Repair Install

How to Do a Repair Install to Fix Windows 7​


   Information
This will show you how to do a repair install (aka: in-place upgrade install) to fix your currently installed Windows 7 and preserve your user accounts, data, programs, and system drivers.
   Note
Do a Repair installation if:
  • A System Restore did not help fix your Windows 7.
  • There is no other easier option left that can fix your Windows 7.
  • You DO NOT want to do a Clean reinstall of Windows 7.
  • You DO want to preserve your user accounts, data, programs, and system drivers.
   Tip
ITEMS THAT WILL BE RESET TO DEFAULT OR AFFECTED:
  • Sounds
  • Services
  • Visual Effects Settings
  • Device Drivers - Be sure to have these handy to reinstall. They do not always remain after the repair (upgrade) install.
  • You may lose the ability to sign on to MSN Messenger, to solve this problem have a look at this thread Unable to sign in to WLM.
  • You may lose your custom themes due to not having permisions set on the old themes. Go to the hidden themes folder at C:/Users/(User-Name)/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Themes, then Take Ownership of the themes folder and you will now have all your themes back.
  • It has been reported that you may also lose your Media Center gadget after doing the repair install.
  • Windows Updates will need to be checked and reinstalled again.
   Warning

  • You can only do a repair install with the same edition Windows 7 installation disc for the same edition of Windows 7 that you have installed.
  • You cannot use a OEM Windows 7 "Factory" Restore/Recovery type of installation disc that came with or created from a store bought computer to do a repair install with. These can only be used do a clean install instead.
  • You can do a repair install on a factory OEM installation with the latest official Windows 7 with SP1 ISO file here: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download Links, and use Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool to create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive with the ISO to do the repair install from within Windows 7.
  • You can use a retail OEM Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with.
  • You can use a retail (full or upgrade) Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with.
  • You cannot do a repair install with a System Repair Disc. A System Repair Disc is not a installation disc, and will only boot to the System Recovery Options screen.
  • If you have a 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 currently installed, then you must use a 32-bit Windows 7 installation disc to be able to do a repair install with.
  • If you have a 64-bit (x64) Windows 7 currently installed, then you must use a 64-bit Windows 7 installation disc to be able to do a repair install with.
  • You can use a retail Windows 7 SP1 installation disc (ex: Technet (available), MSDN (available), or retail (when available)) to do a repair install with on a currently installed Windows 7 SP1.
  • You can use a Windows 7 SP1 installation disc (ex: Technet (available), MSDN (available), or retail (when available)) to do a repair install with on a currently installed slipstream Windows 7 SP1.
  • You cannot use a slipstream Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with on a currently installed Windows 7 SP1.
  • You cannot use a slipstream Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with on a currently installed slipstream Windows 7 SP1.
  • You can only do a repair install from within Windows 7.
  • You cannot do a repair install at boot or in Safe Mode.
  • You must be logged into Windows 7 in a administrator account to be able to do a repair install.
  • You must have at least 8.87 GB + what is currently being used of free space (more if you have a larger installation) on the hard drive/partition Windows 7 is installed on to do a repair install.
  • If you changed the default location of a user account's profile folder, then you will need to change it back to the default C:\Users location first.
  • If you moved the default location of a user folder, then you will need to change it back to the default C:\Users\(user-name) location first.





Here's How:
NOTE: Be sure to back up anything that you do not want to lose first to be extra safe.1. Start Windows 7, and log on to an administrator account.

2. Disable any 3rd party firewall, antivirus, or other security program to avoid it from possibly preventing the repair in-place upgrade installation of Windows 7.

3. Do either step 4, step 5, or step 6 below depending if your retail Windows 7 installation ISO/DVD/USB has SP1 or not, and if your currently installed Windows 7 has SP1 installed or not.

4. Repair Installed Windows 7 SP1 using Windows 7 with SP1 ISO

   Note
If you do not have a Windows 7 with SP1 ISO, then you can download an official ISO with your retail product key from Microsoft at the link below.

:ar: Microsoft Software Recovery

You can also download the latest official Windows 7 SP1 Media Refresh (SP1 U) ISO file at the link below, but this link is not always available for download.

:ar: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download Links

A) If you have not already, you will need to install a program like 7-Zip that supports extracting a ISO to a folder.

B) Using the program (ex: 7-Zip) from step 1, extract the Windows 7 SP1 ISO file to a folder on a partition or HDD other than the current Windows 7 partition. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: For example with 7-Zip, right click on ISO, click on 7-Zip, Extract files, browse button, select where you want to extract to, and click on OK twice.7-Zip.jpg
C) While in Windows 7 SP1, open the folder that you extracted the ISO into, and run the setup.exe file.

D) Go to step 7 below.
5. Repair Installed Windows 7 SP1 using Windows 7 with SP1 DVD/USB

   Note
If you do not have a Windows 7 with SP1 ISO, then you can download an official ISO with your retail product key from Microsoft at the link below.

:ar: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

You can also download the latest official Windows 7 SP1 Media Refresh (SP1 U) ISO file at the link below, but this link is not always available for download.

:ar: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download Links

Afterwards, you can use Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool to create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive with the ISO to do the repair install from within Windows 7 using this step.

A) While in Windows 7 SP1, insert your retail Windows 7 SP1 installation DVD into the DVD drive, or connect your Windows 7 with SP1 installation USB thumb drive, and click on the Run setup.exe option in AutoPlay. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If the AutoPlay window does not open, then open the drive folder in Computer and run the setup.exe file.AutoPlay.jpg
B) Go to Go to step 7 below.
6. Repair Installed Windows 7 without SP1 using Windows 7 without SP1 DVD/USB

   Note
If you do not have a Windows 7 without SP1 installation DVD/USB, then you can download the latest official Windows 7 Professional or Home Premium without SP1 ISO file here: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download Links, and use Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool to create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive with the ISO to do the repair install from within Windows 7 using this step.

It is preferred to have SP1 installed on your PC and to use step 4 or step 5 above to do a repair install with instead though.

A) While in Windows 7 SP1 installed, insert your retail Windows 7 installation DVD into the DVD drive, or connect your Windows 7 installation USB thumb drive, and click on the Run setup.exe option in AutoPlay. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If the AutoPlay window does not open, then open the drive folder in Computer and run the setup.exe file.AutoPlay.jpg
B) Go to Go to step 7 below.
7. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

8. Click on the Install Now button to start the installation. (see screenshot below)Step1.jpg
9. If prompted, uncheck the I want to help make Windows installation better box (unless you would like to :) ), and click on the Go online to get the latest updates for installation option. (see screenshot below)Step2.jpg
A) Windows 7 will now check online for and install any available installation updates. (see screenshots below)Step2A.jpg

Step2B.jpg

10. Check the I accept the license terms box, and click on Next. (see screenshot below)Step3.jpg
11. Click on the Upgrade option. (see screenshot below)Step4.jpg
12. Windows will now check for any compatibility issues. If any are found like in the example below, click on the red X to cancel the repair install and close this "Install Windows" window, take care of any found issues (ex: uninstall any incompatible program), then restart the repair install process over again.Compatibility-Report.jpg
13. The installation of Windows 7 will now begin. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: During the installation process, your screen may flash and computer will restart a few times.Step5.jpg
14. After the final restart, you will see this screen for a moment. (see screenshot below)Step6.jpg
15. Type in your Windows 7 product key number. (see screenshot below step 16)

16. Uncheck the Automatically activate Windows when I'm online box unchecked, then click on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can activate Windows 7 later after you make sure it is running properly. (see step 23 below)
If you chose to automatically activate Windows online when you set up your computer, automatic activation begins trying to activate your copy of Windows three days after you log on for the first time.Step7.jpg
17. Click on Use recommended settings. (see screenshot below)

:note: You will always be able to change your Windows Update settings at anytime in Windows 7.

Step8.jpg
18. Select your time zone and set your time and date settings, then click on the Next button. (see screenshot below)Step9.jpg
19. Click on the option for your computer's location to select the correct network location type settings to be applied for that location. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: It is best to select Public location for the best security.Step10.jpg
20. Windows 7 will now prepare your desktop to startup. (see screenshots below)Step11A.jpg

Desktop.jpg

21. If you used a DVD or USB to do the repair install with, then you can remove the DVD or USB when the repair install has successfully completed and you are logged in to Windows 7.

22. Check to see if you are missing any user files. If you are, then you can copy them from the C:\Windows.old or the hidden protected operating system C:\$INPLACE.~TR and C:\WINDOWS.~Q backup folders. (see screenshot below)Old_Install.jpg
23. If everything checks out in step 21, then you can run Disk Cleanup (step 5 at this link). You will need to click on the Clean up system files button first, and then could check the Files discarded by Windows upgrade, Previous Windows installations, and Windows upgrade log files boxes. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This will delete the C:\Windows.old, C:\$INPLACE.~TR and C:\WINDOWS.~Q folders from step 21 above.Disk_Cleanup.jpg
24. Refresh your Windows Experience Index (WEI) score.

25. When finished, activate Windows 7, and make sure that your 3rd party security programs (if applicable) are enabled again.
That's it,
Shawn





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maxseven said:
Sorry to see you're having trouble DonG; I have an AO721 so your post caught my eye. I have never tried a Repair Install, and have either always been fortunate to fix instead the problem-at-hand, or have a recent-enough backup to revert to that in the event of trouble. I also keep a detailed diary of program changes I make so I can recover to Today with not too much trouble.

Won't help you now, but for the future you'll want to get an imaging program e.g. Acronis True Image or Macrium or...there are many to choose from.
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I'm well backed up but I didn't realize I had the problem leading to all this until any backup that might be free of the problem had been cycled out.

What I find most wierd is that after 5 years and 141 pages of this topic no one seems to have encountered the repair installation problem I have. i.e. that after starting it and getting the files, the installer just returns to ask if I want to start it rather than going on to the next step. On the other hand, what got me here is that the Win installer fails trying to install .net. It seems that the installer must be working fine in order to start the repair installation. Heavy, sigh.

To me that's the most unbelievably stupid thing. That for Win 7 Microsoft requires you to have a well running installation in order to repair a broken installation. Unbelievable. That a repair can't be done from booting it is just plain perverse. I haven't actually verified that is the case because I'm afraid to try it to see because it could wipe everything out by accident. I'll take Blink's word that it doesn't work instead.
 

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DonGateley said:
I didn't realize I had the problem leading to all this until any backup that might be free of the problem had been cycled out.
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Yikes, a backup artist's worst nightmare. :eek:

That a repair can't be done from booting it is just plain perverse. I haven't actually verified that is the case because I'm afraid to try it to see because it could wipe everything out by accident.
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Well, I don't get this either--I thought a Repair Install should boot-and-repair regardless of what is (or is not) in the existing installation. The fact that it's so ugly (and I believe too "could wipe everything out by accident") is THE reason I never tried it, relying instead on image backups.

Your "cycled-out" point is giving me pause. I need to mark some of my older backups "do not delete".:confused:
 

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maxseven said:
DonGateley said:
That a repair can't be done from booting it is just plain perverse. I haven't actually verified that is the case because I'm afraid to try it to see because it could wipe everything out by accident.
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Well, I don't get this either--I thought a Repair Install should boot-and-repair regardless of what is (or is not) in the existing installation. The fact that it's so ugly (and I believe too "could wipe everything out by accident") is THE reason I never tried it, relying instead on image backups.
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There is a "Repair" that you can get to from the first installation disk boot screen but it is the same as what you get from most system's F8 boot selection screen or a "Windows Repair Disk" which does nothing more than try to fix things to the point where it will boot. What, apparently, you can't do from an installation boot, but can do if you are lucky enough that it run from setup.exe in a booted system, is what used to be called an over-install which left everything but the OS and a few settings alone.

Since I have this screwed up installation backed up and know I can restore it exactly I just might see what happens if I attempt an over-install from an installation disk. I don't even know if the option is presented.

The final option is to use PCmover from Laplink to export the application configuration and see if I can import it to a clean install. I used PCmover once a couple of years ago to upgrade a loaded Win 7 laptop to a virgin new one and it worked amazingly well.
 
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DonGateley said:
To me that's the most unbelievably stupid thing. That for Win 7 Microsoft requires you to have a well running installation in order to repair a broken installation. Unbelievable. That a repair can't be done from booting it is just plain perverse. I haven't actually verified that is the case because I'm afraid to try it to see because it could wipe everything out by accident. I'll take Blink's word that it doesn't work instead.
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Hello Don,

You must remember that this "repair install" is technically only a workaround using an in-place upgrade used to attempt to repair your installation without having to do a clean install.

Of course, an in-place upgrade (repair install) can only be done from within Windows, and not at boot. This I can verify 100%.

Only what is mentioned at the top of the tutorial will be affected in your installation. As usual, you should always keep backups of anything that you do not want to lose since anything could happen. :)
 

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Brink said:
You must remember that this "repair install" is technically only a workaround using an in-place upgrade used to attempt to repair your installation without having to do a clean install.
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In lieu of Microsoft providing a real way to repair. Heavy sigh.

Of course, an in-place upgrade (repair install) can only be done from within Windows, and not at boot. This I can verify 100%.
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It occurred to me that they might inhibit repair (upgrade) install from a boot disk for security, to keep someone with such a disk from hijacking a password protected machine. There are better ways to accomplish that but preventing it at all would seem to be the easiest.

Sorry I called you Blink up there. Srip of the finger. :-)
 
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sorry if I missed the answer to this but -

I own a retail copy of Win 7 Pro, bought and installed in Oct 2010. I've updated it all along so now it's SP1. So my question is, am I better off using that or downloading an SP1 .iso to do the repair installation?

Thanks for a great thread!
 

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Hello Richard,

If you Windows installation has all of it's Windows Updates installed, then you would need to download and use the latest Windows 7 SP1 Media Refresh (SP1 U) ISO file instead. :)
 

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Repair installation of Win 7 SP1 would require a 7 w/SP1 disk.
 

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thanks you guys - glad I asked. I figured using the original disc would work fine, just take longer. You know...it would have to update all the way to SP1, then update to current. But you guys are saying it won't even work right? Interesting.

Thanks again!
 

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Glad we could help Richard.

If you used you original DVD, the repair install would fail since it the installed Windows is a newer version than the DVD is for.
 

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Ah - of course - makes perfect sense...now that someone explains it to me - :)

thanks I appreciate you taking the time.
 

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Brink, I tried to repair install using Windows 7 with SP1 ISO burned to a disk. Unfortunately, it won't let me activate on the Internet.

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I had this same activation key since Launch Day, October 2009! There should be no reason for me to buy a new one or to call into a call center in India to get it resolved. And it told me that I can't upgrade in-place on top of it when I tried to go back to my original Windows 7 DVDs. In frustration I crushed the SP1 DVD by my own hand.

I would have went back to process a WGA report, but now it looks like I have to go back and clean install everything, before Service Pack 1 was ever introduced.
 

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Has anyone here had any luck recently downloading a file such as this one:

**DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINK REMOVED**

I've tried twice now, and the 1st time I got a 1,702,257 KB file on disk, and the 2nd time I got an iso of only 831,602 KB on disk, where it's supposed to be 3+GB AFAICT. What's odd, besides that the downloads seemed to complete w/o error, is that these isos mount as if they were complete, but they obviously are not (ImgBurn wants to write them as their "on disk" sizes).

Maybe I need to try Free Download Manager instead of Firefox next time??? :confused:
 
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Hello Max,

How does downloading it work in Internet Explorer instead?
 

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maxseven said:
Has anyone here had any luck recently downloading a file such as this one:

**DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINK REMOVED**

I've tried twice now, and the 1st time I got a 1,702,257 KB file on disk, and the 2nd time I got an iso of only 831,602 KB on disk, where it's supposed to be 3+GB AFAICT. What's odd, besides that the downloads seemed to complete w/o error, is that these isos mount as if they were complete, but they obviously are not (ImgBurn wants to write them as their "on disk" sizes).

Maybe I need to try Free Download Manager instead of Firefox next time??? :confused:
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Brink said:
Hello Max,

How does downloading it work in Internet Explorer instead?
Click to expand...

Works great using IE for me, full 3.09GB ISO
 

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Guess I will give IE10 a try. Thanks for your replies fellas.
 

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I have Firefox 25 and it downloaded 3.092GB
 

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marsmimar said:
I have Firefox 25 and it downloaded 3.092GB
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I was able to successfully download the file with FreeDownloadManager. Don't know why Firefox and IE10 didn't work...

:huh:

Say, a question: Has anyone here ever tried a Repair Install, checking the "Go Online get the latest Updates.." in Step 9 who has a WSUS server? I imagine the disc by itself couldn't know to bypass the Windows Update site but thought I'd ask anyway.

Another: if I run the Setup.exe to the splash screen where it says Windows 7 - Install Now do you think I can be confident that my download-and-burn-to-DVD is good?
 

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Max,

Don't have a WSUS server to test with.

If you got the "Install Now" screen, then there's a very good chance that it's good. :)
 

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