Repair Install

Ant86 · Sep 9, 2014

Thank you.
Does the custom install stil have to be done within Windows ?

Brink · Sep 9, 2014

No. It can be done at boot. You'll still need to reinstall all your programs and such afterwards though.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/20146-custom-install-windows-7-a.html

sjpeer · Sep 22, 2014

Will the Repair Install fix this?

I have an issue with my graphics drivers and was wondering if a repair install might fix it (if that's a likely outcome).

When I boot up, I see the windows logos (with the black background) and right before it moves to the next screen (the blue one) the monitor goes blank and I get a "lost signal" message. HOWEVER, windows still boots because I can hear the welcome music. I can even login to my account, I just can't see what I'm doing.

WHAT I'VE TRIED
-I did two System Restores. One gave me a BSOD, the other couldn't complete but that restore point dissapeared.
-I've deleted the drivers in safe mode, I can then boot into regular mode but as soon as the drivers are reinstalled and I reboot, I get the same problem.
-I've tried my wife's graphics card in my computer. It's the same manufacturer but a different model. I installed the drivers for her card. When I reboot I get the same behavior as I did with mine.
-I've tried countless variations of deleting drivers and reinstalling, including different versions of the drivers.

So now I'm looking at the repair install. What are my chances of success?

Brink · Sep 22, 2014

Hello sjpeer, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Since a repair install must be done from within Windows, you'll need to boot into Safe Mode to uninstall the driver again to be able to see to do the repair install.

I'm nor sure if it will help or not, but it won't hurt anything to try.

sjpeer · Sep 23, 2014

Thanks brink. I did the reinstall and it worked. If anyone has faced a similar issue, you can read about what I tried here:
Windows 7 - I can hear it boot but monitors go blank with "no signal" - Go - Windows 7

I took some steps to rule out bad drivers and a bad graphics card. At the end of the update it said the .NET framework needed to be repaired and automatically did so. Could that have been the source of my problems?

In any case, I back up and running and happy.

Thanks.

Brink · Sep 23, 2014

That's great news sjpeer. Yeah, I'd say some issue with .NET Framework was most likely the source.

hispanico · Oct 2, 2014

I read first post and follow istructions but i don't find in links any iso for Windows 7 32bit Ultimate (italian), only professional and home..

Thank
Hispa

Brink · Oct 2, 2014

Hello Hispa,

If you like, you could try English, and select your language during the repair install, or change the display language to yours afterwards.

hispanico · Oct 2, 2014

Brink said:
Hello Hispa,

If you like, you could try English, and select your language during the repair install, or change the display language to yours afterwards.

Thank i try...

Hispanico

spanishflyer · Oct 4, 2014

What about my case?

Hi Brink,

Have read your thread from start to end and have found it very promissing in my case.

I have Windows 7 64 Professional in english and foor somme time I've started to have this problem where while playing a game (started with Dead Space 3), the computer suddenly and without warning just crashes to a black screen and after a few seconds it restarts from zero (that means it goes through all the steps till I get the windows screen and need to enter my password. After several failures in the exact same manner I started to search for anything that avoids me from having to make a clean installation, since apart from own personal files, I have so many programs that I would have to reinstall and re-register that I find it a non viable option. Office 2007, Photoshop CS6, more than 20 related programs to aid in photo developing (fiters ASO), that I would have to spend more than a month reinstalling everything to the original state (and even then I'm sure I would forget many, that I would only realize they are missing when I needed them). My laptop is a two year old ASUS G75VW and after purchasing it I installed a 750GB Samsung EVO 840 SSD, leaving the other drive, a 750GB HDD untouched. It has 16 GB RAM and starts up like a rocket (10 secs max.) After I installed the SSD. One great thing tough; I have made complete back-ups on external USB 3.0 drives since the start, so at any time I can restore the windows installation to when ever I want.

I did an sfc /scannow and the result is that windows cannot repair several corrupted files etc... ect.

I then downloaded the windows iso file for W7-64 professional, prepared a 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive and tried to remove the corrupted files, but can't make it work; some one could say, " why not use one of the backups and get done with it?" well, the simple answer is that I would most probably install the corrupted files once more, solving nothing and ending with an older version of my actual installaton. If only windows after doing the sfc /scannow would report the exact name and location of the corrupt files on the *.text file it creates, I might recover my laptop to its full operating condition for once and for all....

One final comment; the situation is getting worse, since previously it was clearly a memory and CPU failure and I say that because I was gaming at full resolution on a Dell 27" screen and in the most demanding game situations both in sound and action, but now I can be writing a word doc, with nothing else running in the backgroud and it crashes the same way. I have tried using the laptop alone, with no external keyboard or mouse and the same thibg happens; one thing is clear; I have some corrupt files every time I run the "sfc" , it finds corrupt files that can't sort ut and need to replace them one way or the other; the laptop is running at normal temperatures (have run the most demanding test programs for memory, CPU and GPU, have even cleaned the already clean fans and all is top knotch)........

So what to do in my case?

Thanks a lot for reading this brick.....

Spanish Flyer

Brink · Oct 4, 2014

Hello Spanish Flyer, and welcome to Seven Forums.

It certainly wouldn't hurt anything to try a repair install to see if it may help. I would recommend to back up anything that you do not want to lose just to be safe though.

spanishflyer · Oct 4, 2014

Such as?

Hi Brik, and thanks a lot for your promt answer.

My question is, what do I have to save prior to the repair/install since I made a back-up of the whole system a couple of days ago and most important, how to proceed...

You can copy/paste the instructions (if you don't mind) and most of all, what would you do in my case.

I have Acronis True image from my computer with the latest back-up from 1.10.2014

FYI, it is great to have people like you in the net; just wish there were many more like you.

BR,
spanishflyer

Brink · Oct 4, 2014

A whole system backup would be fine. You might create another one if you have anything else important that needed backing up since the last time though.

spanishflyer · Oct 4, 2014

Bu then as I understand you, the best thing it to follow the instructions you gave i page one of this thread?

It is incredible that windows does not have a program that checks all program files and tells you which are not working and gives you an option to restore them.

Wonder how much data went to dust due to this situation.

Best regards,
Spanishflyer

Brink · Oct 4, 2014

That's correct. Use the tutorial on page one for a repair install.

That would be a nice option.

ABE · Oct 5, 2014

Hi Brink, I tried your fix and came across a small problem.

This is a new HDD, after the old one broke and Windows 7 did not install correctly on the first try (small problems with Windows Update and other Windows services). So I went through with the clean install process.
I was thrown an error:
http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/space143/2011-10-14_184619_image8.jpg (not my picture)

So I did what some people suggested and hit shift + f10 to change the directory to C:\Windows\System32\oobe and I then ran the command Msoobe. Everything seemed fine. Until when I got to the finalizing setup screen, where the screen when black(ish) and I could see remnants of the previous screen looking from the top of my monitor. The screen was showing what was present in the above picture, except with something like a black overlay, making it hard to see. I could still interact with the same command prompt and move the windows around, so I just pressed "OK" on the error message screen. The computer then restarted and I was told the upgrade was not successful. Any help.

Thanks

Brink · Oct 5, 2014

Hello Abe, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If you haven not already, see if the Microsoft KB article below may be able to help with error your are getting when clean installing.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753

spanishflyer · Oct 5, 2014

Type in your Windows 7 product key number....

Hi again Brink,

I've started the Windows "repair" and reading down the thread you wrote, I see that I need to type in the product key number, but have no idea of where to find that number.

FYI, I purchased the ASUS G75VW from a dealer HIDEvolution in the US (I'm in Spain) and have the whole set of CD's to restore the computer to the original configuration (6 CD's), plus one with the OS (W7 Professional 64 bit) but belonging to a Dell computer :shock: It is original, but came from a Dell installation kit; don't ask me why.

My windows installation is activated and has a Product ID; is that the one?

BR,

Spanish Flyer

Brink · Oct 5, 2014

You should have a COA sticker on the bottom of the laptop or under the battery that has the product key number on it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/153626-product-key-number-windows-7-find-see.html

spanishflyer · Oct 5, 2014

Product Key

You are absolutely right Brink, but (there is always a "but")...:huh:

The ASUS G75VW came from Taiwan with Windows 7 Home Premium, and since I wanted the Professional version, HIDEvolution must have installed the Dell Professional version and handed over the installation disc; I did pay extra for that, but what can I do now, because if I put the Product Key of the original Home Premium, I'm sure it will not accept it. Take a look at a screen shot from my screen...

Hope there is something I can do...

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