Using Diskpart/Clean to fix Windows 7 repair/upgrade issue.

[Baback]

Hi everyone,
I'm actually unable to repair my system files through the W7 DVD.It always ends up with an error message saying something as ''could not be carried out and will restore to previous version...''.
Googling this issue ,I found this discussion involving gregrocker:

I've a dual boot system with GRUB 1.99 in the MBR. Once again, I am here to AVOID a clean reinstall and I am not going to wipe my HD.

This is a known issue with GRUB bootloader on the HD. It corrupts Win7 in many ways including blocking a Repair Install. The only solution at that point is to Clean Reinstall making sure to wipe the HD using Diskpart Clean Command .

As I explained earler you only have to get a Clean Reinstall once then save a Win7 backup image to use in place of future reinstalls, to re-image the HD or its replacement in 20 minutes.

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My question is if I do an image of W7 with Acronis before running Diskpart/Clean,what will happen when I restore it.
Will the previous corruption that prevents me from repairing W7 be restored?
Thanks.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

My question is if I do an image of W7 with Acronis before running Diskpart/Clean,what will happen when I restore it.
Will the previous corruption that prevents me from repairing W7 be restored?
Thanks.

I'd say yes.

Images contain everything in the imaged partition----including viruses, warts, corruption, whatever may have been there.

 

[edwar]

I'd say yes also. Imaging a system that is corrupted would just make an image of that corruption and then restore it as it was.

 

[gregrocker]

If you have irreparable System files then the next step is a Repair Install.

If you cannot boot then there are other steps here for Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start.

These lead up to the possibility of needing to rescue your files to run Factory Recovery or get the superior Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

 

[Baback]

If you have irreparable System files then the next step is a Repair Install.

I've got a few files I would like to repair, but the Repair Install option does not work for me.That's what this post is all about.

It always ends up with an error message saying something as ''could not be carried out and will restore to previous version...''.

That's why I was thinking of another solution through Diskpart/Clean.
Thanks

 

[gregrocker]

It says nowhere in your first post that you have attempted to run a Repair Install.

If you'd asked to help troubleshoot a failed Repair Install then I'd ask you if you first have established a Clean Boot as given in Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7 .

If that fails and there are performance problems then you are correct to want to run Diskpart Clean Command before Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 to wipe any GRUB boot code from the HD and give the cleanest slate.

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

 

[Baback]

It says nowhere in your first post that you have attempted to run a Repair Install.

I'm actually unable to repair my system files through the W7 DVD

I thought that this was self-explanatory as far as what I had attempted.
On the other hand,it's out of the question to clean the disk and make a reinstall of all programs and settings.
What I'm interessted in , is to run a successfull Repair/Install to fix somme files issues.In the past,I succeeded the first time but when I needed to do another one late after, it never worked.

I burned my Iso file to another DVD and on a USB key ,not to avail.I tried everything I could think of.
I even went to other Forums ,which I rarely do as I'm generally able to fix my own problems.

Generally speaking, when I can't nobody can...

 

[gregrocker]

And what was the result of the Clean Boot?

 

[Baback]

I read over the content of the link related to Clean Boot.
However, I did not see how this could be related to my issue, which is(only) that I can't Repair/Install anymore.
I already performed most of these steps in the past and nothing changed.
Thanks.

 

[gregrocker]

The very first thing that is done when Repair Install won't run is to run a Clean Boot, which solves the problem in about half the cases.

But you know too much to be bothered by what works here based on our experience helping thousands of users with these very issues. So you instead posted here to disabuse us of our ignorance, correct?

 

[Baback]

WoW!
What a conclusion.I did not mean anything of that.
I just said that I don't see how the content of the Clean Boot link could be related to my problem.I did not say anything else...
For your information English is not my first language.It may happen that I don't express myself quite correctly.

 

[gregrocker]

A Clean Boot works because it turns off all of the unnecessary freeloaders at Startup so they can't interfere with the Repair Install, including the only one really needed at Startup which is your AV that might also be interfering here .