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System Repair repeat loop - Corrupt System32 Driver (no luck with CMD)
Hi,
At my wits end now with this - unable to boot into Windows at all (even safe mode etc), and Windows recovery/repair and restore all fail in aiding a boot.
I've been through everywhere looking for a solution, and tried countless methods with no luck. I'll explain what I've tried after explaining the problem.
Basically my entire system crashed (whilst general Youtube browsing), and became completely unresponsive with CTRL+ALT+DEL not working. As you normally would, I powered off and restarted, though to the sign of 'Windows did not shut down properly' etc etc, with the options to start normally or use use system recovery - unfortunately both of these eventualities lead to the recovery environment anyway... I was stuck in an endless loop of system recovery rebooting, with not being able to boot safe mode, and it not being able to automatically fix the problem endless times.
Since that I've used my windows disk to get to WRE, and tried everything thrown at me to try and sort out a boot.
This somehow changed something to now when it boots, I'm presented with the reason that 'registry is corrupt or missing':
\system32\drivers\vmstorfl.sys
There doesn't seen to be anything of substance on the web on this either, just instances of 'loaded driver:......\vmstorfl.sys' in debug threads...
Knowing this though, I've tried all CMD commands applicable (that I know of/found) to know avail.
1st was copying another version of the driver from BOOT X: to the drivers folder in C: - completed successfully and overwritten but no change in boot, with same corrupt error.
Then bootrec with:
>bootrec /fixboot & /fixmbr both say completed successfully.
>bootrec /scanos & /rebuildbcd say 0 installations found.
The latter trying to be resolved by countless articles/threads to do the whole diskpart and then bcdedit to sort out and recompile etc, WHICH actually presented with the final >bootrec /rebuildbcd saying 1 installation found, then had to say 'yes' to adding it to the partition or such like. BUT immediately following this though, /scanos still showed 0, and so did /rebuildbcd...
Only other thing I've done is force sfc /scannow - which came back with no integrity violations found, & 'bootsect /nt60 all' which apparently completed, but no changes elsewhere.
Startup repair details if any use:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16358
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21200392
Problem Signature 05: ExternalMedia
Problem Signature 06: 17
Problem Signature 07: CorruptFile
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
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Any help would be greatly appreciated, with trying to avoid clean install as a last case scenario.
I do have my files now backed up by USB booting Ubuntu, but the hassle reinstalling from fresh inc programs is something I'd like to avoid if possible.
Thanks in advance for your help and time. :)