Windows 7: Clean install not so clean

I have just reinstalled Windows 7 clean twice in a row. After the first ocurrance, I thought it was a bad install and reinstalled clean again. I thought it might be quicker and easier than trying to locate the problem.

After automatically updating 83 updates in one sitting, Windows has twice decided it does not like the flavor of the updates and has spit them out. Before the updates completed and reboot, Windows ran fine. After the reboot, not so much. The computer seems to boot fine (with one exception), in that it boots and I even hear the Windows sound after it seems to have finished. However, I have no way of knowing it has finished because there is no display. Almost immediately after the Windows logo appears, it disappears and the screen stays black until I reboot forcefully.

According to NT Boot Log, these drivers fail to load; the log shows at least a dozen attempts for each driver. I have culled the ones that did load, but will upload the original for those that wish to see.

• Did not load driver @nettun.inf,%isatap.displayname%;Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
• Did not load driver @nettun.inf,%teredo.displayname%;Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter
• Did not load driver @hal.inf,%acpi_amd64.devicedesc%;ACPI x64-based PC
• Did not load driver @battery.inf,%*compbatt.devicedesc%;Microsoft Composite Battery
• Did not load driver @netavpna.inf,%mp-agilevpn-dispname%;WAN Miniport (IKEv2)
• Did not load driver @netrasa.inf,%mp-l2tp-dispname%;WAN Miniport (L2TP)
• Did not load driver @netrasa.inf,%mp-bh-dispname%;WAN Miniport (Network Monitor)
• Did not load driver @netrasa.inf,%mp-ip-dispname%;WAN Miniport (IP)
• Did not load driver @netrasa.inf,%mp-ipv6-dispname%;WAN Miniport (IPv6)
• Did not load driver @netrasa.inf,%mp-pppoe-dispname%;WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
• Did not load driver @netrasa.inf,%mp-pptp-dispname%;WAN Miniport (PPTP)
• Did not load driver @netsstpa.inf,%mp-sstp-dispname%;WAN Miniport (SSTP)
• Did not load driver @cpu.inf,%amdppm.devicedesc%;AMD Processor
• Did not load driver AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics
• Did not load driver @oem6.inf,%rtl8188ce.devicedesc%;Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC
• Did not load driver @oem7.inf,%rtl8105.devicedesc%;Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
• Did not load driver @battery.inf,%acpi\acpi0003.devicedesc%;Microsoft AC Adapter
• Did not load driver @battery.inf,%acpi\pnp0c0a.devicedesc%;Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
• Did not load driver cdrom.SYS
• Did not load driver RDPCDD.SYS
• Did not load driver RDPENCDD.SYS
• Did not load driver RDPREFMP.SYS
• Did not load driver tdx.SYS
• Did not load driver AFD.SYS
• Did not load driver NetBT.SYS
• Did not load driver WfpLwf.SYS
• Did not load driver Psched.SYS
• Did not load driver vwififlt.SYS
• Did not load driver NetBIOS.SYS
• Did not load driver Wanarpv6.SYS
• Did not load driver TermDD.SYS
• Did not load driver rdbss.SYS
• Did not load driver nsiproxy.SYS
• Did not load driver mssmbios.SYS
• Did not load driver discache.SYS
• Did not load driver DfsC.SYS
• Did not load driver blbdrive.SYS
• Did not load driver @hdaudio.inf,%hdaudiofunctiondriver.generic.devicedesc%;High Definition Audio Device
• Did not load driver @netsstpa.inf,%mp-sstp-dispname%;WAN Miniport (SSTP)
• Did not load driver @usbvideo.inf,%usbvideo.devicedesc%;USB Video Device

I did not install or uninstall anything, besides the Realtek wireless driver to do Windows updates with. Otherwise, no Windows components (besides automatic updates), drivers or 3rd party programs. Does Windows 7 update include an AMD 6300 graphics driver? If not, where did it come from? The driver that was included at install was generic and very poor.

So after clean install system boots fine? don't enable automatic updates yet!! Enable system restore so you can go back in time in case of problems. Try to boot multiple times. System is fine? If so, install some updates, let's say 2 or 3. System boots fine? If it boots fine, it's not a generic problem but a faulty windows update. Install the updates let's say 10 at a time and find the faulty update

How to recover from problems: Boot into recovery environment (F8 then select "select repair your computer"). Then activate "system restore" and go back in time

Can you boot successfully in "safe mode"?

FWIW, do you have a service pack 1 file to install, first after the complete install and no autoupdates.?

Rich

Yes.

This is the obvious response. Guess I was too tired and annoyed to think last night, thanks for the reminder.

Right, this is what I had assumed, but I like your method of discovery.




I am in safe now.



No, the install is the 64bit iso, with SP1 included, from MS (Digital River download).

I would definitely try two things in this order. 1) Put the 7 disk back in, but instead of reinstalling a fresh copy, run the repair disk. If this leads to no avail, then try doing it again, but instead boot into the CMD prompt via the disk. Once in CMD, run "sfc /scannow" and let it finish. sfc /scannow retrieves the correct versions of files from %systemroot%\system32\Dllcache

Repair does not.

Yes, was about to, thanks for the info.

Let us know what happens.

There is a system repair running...Reboot to complete and rescan.

When I reboot, I let windows load as much as it can, wait for the sound and give it about 60 seconds. I hit start button, right arrow to shutdown, it completes and I power back on. Same message.

When I run system repair it finds no error and its log says all is normal: Boot reports that the OS booted normally (or something equally similar).

When I run sfc after rebooting, I find the same error as before.

Errors are the same whether booting and running diagnostics from CD or HDD.

If the screen blacks out after loading it often means a TV tuner or other output is kicking in to TV, projector, etc. Did you previously have these settings? Is it outputted in BIOS only to VGA or DVI monitor?

Try reinstalling after wiping the HD with Diskpart Clean Command from DVD command line in case old boot code is interfering.

Then only install the network driver to get online, do the initial update that is required with reboot. Now look closely at the Updates both Important and Optional to see what drivers are given. Is a newer Display driver there? If not work through the Update in small groups as suggested to see what other drivers come in. If after all updates are installed there is still no Display driver besides Standard VGA then import it from the Toshiba Support Downloads webpage for your model.

Then post back screenshot of any other missing drivers in Device Manager.