Sorry was asleep, different timezone to you guys, trying Dism /Image:E:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth.
E:\ is the OS drive when booting from win10 usb drive.
Does it matter if I choose UEFI to boot and I'm using an ISO that has multiple win10 versions on it?
Results
Attachment 170203
Heading out for a couple hours, then will move onto the boot rescue to save files and check the HD mentioned by zbook.
I have a clone of the HD already, I used Macrium to clone to external HD before i started working on this.
Running thru the tests now.
Having had a backup image why not use it without all of the troubleshooting steps?
The clone of the HD was done 2 days ago, not before the corrupt windows file/s. If I have to do a clean install, I can copy over personal data from it. Its a clone, not an image.
Did you move the drive to another computer?
How did you make a clone?
Clean Install Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials
Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect Backup Restore Tutorials
booted up off macrium rescue usb, made clone of the SSD to external HD, plugged external HD into working computer and checked that i could access all personal files. I've always done it this way. Dunno if its the best way, but don't work in this industry anymore.
Results of the tests.
Attachment 170228Attachment 170229Attachment 170230
Run chkdsk /x /f /r on the drive.
It may take hours so run it overnight.
Use the information in this link to find the chkdsk report in the event viewer and post the results into the thread:
Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
do i run that inside the boot rescue PE ?
and only on the windows partition ?
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