endless booting and now can't restore macrium

dsmith888 said:

Running cmd prompt from this environment, I run 'diskpart'

Run the following commands and post images of the commands with results:

Code:

bcdedit | find "osdevice"
diskpart
lis dis
lis vol
sel dis 0
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par
sel dis 1
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par
exit

c:
dir
d:
dir
e:
dir
f:
dir
g:
dir
h:
dir

Hi zbook,

Here are the results: Note from my post #22, I think I am missing a driver in the macrium usb disk which is why it can boot and I can run diskpart. When I add that driver, it endlessly boots thus unable to run command prompt. So results here are without the driver. Somehow I can't see the main drive even with bcdedit.

List of PC brands with their corresponding hot-keys

I'm running out of ideas.

See if you can find new flash drives to create:
a) bootable windows 10 iso 2004
b) kyhi boot rescue
c) ubuntu / liinux

I'm back.

To take the drive out I had to buy a specialty screwdriver and then HDD disk to USB caddy. Here are my results:

1) I can now boot Kyhi's rescue disk without my HDD present
2) I had 2 drives, one was a 500 GB HDD and 2nd was a 32GB SSD as a cache. I removed the HDD.
3) Using the caddy the HDD tested fine for Malwarebytes, HDTune but failed 'chkdsk /f'.
4) After the 'chkdsk /f' did it's repair, I put the HDD back and my laptop boots again but with a difference. I now get the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option menu (on every boot). I did not change any options. And it now takes 56 seconds to boot vs the previous 10 seconds. So i suspect no longer in cache mode.

I'm leaning toward just replacing the HDD with a 500GB SSD . Hopefully amazon prime day in 3 days has discounts. Ideally I would like to get my apps from my macrium backup but create a new user drive on the new ssd that just has user data but I could use guidance if this is possible.

Suggestions most welcome. Great to have a forum like this.

1) Run the V2 log collector > upload results directly into this thread
BSOD - Posting Instructions
How to Upload and Post Screenshots and Files at Ten Forums

2) Post images and results of any tests:


Take Screenshot in Windows 10
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...re-screenshots


Use the information in this link to find the chkdsk report in the event viewer.
Copy and paste into notepad > save to desktop > post into the thread using a one drive, drop box, or google drive share link:
Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer in Windows 10 Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer in Windows 10

Here you go zbook, My powershell window did not close (>45 min) so I closed it.

zbook said:

the logs displayed:
A) registry corruption
b) drive file system corruption
c) event viewer corruption
d) out of date bios

1) run: tuneup.bat - click here to go to the bsod batch repository to download and run this batch file.

donetuneup_results.txt

2) the bios:

version/date dell inc. A14, 5/22/2013
upgrade the bios: A14 > a18
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...e=xps-14-l421x

done

3) run the dell support assistant > update drivers

4) run the dell custom diagnostics overnight with these tests: (post result images into the thread)

Code:

performancebluescreen analyzer
hard drive
hard drive stress
memory
memory stress
motherboard
processor
processor stress

system stress

Code:

video capture
video card

video card stress

my version of support assist does not have all these options. I checked microsoft store and no updates available for this app either. I then tried via google and see there is a newer one but it won't install.



5) in the left lower corner search type: System or system control > open system control panel > on the left pane click advanced system settings

a) > on the advanced tab under startup and recovery > click settings > post an image of the startup and recovery window into the thread

b) > on the advanced tab under performance > click on settings > on the performance options window > click on the advanced tab > under virtual memory > click on change > post an image of the virtual memory window into the thread

6) open ccleaner > click windows tab or custom clean > scroll down to system and advanced > post an image into the thread

7) open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:
Chkdsk /r /v
this may take hours to run so plan to run overnight.
Run on all drives using the syntax: Chkdsk /r /v c: Or chkdsk /r /v d: Changing the drive letter to the applicable drive.

chkdsk_results.txtwininit_results.txt

c:\windows\system32>chkdsk /r /v
the type of the file system is ntfs.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (y/n)

type: Y
reboot


8) use the information in this link to find the chkdsk report in the event viewer.
Copy and paste into notepad > save to desktop > post into the thread using a one drive, drop box, or google drive share link:
Read chkdsk log in event viewer in windows 10 windows 10 performance maintenance tutorials
read chkdsk log in event viewer in windows 10

First and second scannow:

Code:

Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.

Dism scan and restore error codes: 14098

Code:

The component store has been corrupted.

For Ccleaner uncheck:
a) Memory Dumps
b) Windows Log Files


When available post images of the Dell custom diagnostics displaying the tests performed with results.


Backup important files to another drive.


When the drive is replaced:
a) clean install Windows
b) install drivers displayed on the Dell Website (use Dell support assist if it installs)
c) install applications
d) perform Windows updates
e) restore files
f) make free backup images


Clean Install Windows 10


https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10
Download Windows 10 ISO File
Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10


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