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Old 06-18-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Windows Update Failure

Greetings:

I am running Vista Home Premium 32 bit without service pack 1 and have been trying to download windows updates for about a month now.

I get a Windows Update error message 8007000b

I ran the command prompt as administrator,
typed in fsutil resource setautoreset true C:\.

And I get a message saying

“The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable”

I have tried to download updates 1 at a time, turned off my anti virus
And tried manual updates as well.

My Error checking is not working “windows can’t check the disk while it’s in use”
And schedule disk check does not work

The System File Checker tool gives the message
“windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them”

The windows memory diagnostic tool runs, reboots and does not display any results

Would appreciate any ideas on how and where to start

Thanks

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Re: Windows Update Failure

Open an elevated command prompt and type in: chkdsk /R
Press Enter and wait
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Open an elevated command prompt and type in: chkdsk /R
Press Enter and wait
Thanks for your response:

Typing Chkdsk /R Gives the following message

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

When I type y and reboot, the disk check seems to start but then the system boots to windows

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Re: Windows Update Failure

Then run chkdsk c: /x then it will ask you if you want to run chkdsk at next reboot, you say yes and you reboot.
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Then run chkdsk c: /x then it will ask you if you want to run chkdsk at next reboot, you say yes and you reboot.
chkdsk c: /x is the option that says:

forces the volume to dismount first
all opened handles to this volume would then be invalid

I dont want to lose access to my pc right now. If its risky I will
try it later.

Typing chkdsk c: /f then answering yes and rebooting seems to do nothing at all.

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Re: Windows Update Failure

Chkdsc c: /f worked after a number of tries without requesting a dismount.

Windows update is working and I am up to date except for service pack 1.



Many Thanks To All


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