Re: Repairing One File That SFC Could Not Repair
Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 10:48
Seni Seven;1240590 Wrote:
> Question:
>
> How do I get a file not repaired by System File Checker from a Vista DVD
> and put it back on the Vista tree? Cannot find the file on the DVD.
>
> Background:
>
> I had rare problem with Vista (clean installed 3 months ago, after 28
> months of the original installation working). My hard drive is probably
> nearing life end, but there are only a few bad sectors (and only because
> HP Pavilion notebooks are NOTORIOUS for overheating and reducing drive
> life).
>
> System Restore did not work: it stopped for hours at the "initializing"
> phase at EVERY restore point, and this was in safe mode. Besides, I
> think
> system restore only puts back the registry at a set time point, and does
> nothing to fix damaged system files.
>
> I then next went to Acronis True Image Home 2009, but it kept telling me
> that my saved System States and C Partitions were not the last backup
> volume! Panic sets in as the easy roads to help are closed.
>
> So the next step was to use chkdsk in the 5-stage check (chkdsk /r). I
> stopped running at a particular file check in the 4th stage. I then ran
> chkdsk /r off a recovery CD (don't know where I got it)---thinking
> chkdsk
> on the damaged partition was corrupted (infected??) and it found two bad
> clusters on the 100 GB Seagate drive containing the Vista partition.
> One
> was a c:\users\xxxx\appdata\.. problem (no biggie), but the other was a
> c:
> \windows\winsxs\...\azroleui.dll.mui file.
>
> I then re-started Vista on the damaged partition, and ran 'sfc
> /scannow':
> it showed an unrepairable file, which was the file named above. I read
> this page:
>
> 'How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or
> corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7'
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833)
>
> which advised on how to find the files not repaired. But this did not
> give information about how to recover the damaged file from the Vista
> DVD,
> although this web page seemed to give the information (for 64-bit
> Vista):
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/26161 ... les-vista-
> installation-dvd.html
>
> I used this information to extract the Home Premium image, but I cannot
> find the file.
>
> Although my Vista boot partition SEEMINGLY works, I have no idea what
> that
> system file is used for. A user should be able to repair a single file
> and get 'sfc' to report that all files are sound.
>
> Of course, I can do a clean install/recovery to repair a SINGLE system
> file, if I don't mind spending 1-2 days in countless cycles of
> downloading
> updates and service packs with their numerous re-start cycles, and then
> spending probably as much as 1-2 weeks re-installing applications and
> getting them back to the configuration they are at now. (Does anyone
> believe that it is possible to save application config files and then
> get
> the re-installed application to open them and give the user the
> interface
> he painstakingly configured?) By the way, I keep all my personal data
> on
> a separate logical and physical drive, backed-up by simple copying to
> external 1TB HD
>
>
> I am using Vista 32-bit HomePrem.
Since it is only 1 file, I understand you trying to fix it. Contrary to
the website name, the extract file tutorial applies to both x86 and x64.
If you give me the full directory and name of the file, I will upload
the correct copy. When you extract a file from an install DVD, it is
best to slipstream your DVD to SP2, so that you are not putting a
horrendously old dll into your SP2 Windows directory.
Richard
--
niemiro
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within 24 hours, PM me.
> Question:
>
> How do I get a file not repaired by System File Checker from a Vista DVD
> and put it back on the Vista tree? Cannot find the file on the DVD.
>
> Background:
>
> I had rare problem with Vista (clean installed 3 months ago, after 28
> months of the original installation working). My hard drive is probably
> nearing life end, but there are only a few bad sectors (and only because
> HP Pavilion notebooks are NOTORIOUS for overheating and reducing drive
> life).
>
> System Restore did not work: it stopped for hours at the "initializing"
> phase at EVERY restore point, and this was in safe mode. Besides, I
> think
> system restore only puts back the registry at a set time point, and does
> nothing to fix damaged system files.
>
> I then next went to Acronis True Image Home 2009, but it kept telling me
> that my saved System States and C Partitions were not the last backup
> volume! Panic sets in as the easy roads to help are closed.
>
> So the next step was to use chkdsk in the 5-stage check (chkdsk /r). I
> stopped running at a particular file check in the 4th stage. I then ran
> chkdsk /r off a recovery CD (don't know where I got it)---thinking
> chkdsk
> on the damaged partition was corrupted (infected??) and it found two bad
> clusters on the 100 GB Seagate drive containing the Vista partition.
> One
> was a c:\users\xxxx\appdata\.. problem (no biggie), but the other was a
> c:
> \windows\winsxs\...\azroleui.dll.mui file.
>
> I then re-started Vista on the damaged partition, and ran 'sfc
> /scannow':
> it showed an unrepairable file, which was the file named above. I read
> this page:
>
> 'How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or
> corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7'
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833)
>
> which advised on how to find the files not repaired. But this did not
> give information about how to recover the damaged file from the Vista
> DVD,
> although this web page seemed to give the information (for 64-bit
> Vista):
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/26161 ... les-vista-
> installation-dvd.html
>
> I used this information to extract the Home Premium image, but I cannot
> find the file.
>
> Although my Vista boot partition SEEMINGLY works, I have no idea what
> that
> system file is used for. A user should be able to repair a single file
> and get 'sfc' to report that all files are sound.
>
> Of course, I can do a clean install/recovery to repair a SINGLE system
> file, if I don't mind spending 1-2 days in countless cycles of
> downloading
> updates and service packs with their numerous re-start cycles, and then
> spending probably as much as 1-2 weeks re-installing applications and
> getting them back to the configuration they are at now. (Does anyone
> believe that it is possible to save application config files and then
> get
> the re-installed application to open them and give the user the
> interface
> he painstakingly configured?) By the way, I keep all my personal data
> on
> a separate logical and physical drive, backed-up by simple copying to
> external 1TB HD
>
>
> I am using Vista 32-bit HomePrem.
Since it is only 1 file, I understand you trying to fix it. Contrary to
the website name, the extract file tutorial applies to both x86 and x64.
If you give me the full directory and name of the file, I will upload
the correct copy. When you extract a file from an install DVD, it is
best to slipstream your DVD to SP2, so that you are not putting a
horrendously old dll into your SP2 Windows directory.
Richard
--
niemiro
If you are expecting a response from me, and do not have one
within 24 hours, PM me.