Corrupt windows file

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seatuc

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Hi there, I've had my computer of about year just refuse to boot suddenly. Upon restarting and going into the BIOS to check things there and then save and restart I get a blue screen of options which askes me what to do next. I first opt to repair windows, which yeilds an error i.e it wont. I try again and restore windows to a restore point. Again upon trying I get a system restore error 0x8007007e. Googling this I see its a corrupt system file.

So I opt for the reinstall of windows deleting everything on the C: drive and starting fresh (I guess from a backup partition) however upon completing said reinstall It got to 100% rebooted and now I get a black screen with nothing happening.

I managed to find the USB key that came with my system and just figuring out how to boot from USB key.

Anyone have any experience with this at all? its incredibly frustrating. Comp specs and details are below


Case COOLERMASTER COSMOS C700M TOWER GAMING CASE
Custom Liquid Cooling KitLiquid Series RGB High Kit - EK
TubingClear Flexible Tubing (Black Fittings)
Graphics Card CoolingGPU Water Block - For Two Identical Graphics Cards!
Coolant ColourMayhems Pastel Raspberry Purple
LED Lighting2x 50cm RGB LED Strip
Overclocked CPUOverclocked Intel® Core™ i9-9960X 16 Core (3.10GHz @ up to 4.3GHz)
OC BIOS FIleDownload Overclock BIOS File
MotherboardASUS® ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s, WIFI - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
2nd Graphics Card11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive6TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power SupplyCORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Braided Power Supply CablesCORSAIR Premium Individually Sleeved PSU Cable Kit Pro - Blue/Black
Thermal PasteCOOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans2x 120mm Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Sound CardONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) + EVGA NU AUDIO
Wireless Network Card10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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Follow these intructions courtesy of @ubuysa

Download a new copy of Windows using the Media Creation Tool to an 8GB (min) USB.
Boot that USB and choose a Custom Install.
Delete all UEFI partitions on the system drive (EFI System, Recovery, MSR Reserved, Primary).
Select the unallocated space that results and click the Next button. The installer will create the correct partitions and install Windows.
Run Windows Update repeatedly, even across reboots, until no more updates are found.
You may need/want to download and install the latest graphics driver from the Nvidia website (they change so regularly the latest version isn't always in the Windows libraries).
 
Stephen M

Stephen M

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Martin, had I been able would have given you a bucket load of likes for your post. Had just started to respond when notified of your post - saved me a lot of effort answering from my phone.
 
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seatuc

Active member
Hi I can report that I've managed to install windows successfully, still no idea why windows corrupted but a learning experience never the less.

Had a false start with the new install just going to a black screen randonly through the install but I think it was the USB port I was using so swapped the drive to another one.

Many thanks again for your help.

Kind regards

Sean
 
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