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Corrupt Windows 10-Attempted Windows 10 Upgrade Repair And Failed.HELP
Hello! I need your help! First, hope your healthy and safe!
As of late, I have found corruption in my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit OS installed on my Lenovo ThinkPad T510 as of late doing a routine System File Checker scan to my surprise. (Oh, those CBS (I think they are called.) saved record files of System File Checker are 'likely' gone now as I did a system clean with CCleaner later on for other reasons -- I will get it that later.)
Okay, then the next step getting more invasive to repair this Windows damage, I attempted to use DISM feature to fix the OS before retrying to rerun System File Checker. The DISM Restore Health attempts failed in Windows Power Shell. The last process I used in DISM that failed is the command: Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth -Source "G:\Sources\Install.esd:6" where I used as the repair source my connected USB drive with the latest Windows 10 64-Bit Installation Setup (non-.iso file, using setup.exe) semi-Annual Channel (SAC) version 1909 with date modified of January 9th, 2020, created from a downloaded Windows Media Creation Tool 1909 on March 30th, 2020. Drive G is where the Windows 10 USB drive was mounted and the element 6 is the index for my specific Windows 10 Pro (non-N) or my operating system (O.S.) in the installation USB media. The result in Power Shell stated in red text: The restore operation failed. Either the repair source was not found or the component store cannot be repaired. At line:1 char:1 + Repair-WindowsImage – Online – RestireHealth – Source “G:\Sources\Install … + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindows ImageCommand
Next, as last resort to save my items, especially keeping my installed apps; earlier today, I attempted an upgrade repair of my Windows 10. I prepped my corrupted Windows 10 by uninstalling my Norton 360 and cleaned up some of my trash and temp files and other cleaning using CCleaner before performing an upgrade repair. I used the same Windows 10 64-Bit Installation Setup USB drive as I specified above. I did not download updates, drivers, and optional features at the start of the upgrade repair. I chose to keep my personal files and apps. After completing 87% and approximately 2 ˝ later after the first required reboot, a small window appeared on the original corrupted Windows 10 desktop starting “Windows 10 Setup: Windows 10 installation has failed.” Furthermore, after the reboot back to my original corrupted Windows 10 desktop, I received a message a short time later, “We couldn’t install Windows 10 We’ve set your PC back to the way it was right before you started installing Windows 10. 0xD0000022 – 0x10008 The installation failed in the DOWNLEVEL phase with an error during PREPARE_SAFE_OS operation” Now, I have been looking this error code and description up via Google and nowhere has this specific type of issue been encountered by anyone thus far.
FYI, for my currently corrupted Windows 10 Pro 64-bit O.S.; I used my previous installed retail version (no corruption by the way at the time) Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit on H.D.D. and performed a free Windows upgrade off the desktop using a created USB Drive by downloading the Windows Media Creation Tool 1903 and downloading Windows 10 setup (non-ISO file, but used Setup.exe to install) at the time. The Windows 10 setup as for Windows 10 version 1903 with a June 2019 revision date. I upgraded to Windows 10 1909 using a Feature Update from Windows Update shortly after the upgrade install. I see now I cannot uninstall the 1909 Feature Update.
QUESTION: I was wondering with this specific response above at the conclusion of the failed Windows 10 repair upgrade if anyone of you could tell me what this means and what the solution to this issue? IF I CAN FIND THE REASON FOR THIS MESSAGE, I CAN LIKELY FIND THE SOLUTION AND COMPLETE A WINDOWS 10 UPGRADE REPAIR:
“We couldn’t install Windows 10 We’ve set your PC back to the way it was right before you started installing Windows 10. 0xD0000022 – 0x10008 The installation failed in the DOWNLEVEL phase with an error during PREPARE_SAFE_OS operation”
I DO WANT TO DO A WINDOWS 10 UPGRADE REPAIR SUCCESSFULLY! I do not want to have to perform a clean install (or Windows calls “reset” or “refresh”). I have too many paid registered/activated programs installed and would in many cases have to re-purchased much of them again on a clean installed Windows 10 next time around. It would truthfully take weeks of my free time to get Windows 10 back up to where I am now in Windows 10 before the corruption! NOTE: I am a novice and any help as far as a potential solution, please provide me a detailed set of instructions and explanations.
Thank you!
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