Repair Install

Brink · Jan 17, 2011

That's great news Blackadder. Thank you for posting back. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

Mual · Jan 18, 2011

Thank you Brink for this guide.
Anyway, if I do a Repair install, I just need to reinstall the drivers and other files won't be infected like file association or save games in the Documents folder?
Please give me some advice.
Thanks again, your help will be appreciated.

Brink · Jan 18, 2011

You're welcome Mual,

Sometimes you may need to reinstall a driver, but not always. After the repair install (in-place upgrade), double check your devices in Device Manager to see what driver version they have to tell if you need to install the latest driver version again.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Ex_Brit · Jan 18, 2011

I'm forced to use this method to update my netbook's Win7 to SP1 because for some reason it wont accept the service pack install, so have made a slipstreamed DVD.

I started doing it while signed in but it said that some things needed modifying and it couldn't continue until a reboot was made, meaning it would continue from boot up, is this normal and OK?

I guess it has objected to my mods to get the old sidebar and Windows Mail working, which is most likely what prevented the SP standalone from installing.

Pending your answer I pulled out the DVD and am booted up normally.

Brink · Jan 18, 2011

Hello Peter,

I suppose that as long as it's still doing the in-place upgrade that you started while in Windows 7, it should be ok. I would recommend to create a system image backup first to be safe though.

xarden · Jan 18, 2011

I'm having an issue with IE8 (32bit only), and so was trolling another forum on microsoft.com.
The OP there found and refered to this thread, and it fixed his particular problem.
Good to see your work is being found and is helpful in other places. Keep it up Shawn :thumbsup:

Ex_Brit · Jan 18, 2011

Brink said:
Hello Peter,

I suppose that as long as it's still doing the in-place upgrade that you started while in Windows 7, it should be ok. I would recommend to create a system image backup first to be safe though.

Thanks Shawn. FYI I really don't have the room on a netbook to do a system backup especially as this is drive D: - C: is XP Pro and I actually installed Win 7 from within that OS so I could preserve drive letters etc. I usually do that with all my multi-boots, installing them all from the first partition.

OK I'll start it up again to see what happens. If you hear a loud crash it's my netbook being thrown forcibly threw my window. LOL.

Ex_Brit · Jan 18, 2011

I think if I wasn't dual-booting on my netbook simply installing the service pack might have gone OK. Unlike my PC multi-boot which went OK probably because it's Vista/Win 7, the 1st OS is XP & I seem to remember a similar problem installing a Vista service pack years ago because it couldn't find the correct boot files (Vista and later OS's use different boot files).

Now this is weird, I just started it up again from within Win 7 thinking it would start from point "A" again and this time it's going ahead. Maybe it did the repairs, whatever they were when I rebooted last.

It's now happily "Upgrading Windows"...that makes me breathe a sigh of relief as I know that at least my files and settings should be preserved, if not the tweaks. The latter can be done again.

If it stops my XP from booting there will be much gnashing of teeth, but let's not panic unnecessarily.

Brink · Jan 19, 2011

That's great news Peter.

I had a update freeze up on me like that before when it was getting ready to restart. When I restarted the computer it picked right back up where it left off and continued installing. Strange indeed, but it works.

Brink · Jan 19, 2011

xarden said:
I'm having an issue with IE8 (32bit only), and so was trolling another forum on microsoft.com.
The OP there found and refered to this thread, and it fixed his particular problem.
Good to see your work is being found and is helpful in other places. Keep it up Shawn

Thank you Matt.

Mual · Jan 19, 2011

Brink said:
You're welcome Mual,

Sometimes you may need to reinstall a driver, but not always. After the repair install (in-place upgrade), double check your devices in Device Manager to see what driver version they have to tell if you need to install the latest driver version again.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Well, thanks for the advice.
Anything else won't be lose isn't it?

Brink · Jan 19, 2011

Unless you lose power during the install, it shouldn't. I would always recommend that you backup anything that you do not want to lose to be safe though.

Mual · Jan 19, 2011

Brink said:
Unless you lose power during the install, it shouldn't. I would always recommend that you backup anything that you do not want to lose to be safe though.

Thanks, I will try it and leave a reply here soon.
I'm studying these days, so I didn't have so much time to online.
Thanks again!

Brink · Jan 19, 2011

You're welcome.

Ex_Brit · Jan 19, 2011

Thanks Shawn. It worked fine, but installing this way completely wiped my Windows Mail and other hacks so will have to start those from scratch, no problem thanks to the tute's.

Brink · Jan 19, 2011

That's great news Peter.

I figured that any custom system modifications like that would most likely get restored to default.

Ex_Brit · Jan 19, 2011

It did wreck the Task Scheduler however. I can open it OK but it says quite indignantly I feel that 'something' has corrupted it when I try to view currently running tasks.

Originally it flashed that several tasks were corrupted so I ddeleted them from the folder below, that got rid of most of the objections, however the oroginal error remains.

I've posted in Pappa Bear's tute thread, and am wondering if I dare copy the C:\windows\system32\tasks folder from my x64 Win 7 to my x86 netbook Win 7.

I'm reluctant to run sfc as that will probably undo all my personalizations once again.

Brink · Jan 19, 2011

Ex_Brit said:
It did wreck the Task Scheduler however. I can open it OK but it says quite indignantly I feel that 'something' has corrupted it when I try to view currently running tasks.

Originally it flashed that several tasks were corrupted so I ddeleted them from the folder below, that got rid of most of the objections, however the oroginal error remains.

I've posted in Pappa Bear's tute thread, and am wondering if I dare copy the C:\windows\system32\tasks folder from my x64 Win 7 to my x86 netbook Win 7.

I'm reluctant to run sfc as that will probably undo all my personalizations once again.

Peter,

Running a SFC /scannow would undo any modified system files and return them to default.

Here's a copy C:\Windows\System32\Tasks folder from a 32-bit Windows 7 Starter edition that you can use instead. I'm not sure using one from a 64-bit system would work.

Ex_Brit · Jan 20, 2011

Brink said:
Ex_Brit said:

It did wreck the Task Scheduler however. I can open it OK but it says quite indignantly I feel that 'something' has corrupted it when I try to view currently running tasks.

Originally it flashed that several tasks were corrupted so I ddeleted them from the folder below, that got rid of most of the objections, however the oroginal error remains.

I've posted in Pappa Bear's tute thread, and am wondering if I dare copy the C:\windows\system32\tasks folder from my x64 Win 7 to my x86 netbook Win 7.

I'm reluctant to run sfc as that will probably undo all my personalizations once again.

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Peter,

Running a SFC /scannow would undo any modified system files and return them to default.

Here's a copy C:\Windows\System32\Tasks folder from a 32-bit Windows 7 Starter edition that you can use instead. I'm not sure using one from a 64-bit system would work.

Shawn, for some reason I never got a notification that you'd posted this. Pity because it may have cured the problem. In the end I did a clean install using my newly slipstreamed disk and that took care of it.
I'd discussed the matter on the Technet forums and was told similarly that the 64-bit files would probably cause more problems.
He also said the in place repair/upgrade installs are iffy at best and often fail to install properly, despite it being an option in Win 7. He also said that who knows what else got corrupted that would turn up later on, best to do a clean install.

The SFC only removed personalizations such as the logon screen and didn't even touch the Task Scheduler issues - even left my active Windows Mail hack alone. so much for it fixing everything.

Thanks very much for your suggestions though.

TukSon: Microsoft offer free update support you know so why not try them? http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527 click any of those links and you'll see the way to contact them at the bottom.

I had no problems with that particular update, however, it is included in SP1 anyway I believe.

Brink · Jan 20, 2011

Peter,

I prefer a clean install myself as well for major issues, but a in-place repair install could be good for minor issues that couldn't be fixed otherwise.

I'm glad to hear that you eventually got it up and running though.

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