Windows 7: Repair Install

Brink · 02 Feb 2009

How to Do a Repair Install to Fix Windows 7

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Last edited by Brink; 2 Weeks Ago at 10:44 AM..

Brink · 27 Jul 2012

It (step 4) works fine. It's that step 5 is more reliable. That's all.

kenpachizero · 31 Jul 2012

Hello Brink,
i am having problem with step 12,
i get the following errors, unfortunately i'm not sure what to do from here, i then that the ide one is the most important, the others i am not worried about

Code:

The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task, and then restart the upgrade to continue.
 
Your current version of Windows is more recent than the version you are trying to upgrade to. Windows cannot complete the upgrade.
 
Upgrading Windows will affect the following devices and/or programs:
 
These devices might not work properly after the upgrade. Before upgrading, we recommend updating the drivers for these devices. Cancel the upgrade, open Control Panel and search for "update device drivers", or go to the device manufacturer's website to search for updated drivers.
 
Wireless Communication Devices: Nokia USB Flashing Parent
 
Storage controllers: A64PKJVY IDE Controller
 
Mobile devices: Samsung MITs USB Sync
 
libusb-win32 devices: PSP Type B

thanks in advance for your help

Brink · 31 Jul 2012

Hello Ken,

From the items listed, I wouldn't worry to much. Just be sure to have their drivers available to install again if the drivers are uninstalled during the repair install, or buggy afterwards. If their are newer versions of these drivers available, then install them to update them, and try again to see if it's still listed at step 12.

kenpachizero · 31 Jul 2012

Hello Brink,
unfortunately it only gives me the option to close the installation and there are no update to the ide drivers

Brink · 31 Jul 2012

What issue were you having that made you want to do a repair install? Perhaps we may be able to help with it so you could avoid a repair install.

kenpachizero · 31 Jul 2012

my wmi is corrupt,
i have downloaded the wmidaig from Microsoft, have tried many of the commands in wmidiag to fix it but none of it worked, i did some more searching and found a link to this post that fixed the problem for many people

Brink · 31 Jul 2012

Are you able to uninstall the IDE drivers in Device Manager without it affecting Windows?

If not, or unsure, you may be better of to bite the bullet and do a clean install instead.

kenpachizero · 31 Jul 2012

Hello Brink,
i will try uninstalling the ide drivers after my pc backups, but i wont be able to reinstall windows because there is some program i wont be able to get back

tanw · 02 Aug 2012

HI,
what happened to my machine was i force shut down the PC when it was doing Windows update.Since then,Windows was unable to update at all,just keeps saying "searching for updates" and nothing happened.Under services,windows module installer cannot start(error 126)

My laptop is running Windows 7 Home Premium x64 that came with laptop,no SP1 installed

I have tried all kinds of methods:
-Windows fix it exes where they will attempt to fix the issue for u(failed)
-sfc scannow(says "Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service")
-also tried offline scannow in command prompt at boot,but cannot find anything
-some registry editing to force start windows module installer but failed(Windows Modules Installer Error:126 - Microsoft Answers)

So,i decided to try Repair Install.Since it came preinstalled and it does not come with any windows 7 DVD,i downloaded the ISO off the link at DigitalLife and burn it into DVD and also USB flashdrive.

When i select "Go online to get the latest updates for installation", it goes into a loop checking for updates and never ends

So using the offline option and following the instructions,i proceeded until step 13 when windows finished copying files over and when it reaches the next step(gathering files,settings),and error prompted up saying windows cannot continue setup,restart and try again...

I tried numerous times,rebooted but always ended up with this error.Therefore I am writing to seek help. Is there any way that I can solve my problem before last resort of reformatting?

Thanks for reading!
Cheers!

Brink · 02 Aug 2012

Hello Tanw, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Unfortunately, it appears that you will not be able to do a repair install.

Have you already tried to do a system restore at boot using a restore point (if available) dated before this happened?

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