Windows 7: Strange 64bit Windows 7 problem

Yes. You can use any external medium that the program can find, and is large enough to contain the image.

Burning to disc is really a safety precaution. Make a backup of anything you want to keep before you try to recover. Just in case.



Also, make at least one extra copy of the image before you use it.

Regards....Mike Connor

I don't need to keep anything

So let me get this right

1. Backup my recovery partition only to the pen drive
2. Boot from the pen drive and recover

That is correct.

If that does not work, ( it sometimes fails). Then come back and we will try something else.

Remember that you need to boot the image recovery software from the drive. The actual image itself wont boot.

Also, restoring an image to the system drive destroys anything on it.

Which is why a backup of the system is a good idea if you don't have an install disc.

Further, there should be a product key somewhere on your machine, or in the documentation. You may need that to activate the product. Depends on how the OEM set it up. Or copy it from the system disc before you start;

http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/0...7-product-key/

Regards....Mike Connor

If irreparable System Files still exist running SFC three times, you can run a Repair Install as a last resort before clean reinstalling. For either of these you need a Windows 7 installer for your version. Best is to borrow one from a friend, but if you need to download from web, be sure to check comments to see nothing is added and scan with your AV and Malwarebytes.

You can use any Windows 7 installer in the bit version you want, then extract the ISO using ImgBurn, run as Admin the Ei.cfg Removal Utility to unlock all versions, then write to flash stick by installing UltraISO trial version, on File tab open ISO, on Bootable tab Write Disk Image, Format, Write. Boot under USB or HD's.

Follow these tips to get a perfect reinstall of factory OEM: Reinstalling Windows 7 - Windows 7 Forums

Hi
Thanks for your recommendations but I have run sfc multiple times and keep getting the same error.

IE is not just the problem I think it's common to 32bit processes and i'm convinced the malware must have attacked the 32bit subsystem or something as 64bit apps work all the time on every boot

Indeed, that is almost certainly the case. Some of this stuff can only attack 32 BIT programs as it can not write to the 64 BIT section of the registry.

Regards....Mike Connor

Mike

I have installed the backup software and selected my d: drive partition and it says 124GB is required for the backup which i dont have on my pen drive

Well, sorry, but if you don't have the space required on the medium you can't do it. You will have to borrow ( or buy!) an external drive with sufficient capacity.

You can TRY!!! just saving the recovery image to the pen drive ( What size is the recovery image? ), with Easeus and then just start recovery. The software MAY!!! drop into a special modus which will allow you to restore the image to the system drive, but this does not always work.

It's up to you. Give it a try, or wait until you have a suitable drive.

What does the 124 GByte you mention consist of? That can not be a normal recovery image. 124 GByte is a very great deal !

Regards....Mike Connor

See if you can just "mount" the image in Easeus;



and then look at it using Explorer.

If you can, then you can just make an image of the relevant files to your pen drive, and restore from that.

You have to make the bootable medias using the media builder in Easeus. But that is not very large.




Regards....Mike Connor

On the recovery partition there is a 132GB VHD file