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Win7 Repair Install "Loops" and Doesn't Run
Hello, all—
Have been fighting (and losing!) a problem with my Win7 32-bit Home Ult SP1 no longer being able to accomplish Windows Updates. Got much assistance from NoelDP in the appropriate venue, but the problem seems not to be solvable in an elegant way.
The options that seem left are Repair Install of Win7...and clean installation of Win7 and all applications/patches/updates/etc. I'm struggling to avoid the clean install.
I've cloned my primary system drive to an alternative drive, and that clone starts into Win7 just as the primary drive. (It replicates the "No updates for you!" problem, of course.)
So far, I've been unable to get the Repair Install to work. I read the tutorial, downloaded the correct Win7-SP1 ISO, burned it to disk.
After starting Win7 from the drive I want to be "repair installed" and launching Setup.exe from the DVD (as an Administrator), I get the familiar blue "Install Now?" dialog. Clicking assent segues to the expected "Setup is copying temporary files" screen and expected HD activity, then the expected "Setup is starting" screen. After a second or three of "Setup is starting," the process stops (w/o explanation) and loops back to the "Install now?" dialog.
FWIW, I've also copied the DVD's files to a separate folder on another drive that's available and have mounted the ISO in a virtual drive. Trying these two sources gives the same result as described in paragraph above.
My AV (NOD32) is stopped during this process. As part of trying/failing to solve the "No Windows Updates" problem, ScanNow, NOD32, MalwareBytes have been run, and none turn up problems.
Any advice on what may be happening...or even more to the point, how to cause the Repair Install actually to occur? (My Win7 installation is "seasoned," and I've got some serious applications installed that have been updated several times. Starting over from a new installation of Win7 and getting back to my current configuration would be days of work.)
Thx in advance.
Shen