fatal error c0000034 applying update operation 282 of 116925

Anonymous
2011-02-25T20:00:16+00:00

Title is the error message I see when I start up windows.

I'm probably responsible for that though. This is how i got there: My computer froze after successfully downloading and installing service pack 1, still running windows. SP1 was not applied however, to my knowledge. After rebooting the update at startup worked a couple of stages but got stuck at 0% at the (windows installation/reparation? with flowers) colored screen. I did a hardware reboot and know I get this error message when windows tries to redo or finish the update at startup/boot.

I can access the windows harddrive from Ubuntu on another drive (via BIOS). However I don't have a cd/dvd drive.

System: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, Athlon II x4 2.9, 4 GB ram, 60 GB ssd.

Any ideas welcome!

edit: I also tried the automatic startup repair but it couldn't resolve.

SOLUTION:

this made windows bootable:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-system/fatal-error-c0000034-on-boot-after-service-pack-1/5f7127e8-9887-4f01-aaa5-9729b69544b7

this made my windows installer functionable after multiple times of usage: sfc /scannow

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update

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Anonymous
2011-02-26T00:59:59+00:00

Try this. It should work but if it doesn't let me know because I made a couple changes.

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Reboot your computer while it's starting up.
  2. When your computer starts up again, choose the option "Launch Setup Repair"

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  1. When the Startup repair starts, click cancel.
  2. After you click cancel it will show a box. Click "Don't Send"

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  1. Click the link "View advanced options for recovery and support" (see pic from step 4)
  2. In the new window click Command Prompt at the bottom.

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  1. In Command Prompt type this and press enter: %windir%\system32\notepad.exe
  2. Notepad will open. In notepad go to File-->Open.
  3. Change the type of files notepad views from .txt to All Files (see pic)

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  1. Now in Notepad, go to C:\Windows\winsxs\
  2. Make a copy of pending.xml as a backup
  3. Now open the original pending.xml (it will take 1-3 mins to open because the file is huge)
  4. Turn off Word Wrap if it's on. Click Format->Word Wrap at the top and make sure it's not checked
  5. Press CNTRL+F and search for the following exactly:

0000000000000000.cdf-ms

  1. Delete the following text (the number after PendingRenames will be different):

<Checkpoint/>

<DeleteFile path="\SystemRoot\WinSxS\FileMaps\_0000000000000000.cdf-ms"/>

<MoveFile source="\SystemRoot\WinSxS\Temp\PendingRenames\e56db1db48d4cb0199440000b01de419._0000000000000000.cdf-ms" destination="\SystemRoot\WinSxS\FileMaps\_0000000000000000.cdf-ms"/>

  1. Save the file, close notepad and click the button to restart your compter

Once your computer starts up, the Service pack will install some more stuff and restart a few times and then everything should be working!

If you have any problems let me know.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-03-10T21:02:12+00:00

    Dude, this saved my butt! Thanks so much for sharing. Out of 40 Win 7 computers, 6 had this error this morning after automatic updates last night. Using this method, I recoved all of them in 20 minutes each with no data loss. I would have never figured this out on my own. Thank you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-03-10T17:05:36+00:00

    I had the same results. Both machines windows update was reverted and didn't continue with the install.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-03-10T10:57:41+00:00

    This worked for me on 3 computers, 2 64bit windows 7 pro's and one 32 bit windows 7 pro

    For me the windows update was reverted, it didnt continue with the install as described.

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