Windows Updates Not Installing : Error Unknown (Sits on Installing)

ICIT2LOL · 25 Jan 2013

Strictly from a personal point of view I would have the boot drive a SSD and keep the big drives for data backup.

I run 120GB SSD's in all my machines as 60GB would be a bit small after the OS, security and the usual apps like CCleaner and stuff are loaded but still doable. Plus the 120GB 's are reasonably priced right now.

I don't know but I think you said $30 for an SSD - that is extremely cheap even for a 60GB one unless it was a use one of course but buying used is fraught with problems in my mind.

Whatever you decide to get re a SSD there is a general feeling that the ones with Sandforce controllers are not perhaps the best choice so go for one with the other type controllers. There are plenty of members in here that will advise you - me I pick Samsung and Crucial as my particular choices, and if you do go SSD make sure you read and follow the tutorial on setting them up before installing onto them - SSD Alignment

Faticus · 26 Jan 2013

Well I ran chkdsk last night, is there a log or something that you guys would like to see? Should I try installing the updates? Should I try a windows repair?

NoelDP · 26 Jan 2013

The CHKDSK log is in the Event Viewer as a Wininit event in the Windows Application log.

Faticus · 26 Jan 2013

Heres a copy of the Log

+ System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Wininit
[ Guid] {206f6dea-d3c5-4d10-bc72-989f03c8b84b}
[ EventSourceName] Wininit

- EventID 1001

[ Qualifiers] 16384

Version 0

Level 4

Task 0

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2013-01-26T05:11:25.000000000Z

EventRecordID 29830

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 0
[ ThreadID] 0

Channel Application

Computer Jimbo-PC

Security

- EventData

Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 5)... 126976 file records processed. File verification completed. 174 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. 0 EA records processed. 60 reparse records processed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)... 167752 index entries processed. Index verification completed. 0 unindexed files scanned. 0 unindexed files recovered. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 5)... 126976 file SDs/SIDs processed. Cleaning up 107 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 107 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 107 unused security descriptors. Security descriptor verification completed. 20389 data files processed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... 37730456 USN bytes processed. Usn Journal verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)... 126960 files processed. File data verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)... 464770962 free clusters processed. Free space verification is complete. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 1953410047 KB total disk space. 93964824 KB in 101487 files. 71176 KB in 20390 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 290195 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 1859083852 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 488352511 total allocation units on disk. 464770963 allocation units available on disk. Internal Info: 00 f0 01 00 21 dc 01 00 07 a3 03 00 00 00 00 00 ....!........... d6 00 00 00 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....<........... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ Windows has finished checking your disk. Please wait while your computer restarts.

NoelDP · 26 Jan 2013

Nothing out os the ordinary there - lost file index entries are fairly common, and don't normally affect the system. The important thing is that there are no bad sectors showing.

Faticus · 26 Jan 2013

Should I see what the result is if I try to install the updates again or should I go ahead and do the Repair or look at something else?

NoelDP · 26 Jan 2013

Run the repair/reinstall - the CHKDSK won't have changed anything significant.

Faticus · 26 Jan 2013

I guess I should mention that I have an OEM System Builders Pack, so I don't think I have the option of running a repair.... only a clean install.... There is nothing on this computer that I dont have the installation cds and as I said before anything of importance I have put on an external so if doing a clean install is the only option I am fine with that but would like to know if you think thats still the way to go

NoelDP · 26 Jan 2013

Definitely - there's no point in spending large amounts of time attempting to manually repair this install.

Faticus · 26 Jan 2013

Ok, so I'm am going to boot to the installation cd and go from there correct?