How Best Repair after Disk Failure

[Submarine]

My SSD failed but I got it back up again by running checkdisk on a laptop. It is not entirely problem free though. Cannot get IE8 working, it crashes on the spot I open it. I have so far been happy not to gain any experience from a disk failure. What would be the best way to repair? I am thinking it is difficult to know what was damaged and just backing a restore point could pehaps be dangerous.

What about SFC, could this be done without risk, you think?
Otherwise a Startup Repair or any other suggestion?

Thanks for any help.
:sarc:

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Submarine, sorry to hear of your trouble mate.


I'd try a system restore first (to a point before the issue) and then a sfc /scannow.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html?ltr=S

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html?ltr=S


Let us know how it sorts out.

 

[Submarine]

You think System Restore is safe? I worry a bit the shadow copy could be more damaged than W7 itself. Do not know if SFC checks its own integrity somehow.

 

[richc46]

I am confident in system restore. It should not be used on a daily basis, but if you have a problem, that is the easy way out. If it does not repair, you lost nothing.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I am confident in system restore. It should not be used on a daily basis, but if you have a problem, that is the easy way out. If it does not repair, you lost nothing.

What he said!

 

[CassieFWinTeam]

You think System Restore is safe? I worry a bit the shadow copy could be more damaged than W7 itself. Do not know if SFC checks its own integrity somehow.

Hi Submarine,

If you are weary about System Restore, here is a resource to rest your mind: System Restore: frequently asked questions.

If the System Restore does not fix your problem, you can choose an advanced recovery method: Choosing an advanced recovery method.

Good Luck!

Cheers,
Cassandra
Micorsoft Windows Outreach

 

[Submarine]

OK, maybe system restore will work. My disk was quite corrupt though, it could not even be seen from Vista or from an installation disk. Not even on the laptop it showed up from a command prompt. Checkdisk recovered what it could and marked parts as bad, and disk was bootable again.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Have you got the data you need off of it and backed up before you do anything, just to be on the safe side?

 

[Submarine]

Yes all data is safe. Only PS, Spyder3 and printer utilities installed. I will try to back a restore point.

 

[richc46]

If you take my advice and use system restore, be sure to use a point far enough that it is prior to the problem. When given the choice of Restore points, you will see a box that if checked will give additional points, be sure to check it.

 

[Submarine]

Problem fixed, at least for the time being.
I had no restore points. It was turned on but max size was set to zero. Perhaps because I am running a SSD? What do you recommend as I am unable to Trim on my machine?

SFC /Verifyonly found no issues. Sound reassuring.

The problem was a faulty add-on in IE8. Classic. Adobe pdf helper, sort of classic too. Now disabled. Is there a way to uninstall the add-on entirely?

Looking in my log there are some errors of interest:
Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing/Admin. Kernel-EventTracing Event ID 3. SessionName: ReadyBoot. FileName: C:\Windows\Prefetch\ReadyBoot\ReadyBoot.etl. ErrorCode: 3221225864
Is this system restore failing due to no space?

System VDS Basic Provider EventID 1. EventData: 490@01010004.
Related to Virtual Disk Management somehow? Do not have that as far as I know.

SideBySide Event ID 35:
Activation context generation failed for "c:\program files (x86)\windows live\photo gallery\MovieMaker.Exe".Error in manifest or policy file "c:\program files (x86)\windows live\photo gallery\WLMFDS.DLL" on line 8. Component identity found in manifest does not match the identity of the component requested. Reference is WLMFDS,processorArchitecture="AMD64",type="win32",version="1.0.0.1". Definition is WLMFDS,processorArchitecture="x86",type="win32",version="1.0.0.1". Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.

Processor architecture=AMD64????

No disk parity errors as I saw from Vista. I wonder if the crash was caused by the H2A firmware in the SSD or if it was just an incompatibility issue with my mobo.

 

[richc46]

All that have helped feel the satisfaction of your success. Feel free to return, at any time, to share your knowledge or to use ours. In addition, thank you for your kind words and rep.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello mate, glad you're starting to get it sorted; have a look at the tutorials below.


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/330-system-protection-turn-off.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/335-system-protection-change-disk-space-usage.html

 

[Submarine]

Thanks!
It seems preftech is doing something. I guess I can turn it off in the registry. For some reason superfetch appears to be on (value=3), yet I have disabled the service. Perhaps this is two different settings in the registry, it really should do nothing if the service is disabled.

 

[gregrocker]

This sounds like another in-place Upgrade gone awry. No matter how successful, an in-place Upgrade is a corruption path and should be avoided or clean reinstalled as soon as possible.

Why not have the best possible install with Win7?

Here's the steps: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

When you boot the DVD to Custom install using drive tools (to wipe and format) it will scan the HD to see an OS to allow use of Upgrade key.

But first, I would run the HD diagnostics/repair CD from your maker's Support Downloads webpage for your model.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Thanks Greg, good advice.

 

[Submarine]

This sounds like another in-place Upgrade gone awry. No matter how successful, an in-place Upgrade is a corruption path and should be avoided or clean reinstalled as soon as possible.

Why not have the best possible install with Win7?

Here's the steps: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

When you boot the DVD to Custom install using drive tools (to wipe and format) it will scan the HD to see an OS to allow use of Upgrade key.

But first, I would run the HD diagnostics/repair CD from your maker's Support Downloads webpage for your model.

The installation is not an upgrade, it is a fresh install