repairing windows &

[cyberninja2601 1,106]

Has anyone here repaired their windows 7 operating system?

 

The desktop that I use to do my engineering work (which has a lot of software licenses locked to that PC) keeps crashing and getting blue screen errors.

 

Normally I would re-install the operating system but since I am finishing a number of projects I do not want to risk upsetting the installed software. Upgrading to win8 is not an option until the projects are done.

 

I've tried 

 

- operating in safe mode. Which is fine

- reinstalled all my drivers and updated them

- ran a check disk, no problems found

- ran a hardware memory test and other diagnostics. No problems found

- ran virus checks, no issue

- ran system file check and repair. Found a corrected a number of files (all but 5). Some not checked because the are write protected and therefore not repairable

- ran ICACLS.exe, nothing found

 

Are there any utilities that someone knows of to try? 

Am I missing anything.

 

I have a authentic install and disk. I think win7 has a repair option with the install disk but haven't looked or tried. I am concern that I would overwrite applications or data (which is all backup but I really don't want to have to re-install in the middle of a project)

 

thanks

[BO7H B4RRELS 2,453]

Wish I could help... good luck.

[Sennex 1,903]

Whats the memory error that pops when the blue screen happens?

 

I would suspect bad ram, or a bad cap on the motherboard

[cyberninja2601 1,106]

Whats the memory error that pops when the blue screen happens?

 

I would suspect bad ram, or a bad cap on the motherboard

 

 

The following errors are reported by whocrashed

 

This indicates that an exception happened while executing a routine that transitions from non-privileged code to privileged code

This indicates that a severe memory management error occurred

This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x73C00) 

 

I did memory and hardware diagnostics on the system which runs fine so, I don't suspect faulty memory. 

I have 32G of mem on the system

 

I also ran with with 16G only twice (upper/lower 16G) by removing the memory. So multiple modules would have to be damaged for that to be the problems which is possible but unlikely.

 

Also win updates, no longer works correctly. It crashes when updating which is why I suspect the operating system

[Sennex 1,903]

Can you post an Error log?

 

I still hold true to bad mem or bad Mobo. Mobo being hte more likely candidate.

 

Also, running memory scans will not detect bad mobo's, and will often times not detect bad memory. And yes, it is possible for there to be multiple bad sticks, this would typically be caused by the mobo not regulating the proper voltage to them.

 

Regardless though, without a few memory dump logs, it is still hard to say.

 

The only reason I keep focussing on the ramm here is that every issue I have ever had with the NTOSKRNL has been caused by bad ramm.

[cyberninja2601 1,106]

I've look at a lot of different logs. 

 

Which ones would be helpful? 

 

As for the memtests, they are the ones supplied with my ASUS motherboard, which is a ROG rampage IV board.  Not a window Utility. 

 

I also had a look at the win7 repair option on the disk. Apparently my version of win is not compatible with repair? I have win7 home premium 64 bit?

 

I might just suffer through this until the project is done and then upgrade to win10. If win10 fails then that would point to a hardware failure. if not, it would confirm that win7 needs repairing

 

Can you upgrade to win10 and make the system dual boot?

[Sennex 1,903]

Event Viewer -> Windows -> System (Look for the time frame of the crash)

 

That doesn't make sense. I have Home Premium on my sons old PC and just wiped it using the repair option. (Literally did it 2 weeks ago) If you don't have the option, then it most likely was removed, or not installed. Which is possible if you are hard up for HD space; hell, I have removed that partition before a few times.

 

No, do not get WIndows 10.

 

No, you cannot Dual boot WIndows 10

[cyberninja2601 1,106]

It could be I did not install a repair option if that is what was necessary. I was rather surprised also since the disk does provide me with the repair option. 

 

Will creating a repair disk help?

 

I have a 1 TB hard disk which is about 15% full so it not because the HD space was not there. 

 

I think win only needs about 30 MB to install and have scratch space. 

 

I don't get it either, which is why I hate windows. Everything is a menu cluster fuck, but unfortunately most business apps aren't available for linux. Most engineer apps are available on Mac OS

[Sennex 1,903]

IDK man, seems odd to be honest. Repair partition is a pretty standard part of the install. Sure you can delete it later. IDK what happened in this case.

 

Yea, If I could get SQL Management studio to run under Linux, then I would be on it now.

[cyberninja2601 1,106]

Does this help

 

Log Name:      System

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power

Date:          2/1/2016 8:58:54 PM

Event ID:      41

Task Category: (63)

Level:         Critical

Keywords:      (2)

User:          SYSTEM

 

Description:

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />

    <EventID>41</EventID>

    <Version>2</Version>

    <Level>1</Level>

    <Task>63</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-02-02T01:58:54.833611100Z" />

    <EventRecordID>40745</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />

    <Channel>System</Channel>

    <Computer>Transilient-PC</Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data Name="BugcheckCode">26</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x5003</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0xfffff70001080000</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x991</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x99300001722</Data>

    <Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>

    <Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

[Sennex 1,903]

Not really, but sort of

[Plumbers Crack 4,062]

No, do not get WIndows 10.

Without wanting to derail the thread Bart, can I ask why? I was considering doing this in the near future

[Sennex 1,903]

Without wanting to derail the thread Bart, can I ask why? I was considering doing this in the near future

 

Nutshell:

Way to much spying and cataloging of your stuff being sent to Microsoft

 

You cannot turn all of it off, in fact you can only turn off about half of it.

 

If you are a business, then sure, upgrade. Otherwise, do not.