Repair Install

[RoWin7]

I just want to make sure before I do my repair install. Do I have to D/L all the updates afterward?

 

[SIW2]

I just want to make sure before I do my repair install. Do I have to D/L all the updates afterward?

Yes. You will also need to put your windows product key in again.

The easiest way is to use dism++. Click Toolkit in the left pane, then select activation backup.Click backup.

After the repair install has completed,run dism++ again. Select toolkit, click activation backup.Click restore.

Next, Select Updates on the left panel, then click Scan. It downloads the latest update database from MS, then scans you system and lists which updates you need. If you then click install, it will install them for you.

It uses the differ engine so downloads only the parts that are needed. It will also warn of any incompatibilties and telemetry rubbish you might want to avoid.

It is much faster than the standard method.

Direct download dism++

https://www.chuyu.me/en/index.html

 

[RoWin7]

The repair already takes 6 pages of instructions. I don't know if you're making it more complicated or less. I also don't want the updates forcing me to convert to Win10, and I intend to get a list of them. Unless you have the list. Does dism++ let me pick and choose?

 

[SIW2]

Yes. Dism++ presents you with a list. It lets you pick and choose. It also warns you about undesirable updates.

Repair install is not complicated. Just run setup.exe from within your current windows, then wait. I have done it too many times to count.

 

[iko22]

Manually download IE11 and the servicing stack update before you proceed to begin the repair install, and keep these in a safe place/folder.

When you commence the repair install, at step 17, click "ask me later" in the screenshot.

When done and finished with the repair install, then install IE11 and the servicing stack update, before seeking to query the other updates via WSUS or DISM++.

In my own experience, I found I had to re-activate some programs too, so make sure these product keys are available to you at this stage, just in case.

 

[RoWin7]

I've done it on XP, but never on 7. I use my computer for work and I'm afraid of converting it into a large doorstop. It's done WITHIN Windows? which would make me a little more confident. Experience with tearing my hair out for days has made me leery of making major changes, but 7 has become too ill to continue without a repair.

But if I run into trouble, will I be able to connect to the web to ask you for help?

I don't use IE ever, don't care if it updates, drowns or commits suicide.

What's WSUS and servicing stack update?

 

[SIW2]

Boot into windows as normal.

Pop the installation dvd in the drive. Run setup from the dvd.

Or if you have the installation media on usb, then plug in the usb stick and run setup.

It says "setup is starting"

It asks if you want to get the latest updates ( say no because it takes too long)

It asks you to accept the license.(tick the box and click Next)

It asks if you want to do a custom install or an upgrade install. Select upgrade install.

That's all.

Little children do it. It couldn't be easier.

 

[SIW2]

Here are some pics

 

[SIW2]

What's WSUS and servicing stack update?

WSUS offline is a program that you are not using. Irrelevant

Servicing stack update is just one of the windows updates.

 

[iko22]

I've done it on XP, but never on 7. I use my computer for work and I'm afraid of converting it into a large doorstop. It's done WITHIN Windows? which would make me a little more confident. Experience with tearing my hair out for days has made me leery of making major changes, but 7 has become too ill to continue without a repair.

But if I run into trouble, will I be able to connect to the web to ask you for help?

I don't use IE ever, don't care if it updates, drowns or commits suicide.

When I did a Windows 7 repair install, I could not get on any https:/ connection, as Windows Update would not provide me a Trusted Root Certificates Update, until I had updated Internet Explorer to version 11.

So, I gives you the benefit of the doubt, and advise you to download IE11 before you attempt the Repair Install.​

 

[SIW2]

I will do fresh install and test it now.

 

[SIW2]

Installed and updated without issue. Didn't need to install IE11.

 

[iko22]

Thanks for trying out. The OP will be pleased.


(I used the convenience rollup, which required the servicing stack update. That went okay. Then I discovered that I was lumbered with IE8 and no root certificates for any of my browsers. FF was playing up and I could not read anything online with IE8. So, it would seem, Im being too over cautious when asked this question.)

 

[RoWin7]

Here goes. I think I can count on the computer being incapacitated all day today. Updates are very slow on this machine, not exactly the fastest CPU in the world.

I'm starting with a Macrium Reflect clone of the entire HD.

 

[RoWin7]

First time I unzipped, it gave me a compatibility report saying to restart the computer and the setup. So I did.
I also unchecked "get the latest updates" and checked the other option.
Checked "Upgrade" not "custom."

Second time, after copying 36% of the files, "data error (cyclic redundancy check)" restarted the machine again.

3rd time "Changes will not be saved. Setup can not continue. Restart the computer and restart setup. When prompted, try getting the latest update."

4th time, same as previous message

it never gets to "gathering files, settings and programs." There are no auto-restarts, only if I restart. I now have 3 partial Win folders on my C partition

Maybe I'm extracting the zipped files wrong. I extract to C:\Windows\temp, then open it to run "setup."


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**Having problems with dism++. 7-Zip,for most files, tells me it can't find the installation folder, which I created myself. About 6 other files say "Access denied."

 

[SIW2]

dism++ usually comes in a .zip file The 7-zip program is not needed to open .zip files. They can be opened by windows explorer.

Maybe I'm extracting the zipped files wrong. I extract to C:\Windows\temp, then open it to run "setup."

Windows installation media usually comes as an iso, or on a dvd. Do you have a windows iso or dvd?

1. If you have a dvd, put the dvd in the dvd drive. Run setup from the dvddrive.


2. If you have an.iso you will need to copy the files out of it. Usual methods:

a) use 7-zip or winrar or powerarchiver ( which you seem to be having trouble with). Are you running 7-zip as Adminstrator?

OR

b) mount the iso then copy and paste. You need a program that can mount isos for this method.

OR

c) Burn the iso to dvd ( windows has an isoburner already ) or extract the iso to usb stick using rufus.


http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus-3.3p.exe

free isoburner if yours isn't working:

FreeISOBurner.exe

 

[RoWin7]

It's an ISO on a DVD, so it's a mutt. I copied the files to a desktop folder and ran Setup from there. I "took ownership" of the file because there's no "run as admin." The results are in post #15

Now you know why I hate working with the system.


Dism++ has a zip extension. Instead of opening dism first, I tried it in the other direction, opening 7Zip as admin, then pointing it at dism.

The 2 Readme files are in Chinese, with a few English words interspersed, but the program appears usable.

 

[SIW2]

There seem to be a lot of problems with your current installation.

You might be better creating a new partition and clean installling onto it. You could then copy data from your existing windows to your newly installed.

I notice you have a G620 processor. Out of curiosity, what is your motherboard? Or what is the exact model number of your hp machine ?

 

[RoWin7]

My current installation has more problems than that, which is why I wanted to redo it. Reinstalling the 50+ programs + the system+ updates is far from my first choice. Do you have any other suggestions?

I don't know what the mobo is, but it's not relevant to this problem.
W7 was installed on 10/2016, not by me.

 

[RoWin7]

I just found this, going to try it:
windows 7 ultimate upgrade - Microsoft Community

Does it mean to right-click "cmd" in the Run box? What do they mean by "from the results?" Neither CMD nor the DOS command box have "Run as admin" in the context menu.