time around. When it made all those corrections, it blew through all 5 steps in about 90 seconds.

This time, however, it's been running for hours. It's about 70% of the way through stage 5, and stages 1-4 had absolutely no errors, and if I remember my chkdsk, (don't the errors display as they're encountered?) nothing so far in stage 5. I don't know if that's good or bad news.

In efforts to run sfc .scannow I have done a search on the PC for any pending.xml files and found none. I have also (from the recovery console) run SFC /SCANNOW /OFFBOOTDIR=C:\ /OFFWINDIR=D:\Windows, and have gotten the exact same msg as before.

See attached chkdsk log

Disk check came back clean. Good news!


For the SFC issue, you may need to run a Startup Repair to resolve it. Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

That may also be why your update issues are occurring.

How do I reset Windows Update components? may also be a good idea to read through and do the steps.


I still advise checking your RAM at some point with Memtest86+ if you have not already done so. 7-10 passes would be preferable.

After the initial problems were somewhat solved thru startup repair, 2 subsequent runs of it failed to detect any problems, but I guess I can try a third time.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 has already been run. I allowed Microsoft to perform the 'Fix-It'. It fixed nothing.
I have also already tested RAM w/ Memtest86+. I just let it chug away for about 4 hours and it detected no problems. I didn't make a note of the number of passes, but it was gobs.

I'm about ready to say f***-it and just give the damn PC back to my uncle (it's not mine). It works, except for the 'little problems' of not being able to update Windows, or run SFC /scannow. If I turn off the update notification, will he ever even notice? Not if I know my uncle... And I refuse to back up all of his stuff, and reinstall Windows, and then load it all back, and re-setup his email, and redownload an antivirus, and reinstall Home and Office, and reinstall Firefox, and re-setup Skype, etc, etc, etc.

The only think I do wonder about is the inability to update Java. When I attempt that, I get a msg box that tells me that 'the program can't start because msi.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem' Thing is, I DO have msi.dll on the PC - right in the Windows/System32 folder where it's supposed to be.

Seems like running sfc /scannow would SURE go a long way to fixing this puppy.

See what the Startup Repair yields first. If that allows you to run SFC /SCANNOW, let us know. Otherwise, I will leave it up to you how to proceed.

Here is my recommendation if you cannot get SFC /SCANNOW to run:

Repair Install Windows 7.

Steps 1-3 and 5-7 of Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 will help you get installation media, backup any important files (just in case), and obtain your license keys for software (just in case) and the Windows license key (you will need this key).

Keep in mind this is only a recommendation and is entirely up to you whether you want to try it.

Well, for the third time in a row - Startup Repair could not detect a problem. And, also for the third time in a row, with and without the /offbootdir & /offwindir parameters - There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again.

I've had it. I'm sick of Windows 7 and their cryptic messages. And I find myself longing for the days of Windows XP. Every new OS they come out with supposedly has better tools to deal with problems. I don't see it. To me it doesn't seem like it would take a computer genius to design software that would first overlay only the system files for your OS, and then would rebuild your registry.

Thanks for your suggestions, but I'm not doing a Repair Install.

You're welcome. Sorry we were unable to resolve all problems for you.

So I was in a better frame of mind today, decided to bite the bullet and do the Repair Install you suggested.

However, after I click on the Upgrade option (Step 8 from your link), I am told that there is a Compatibility Report that has been generated to my desktop, and that Windows needs to be restarted so necessary changes to system files can be made before continuing. Unfortunately the report fails to tell me what those compatibilty issues are (both the CD and machine are Windows 7 Home Premium x64), and whether this reboot should be accomplished with the disk still in the tray.

Rebooting with the disk in just seems to reboot the PC, no msg about hitting any key to boot from the CD. What do I do now? Take the disk out while in Windows and put it back in again?

Anyway, that's what I did... and after re-initiating the repair install, it is now going through the 5 steps (currently at 6% on step 2 - gathering files, settings, etc)

Just wonderful (see the sarcasm, enjoy the pain)....
On step 5 - Windows could not configure one or more system components. To install Windows, restart the computer and then restart the installation
My improved state of mind has evaporated.