I suppose you're right. Repair keeps all files but not apps right?

Is there any way to help with these errors?
https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/installation-upgrade/176644d1518364426t-windows-10-update-assistant-error-0x8007007e-image.png...

Yes, I did all of that.
Version 1607.

What should I do here?
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I clicked old and it said 'Windows 10 installation has failed' again after restarting bits, wuauserv, etc, and deleting the files from SoftwareDistribution.

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Here are some errors

Will try, also forgot to mention - I disabled Avast and the firewall while the update ran. I've already created a MR backup

Open Services
Stop Windows Update service
Delete everything under c:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore
Start Service
Run setup.exe in ISO
After the installation, I get 'Windows 10...

It failed

Here are the updates that need to download and sometimes fail
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Good news, after restarting the Update services and deleting from c:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore
http://prntscr.com/ici3iq

Before it used to show a ton of updates that failed. What...

Here is the HDS image: http://prntscr.com/ichoo0
I've stopped the Windows Update service for now.
Here's the chkdsk output. https://pastebin.com/szGTLEE6

Doing net start trustedinstaller worked but I still get the same error with sfc /scannow. I will try HDS now

EDIT: Thanks Caledon Ken I'll try that too

Hi everyone,

I'm on Windows 10 and the Update Assistant keeps bugging me for months, saying that I'm getting error 0x8007007e.


I tried disabling/uninstalling Avast Antivirus, didn't work....

Thanks everyone! Created backup and a disc.

So since the image is already saved and I didn't tick auto-verify before, do I need to create a new one? Or is this for the rescue media?

How do I create one? Or is it the one I just created?

Image successful.

We don't have another USB cable, but I'll try a different port and running Macrium. Thanks!

It won't let me use HDS. https://snag.gy/ManvY6.jpg
Can you point which zip file to use? I've used 3 already.

Running sfc /scannow always gives me an error when I try it after being in the admin cmd in C:
Chkdsk on F: used to give me errors, but I'll try running it again after running Hard Disk Sentinel.

The drive is mostly empty, though there's some data. I can see the breakdown later.
I'll try what you said later as well. But whenever I try sfc /scannow I always get "Windows Resource Protection...

Hello,
here are the screenshots.
https://snag.gy/xqDRCt.jpg
https://snag.gy/qJQg49.jpg
https://snag.gy/AeLP2M.jpg

I don't have another external drive and I'm using the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) tool.
So backing up files with that tool and then reinstalling the computer would be the best option?

Running chkdsk/r on the external drive:

Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ... A disk read error...

I'm having so many problems with Windows 10.
For months, Windows 10 Update Assistant has been bugging me with error 0x8007007e, constantly failing. Some people recommended me to update through the...