Windows 7 windows update broken after disk clone

Anonymous
2010-12-16T18:20:17+00:00

I used EASEUS Diskcopy to clone a harddisk (new disk 750 GB) and now windows update does not work. Any suggestions?

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-12-20T23:06:08+00:00

    Thank you very much, this addresses my problem. However, I get the same error message "Installer encountered an error: 0xc8000247" when I try to install the Hotfix. Its a classical catch 22. Can I install the Hotfix on my old harddisk and then clone to the new bigger one?

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-12-20T20:12:19+00:00

    See this recent thread for an explanation of the issue and a workaround -ESENT/JET corruption on 4K sector hard disk drive, failure to install KB982018

    Here's the Hotfix referred to in the thread -

    An update that improves the compatibility of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Advanced Format Disks is available

    MowGreen Windows Expert IT Pro - Consumer Security

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-12-19T19:33:11+00:00

    I have the same problem. WIth the same error

    DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC8000247

    after installing a hard disk clone (750 Gb too). I have problems with Windows Search also.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-12-17T02:24:34+00:00

    Thanks for your help.

    The windows update service is crossed out and red instead of green when I try to start it. When I hit <Update now> I get an error message, that the service is not running. I tried to install the new updates manually, but that did not work either. And today I put the original harddisk back in and everything worked fine.

    This is what I find in the log file:

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:604 1436 11e0 DtaStor FATAL: DS: 0xc8000247: JetInit failed

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:604 1436 11e0 DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC8000247

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:604 1436 11e0 DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CAgentDownloadManager::CheckAllCallDownloadStates: GetSession failed with 0xc8000247.

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:608 1436 11e0 DtaStor WARNING: DS: 0xc8000247: error type = 5

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:608 1436 11e0 DtaStor FATAL: DS: 0xc8000247: JetInit failed

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:608 1436 11e0 DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC8000247

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:608 1436 11e0 DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CAgentDownloadManager::PurgeExpiredFiles: GetSession failed with 0xc8000247.

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 11e0 DtaStor WARNING: DS: 0xc8000247: error type = 5

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 11e0 DtaStor FATAL: DS: 0xc8000247: JetInit failed

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 11e0 DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC8000247

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 11e0 DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CAgentDownloadManager::PurgeExpiredUpdates: GetSession failed with 0xc8000247.

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 153c Service Event system dispatch events

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 153c Agent One work item is available

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 153c Agent work item of type 0 is available

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 153c Service custom handle 0x1294 removed from event system successfully

    2010-12-16 21:16:19:612 1436 153c Service Wait object starts waiting with timeout 4987 msecs

    2010-12-16 21:16:23:754 1436 5b4 AU Release: refcount is 4

    2010-12-16 21:16:23:754 1436 5b4 AU Release: refcount is 3

    2010-12-16 21:16:23:754 1436 5b4 AU Release: refcount is 2

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Service Event system dispatch events

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Report SUS Client Agent event received.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Report CEventQueue received eventing system event: 1

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Report Detaching: timestamp old.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Report Flushing: read buffers available.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Report Submitting work item thread request.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Service new event 21 of type 2 added to event system

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Service Event system dispatch events

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Agent add custom handle 0x1294 to event system

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Service new event 7 of type 0 added to event system

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 11e0 Report Asynchronously flushingCEventQueue@00FF7E20.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 11e0 Report Asynchronously flushingCEventQueue@00FF7E20.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 11e0 Report Dispatching events inCEventDispatcher@0067F678.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 11e0 Report CLocalEventLogWriter: Handling 1 events.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 11e0 Report CLocalEventLogWriter finishing event handling. (00000000)

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 11e0 Misc Asserting config for provider 945a8954-c147-4acd-923f-40c45405a658

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Agent successfully obtain work item type 0

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Service Wait object starts waiting with timeout 39536 msecs

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:599 1436 153c Service Wait object starts waiting with timeout 39536 msecs

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:620 1436 11e0 Report Filtering 1 events inCEventFilter@0067F708.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:620 1436 11e0 Report Event failed sampling filter.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:620 1436 11e0 Report Filtered down to 0 events.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:620 1436 11e0 Report Filtering 0 events inCEventFilter@00FFC42C.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 11e0 Report Filtered down to 0 events.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 11e0 Report CWERReporter: Handling 1 events.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 11e0 Report CWERReporter finishing event handling. (00000000)

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 11e0 Report Done with asynchronous flush.

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 153c Service Event system dispatch events

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 153c Agent One work item is available

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 153c Agent work item of type 0 is available

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 153c Service custom handle 0x1294 removed from event system successfully

    2010-12-16 21:16:24:621 1436 153c Service Wait object starts waiting with timeout 39514 msecs

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  5. Anonymous
    2010-12-16T19:19:54+00:00

    Specifically, when you say " windows update does not work ", what is happening ?

    Does the search for updates never end ?

    Do the updates fail to download ?

    Do the updates fail to install ?

    Open the WindowsUpdate.log ( click the Start orb > in the Search programs and files field type in windowsupdate.log. The link to it will now be showing ) and scroll all the way to the bottom for the most recent entries.

    Starting at the bottom work your way back up in the log until you find entries that include FATAL.

    Here's an example -

    2010-11-22 15:56:26:852  276 118 COMAPIFATAL: Unable to connect to the service (hr=8007043C)

    Please post a recent section of the WU.log that contains recent entries that include FATAL -How to read the Windowsupdate.log file

    MowGreen Windows Expert IT Pro - Consumer Security

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