sfc /scannow WILL NOT function

Anonymous
2020-04-22T21:30:43+00:00

Cmd Prompt > sfc /scannow says Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service every time I try to use it. What I have tried to do to fix this through reading this site and many others but no luck. This is what I remember trying:

safe mode start

Windows Modules Installer is at manual

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth > operation successfully completed

net start trustedinstaller>successful

chkdsk /r > typed y but it didn't work either

ICACLS C:\Windows\winsxs and restart

all have failed

administrator cmd prompt says C:\WINDOWS\system32 (I have  a 64 though some programs run on 32)

I tried reinstalling 10 with keeping my programs, but the internet is too slow to get it to work even after several days of trying. I can't fresh install even if I had my disk with me. Many of my programs can't be replaced well not by me.

Have  windows 10 but updates always fail many, many, many times if they going through at all. 

I need my pc working properly and something is definitely wrong with it. I need the scan and repair to work.

If someone can help me I would really appreciate the kindness.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2020-05-13T07:55:26+00:00

(1) You don't seem to use the Downloads folder. I guess your way is OK.

(2) I don't like that bugcheck. Do you get a lot of them? Those are blue screen errors. There are many threads on bugchecks that are really sad to look at. They end up checking various hardware components one after the other, swapping RAM chips, installing fans & blowing out dust bunnies. But it could just be software as well.

(3) OS Build 17763.557 was 25 quality updates ago. That's pretty far back...!...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4503327

June 11, 2019—KB4503327 (OS Build 17763.557)

Not sure what to suggest. Need to hit the sack.

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Anonymous
2020-05-20T04:08:09+00:00

Affinity Designer & Affinity Photo have the same hardware specs...

  • Windows-based PC (64 bit) with mouse or equivalent input device
  • DirectX 10-compatible Graphics Cards and above
  • 2GB RAM minimum (4GB RAM recommended)
  • 670MB of available space; more during installation
  • 1280x768 display size or better

And your HP Pavilion 21-h013w can handle that. And you said one of them did work fine a while. (You got the other only after problems surfaced). I think specs isn't the problem.

(1) It could be worth a shot to deal with KB4023057 as in that article I posted earlier. It could be the real troublemaker with the services it has given you. Either uninstall or fully disable it. However, other threads indicate it's a monster to deal with. It will come back & never quit trying to upgrade your computer. And it can thwart WUShowHide.

(2) Or do the dual-install I also mentioned earlier & see what happens in that. You'll have a clean 1909 (as well as that buggy 1809). Want fuller instructions?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-29T04:42:34+00:00

    (1) Forget "(Windows 7)". It is unfortunate Microsoft included that in the app's name, probably meaning to say it is the same one that had been used in Win 7. It was removed in Win 8, but my Win 8.1 had it. And everyone got it back in Win 10. But that thing will make an image backup of whateveryour current OS happens to be. So, it's making Win 10 images for me now. It will do so for you as well.

    Your Recovery Image (D:) partition is definitely not Win 7. If D: came with the computer, it came with Win 8.1. Normally, such a partition has no letter, & it is an image that would restore the computer to factory state (Win 8.1). Do you have an HP app that makes system images? Then, whatever your OS was at the time of its last use is what is on there.

    (2) The other partitions on Disk 0 look OK to me...

    (a) Windows RE Tools:  This is your defunct Win 8.1 Recovery Partition. It got left behind after you

                                         upgraded to Win 10. Windows doesn't delete them (only empties it) when

                                         a new one is added.

    (b) EFI System:   EFI contains all the files necessary to boot Windows in a UEFI install.

    It looks like you are OK with that -- there is only one anywhere.

    (c) Microsoft Reserved (MSR):  This one doesn't show up in Disk Management. It can be seen in 

                                                     DiskPart. Normally, it is located just before the Windows partition.

    (d) Windows (C:):   Windows 10.

    (e) OEM partition (450 MB):  This is the Win 10 Recovery Tools partition. Shift+Restart goes there.

                                                  (a) kept the name but is empty.

    (f) Recovery Image (D:):   I don't know whether this is a factory reinstall partition (which could get

                                             the computer back to Win 8.1). Normally, those don't

    get a letter. Do you

                                             have an HP app making backups? It might be HP's version of File History.

    One thing: If you try the upgrade again...

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/quick-fixes

    Quick Fixes

    QF#1 says to unplug extraneous drives, etc., from the USB ports.

    (3) "I made a restore point, I've used them before when there was a problem but they seem to disappear when I really need them. Do I need to make a new one after using it? Maybe it was a cleanup glitch I didn't catch."

    I mentioned restore points in case you would be updating a bundle of drivers from your computer's site. Then, you could undo it all in one fell swoop with an old enough point. But your site doesn't really have terribly recent drivers. Chances are you've been getting more recent drivers automatically through Windows update. Also drivers can be undone in Device Manager individually.

    If you restore a point, a new one is automatically made just beforethe restore (so that you can undo the restore). After doing a restore, I would consider making a new point of my own only if I were about to do a big install involving drivers. But sometimes that is automatic too. Automatic restore points are made just before most Windows updates come in, for instance. I would resort to it only if the update could not be otherwise uninstalled. Same for a big driver install.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-29T18:54:22+00:00

    I tried to make a system image

    The back up failed.

    A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation failed. Please check VSS" and "SPP" application event log for more

    information. (0X807800A1)

    Additional information:

    The writer experienced a non-transient error. If the back up process is retied the error is likely to reoccur.

     (0x800423F4)


    Error message -

    A shadow copy could not be created. Please check "VSS" and "SPP" application event log for more information.

    Details: The writer experienced a non-trasient error. If the backup process is retried, the error is likely to reoccur.

    I checked the net and was told to start VSS in services.msc. I did. Said to enable SPP Notification Service. But itdoesn't seem to be there.

    I tried again and the same thing happened. It suggest to delete the restore points but that's the only thing that

    has worked. LOL.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-30T03:11:36+00:00

    The Windows system image backup app (like the feature update process) is sensitive to the state of the computer's partitions. Neither of those likes more than one EFI System partition to be present, for instance. But, fine, you've got only one.

    Now I'm looking again at your Win 10 Recovery Tools partition of 450 MB. I don't like that it is described as an OEM partition. I think it should say "Recovery Partition" in Disk Management as mine does. Also, I don't like it has only 43 MB of free space....

    See what is said in here about the Windows RE Tools partition...

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-8.1-and-8/hh824839%28v%3dwin.10%29

    Configure UEFI/GPT-Based Hard Drive Partitions

    "This partition must allocate space for the Windows RE tools image (winre.wim, typically between 250-300MB, depending on base language and customizations added), plus enough free space so that the partition can be captured by backup utilities:"

    "If the partition is less than 500 MB, it must have at least 50 MB of free space."

    "This partition must use the Type ID: DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC. "

    So - let us examine it more closely...

    (1) Type CMD into Search, & click "Run as administrator".

    (2) Enter the following commands...

    ReagentC  /Info <<< I expect yours to say partition 5 is the Windows RE location.

    DiskPart

    Select  Disk  0

    List  Part

    Select  Part  5

    Detail  Part

    Exit

    Use Ctrl-A & Ctrl-C to copy the result, & paste it here.

    Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.815]

    (c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>ReagentC /Info

    Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration

    Information:

        Windows RE status:         Enabled

        Windows RE location:    \?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0*partition4*\Recovery\WindowsRE

        Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 7f582e78-a2f7-11e9-86db-c6c7375e4034

        Recovery image location:

        Recovery image index:      0

        Custom image location:

        Custom image index:        0

    REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>DiskPart

    Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.18362.1

    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.

    On computer: PCRSCOMPUTER

    DISKPART> Select Disk 0

    Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

    DISKPART>List Part

      Partition ###  Type              Size       Offset

      -------------    ------------    -------   -------

      Partition 1      System          99 MB      32 KB

      Partition 2      Reserved       16 MB   100 MB

      Partition 3      Primary        930 GB   116 MB

      Partition 4      Recovery      790 MB   930 GB

    DISKPART> Select Part 4                            <<< Yours will be 5

    Partition 4 is now the selected partition.

    DISKPART> Detail Part

    Partition 4

    Type    : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac

    Hidden  : No

    Required: Yes

    Attrib  : 0X8000000000000001

    Offset in Bytes: 999374716928

      Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info

      ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------

    * Volume 3         WinRE 1909   NTFS   Partition    790 MB  Healthy    Hidden

    DISKPART> Exit

    Leaving DiskPart...

    Let's see that. We can make your type & attributes look like mine. Hopefully things will go better after that. If not, we can also increase the size of partition 5, but it will require a 3rd-party tool.

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