As an IT tech in the past, I used to use the prospect of reloading Windows as a pain point for my regular users who professionally destroyed their machines over and over. " Sorry, but looks like we're gonna have to start over...again" serves as a great learning experience for people who refuse to listen to your directions over and over on how to keep their machines running smoothly. With that being said, I eventually would allow to them that there is a way to repair windows fairly reliably after they had their collective heart attacks at the prospect of losing their data , but say " DONT DO THAT AGAIN!" . At any rate, I am glad DISM and SFC work like theyre supposed to.
Customers that regularly trash their systems is just more money for me. I don't mind fixing the same or similar problem over and over again. If a customer doesn't listen they just have to pay me again to fix it. It all pays the same, doesn't bother me at all.
See, this is the stuff I have a hard time finding when you need to actually fix a broken Windows installation. Thank you very much! Just replace the bad ones from an image, plain and simple video.
you are such a life saver!!! ran into this problem on my grandmothers computer i built for her. had a recent windows update fail and corrupted it soooo bad it wouldnt boot and starup repair just laughed at it. i knew how to run it on a local machine but couldnt find the information on how to run it from a recovery usb in a clear concise way. awesome job
Your content is great! Every video should be like this, straight up, no unnecessary explanation, and short videos about complicated things, and well explained tutorial. This is the best tech channel ever. Earned a sub, Rich!
You have right, but i like when explanation is coming but not like some professionnal explain like complicate for show that are very clever and some peopel they repeat just for repeat and they do not know what to do and what they said too, copying, that why i prefer too explaination for see if peopel are truth or not or says a sheet !! iam agrre with for 50 %
Excellent! I've made your tutorials required viewing for our techs. I'm fed up with hiring computer science graduates that only know how to code in various languages but know shit when it comes to repairing Windows. The academic curriculum is severely lacking.
I want to thank you for these videos! I am CompTIA A+ certified, and there is ZERO reference to this valuable info! You da man! oh, and a company i worked for had a policy of reimaging drives rather than troubleshooting the computer.... must not have seen your videos! lol
Suggestion for a future video in the series: Things you should do BEFORE windows breaks to make it easier to revover. Turning registry backup back on ( See ruclips.net/video/eY76UVXxENo/видео.html ) of course, but should I use the windows scan disk tool in properties? Should I optimize my SSDs? Create a recovery point? Anything special I should back up to a USB drive to make recovery easier?
Instead of reloading Windows, I just built a new machine. I had the parts laying around and was due for an upgrade anyway. I'll try giving this a shot since I didn't nuke my old rig's drives. Maybe this'll stop my old "nuke it" habits. Thanks for the knowledge!
Thanks for this video and the last one also. Have noted down all the command. In the future when I have a Windows that fails to boot, I can "try" to fix it. Recently, I migrated a Windows 7 on a Asrock Z68 Pro3 with RAID1 configuration (one drive hardware failing) to a non-RAID SSD drive using MiniTool Partition Wizard - Migrate OS to SSD. That ended with error BlInitializeLibrary failed 0xc0000001 at boot. After many hours of trial and error, I was able to fix it with DISM++ (found on Sergei Strelec Boot CD/USB) - Toolkit - Bootmgr repair. Thereafter upgraded to Windows 10.
Great in depth tutorial !! Just one question - does it work if the files on the USB are newer than the offline drive? So for example the unbootable system has Winbdows 21H2 but the downloaded ISO is windows 22H2 ?
I rarely comment but took this extra step to say this is a very useful video very nicely explained that helped solve my windows issue which wasn't booting, I am extremely thrilled and thankful and appreciate the knowledge sharing!
Very useful! Thank for the effort. The $64 question for me and the one I couldn't solve for almost a year and I hope you ir someone here has the knowledge regarding that. The problem is my recovery cannot see any of my drives at all. Though Windows is running flawlessly. I do regular updates when they don't have problems. The system is 4 years old the hardware is almost one year old . 13 Gen CPU with Z690 MB. This is driving me crazy lol. If i took my NVMe and plugged it in my nephew's PC (6600x CPU and b560 MB), the recovery works perfectly. One more thing is that I have to make my recovery drive visible otherwise I cannot even go to recovery environment which is weird.
Just got it fixed few days ago, It turned out you have to disable Intel Rapid Storage Technology in BIOS. Then recovery environment will see all your drives
Thanks for your videos. I did the reinstall windows many times. I'm downloading some of your videos onto my tablet so I can see watch the instruction incase I need it as there is no way I would remember them.
I'm here because Windows 11 screwed up after an update restart. It's a shame that Microsoft does such a terrible job with its updates that its customers have to be terrified every time they get notifications to restart to install updates.
@@aya.el1001 No, still an issue. I have done two subsequent update installations and my screen goes into a perpetual flashing state after the update - unusable. Then I had to uninstall the update only to have Windows bug me with a new message that my computer needs an update. So frustrating.
I swear! Those updates are such a mess and whatever how many times you reschedule it to not do the updates one day u will find out the system did it by itself and then start the problems 💀…
Thanks for the videos!! I think it would help if you started the video with a screenshot of the error message as to why it won't boot so you know which repair to try.
SFC fixes a lot of problems with Windows. It's not just fixing one specific error message. SFC should be at least tried with all error messages. The tool scans Windows system files for corrupt files and replaces them with good ones if it finds any that have been corrupted.
I came across your videos a couple of weeks ago. I took your tips on how to deal with the 100% Disk problem and they worked great. I'm interested in using the two tools you mentioned in part one of this series. My question is: will those tools work effectively if the window search service is disabled? I disabled that service to lower my disk usage? I subscribed and I am still reviewing your older videos for helpful tips. You do a great job making these things seem simple which I know are not that simple.
Thankyou solved a windows 11 computer that kept coming up asking to repair I had to look at sfc scan now command solved it 👍 sfc from recovery sfc /scannow /offbootdir={drive}\ /offwindir={drive}\windowsb
My system won’t boot and I ran the original dsm command without needing the scratch directory. The scan worked and recovery was successful. But my system still won’t boot into windows
Never had to do this at all on Windows 7 and 8/8.1 as those OSes were super reliable and rarely needed repair but Windows 10 is a completely different story, in corporate environments we just wipe and load if the OS usually Windows 10 is corrupted. Alternatively the windows install USB does have another option called Refresh this PC which is less time consuming and does the same thing.
Hi, great video I've used these tools before from others descriptions, but you explain it all way clearer. Unfortunately no bueno for me... I have the same windows version, exactly the same dism version and all I get in dism is "error 87: the cleanup-image option is unknown". Sfc gives me: Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service. Can I do anything else to save this Windows 10?
god damnit! i could´ve used this 2 or 3 years ago i think...some day i just absolutely couldnt get into my windows installation anymore....my brother is pretty good with computers, but i dont know if he tried to do what you did, or if he even found any tutorial for this kind of way to repair it...if this ever happens again, i´ll definetly try to use your video! great work!
Hi again, what I forgot to mention was the shortcuts that I spent so long to remember. And after a couple hours from posting a comment on here. I remembered. I got it and it takes less than 5mins to execute. But system restore points from an earlier date or time prior to the non-bootable Windows 10 OS. Is a must if you want to resolve this problem via system restore point. If anyone wants it. Let me know. Thank you
awesome video - finally someone that can explain the basics of this function - that said any suggestions when a message pops up to say DISM does not support a Windows Vista or earlier operating system. Thing is I have a Windows 10 I am trying to fix that is from 2022 and the iso image is 2023/4. I followed everything you had shared getting all the drive letters correct. I have to recover my system offline using a recovery disk - woke up next day with my computer unable to boot. I use UEFI to boot and I checked the EFI boot files etc and that is all in order now.
Hi I've been having these issues on 2 computers i tried everything you've pointed out. I Had no issues going step by step but when i restart computer still doesn't boot into windows??? Ive tried everything and nothing seems to help i just get the recovery screen loop. What am i doing wrong?
Most of my windows boot problems were hardware issues… like rams and HDDs but unfortunately i had to go through all the software diagnostics and possible fixes before realizing it was damaged hardware.. i think windows is developing a habit of destroying your memory with every release…. I have a drawer in my office full of pc and laptop RAMs also my humble advice for anyone using hdds .. clone your boot drive once every month or two onto an ssd or a spare drive ..
I've been a tech for years and never knew how to properly use sfc BTW I would use diskpart to list the disks to find out which drive is which or open regedit and export a key so you can get the dialog box that shows you drives...
So I am an IT guy since 30 years for quite a few companies, many hundreds of systems... and it is literally now over a decade i needed DISM or SFC or any other tool to restore Windows files. I am curious: what exactly do people do to ruin their Windows in a way that DISM would help? I mean as a normal user they can't overwrite anything, even as an admin you can't overwrite the system files, since you are not "TrustedInstaller". And if a Windows Update fails due to power outage or crash or anything while updating, NTFS will roll the changes back. So what do people do nowadays since ~Windows Vista to be able to ruin Windows files at all? Really curious :)
Problem is even if you use it, it doesn't work. By the way do you know how you can make a backup of Windows 8.1 with the programs you have installed and their configurations?
I'm not sure how the Windows image gets corrupted. It could be numerous things. It could be a bad drive, a bad Windows update, or just Windows eating itself (corrupting its own files). I typically spend the majority of my time figuring out how to fix it and spend very little time trying to figure out how it happened.
combination of unstable 'gamer brand' RAM and motherboards with onboard unstable 'gamer brand' chipsets System messes up on its own over time. 🤷♀️ The user can even be some random USPS-mailman who never uses it for more than a minute a month to pay bills and then something silly like the navigation pane in explorer will just disappear permanently until SFC fixes it. Odd stuff like that. TrustedInstaller is as inbred as a duke on an unstable system xD
@@CyberCPU Fair enough... would be so interesting to me, how it happens. So if at one point you do find the time to see how it happened I would love to see a video about it - probably will help many as well :)...
I am having a problem with a windows update KB5025221not installing and it is keeping other updates from installing. I ran the Dism restorehealth command as per the previous video but got the following error DISM fails The source file could not be downloaded.
This issue occurs because Microsoft's 'install.esd' file comes packaged with multiple versions of Windows (Home, Pro, etc.). When using the DISM command in the video, DISM fails as a result. It worked in the video because as he states @ 3:52 "I'm not gonna do that because I've already created one for myself." It seems he created a Windows install USB in a different manner from in the video or he created one a long time ago before Microsoft started bundling multiple versions within a single .esd file. We can fix this problem with a couple extra commands. For this entire demonstration, assume your Windows boot drive is C:, your Windows install USB is D:, and your scratch directory is 'C:\Temp'. Make sure to make modifications to any of these following commands if you're using alternate paths. First we need to extract the correct Windows image from the 'install.esd' file. Type the following command into CMD: DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\install.esd This command will output the 'index' values for each version of Windows within the 'install.esd' file. Make note of the index value that correlates to your Windows version. As of the Windows 10 22H2 MCT .exe, Windows 10 Home is index 1 and Windows 10 Pro is index 6. For the rest of the demonstration, let's assume you're using Windows 10 Home so we shall use index 1. Now that we have the index value of the Windows version we need, let's extract it. We can extract it to the flash drive or the boot drive. For this demonstration, let's extract to the boot drive. DISM /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:D:\sources\install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:C:\install.wim /Compress:Max /CheckIntegrity This extracts the Windows 10 Home image file to the root of the boot drive (C:) as a '.wim' file. The '/SourceIndex:1' switch specifies the index for the Windows version, '1' is the index for Windows 10 Home; if you're not using Home (Pro, etc.) then change '1' in this switch to the correct index value that we retrieved earlier. The '/Compress:Max' switch compresses the '.wim' file to use less space but will take longer to do; if you don't mind using more space, you can use '/Compress:Fast' or '/Compress:None'. Now we can actually fix the issue! DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\install.wim /ScratchDir:C:\Temp If you still get the error, check your syntax carefully and attempt the above command one more time (Hint: press the 'Up' arrow key on your keyboard to retrieve the last executed command). If you still get the error even after checking your syntax and trying again, attempt to re-export the 'install.esd' file using the '/Export-Image' command but this time use 'Compress:None'; this will take up far more space but may fix any compression/decompression errors that may have occurred. This works for Windows 11 too! Hope this helps!
I think to myself what if Windows not booting? after watching your first video. today saw your 2nd vid :D thanks a lot for the answer. like to ask - do we need the exact version of Windows? i hv Windows 10 Pro on my usb, but most of my friends hv Home version. will it work?
Home/pro doesn't matter. All Windows install USBs will have home and Pro. The correct build of Windows would be a good idea. However, not all files change in every build, so a different build isn't a deal breaker. It might work still.
Hey so far its a great video but for some reason I don't see that Install.esd file or install.win , I do see at the very bottom a files called install.swm and it's basically the biggest file in the sources folder. Could this maybe be it?
Thank you very much. If you're still reading these comments, what do you do if your Install file is "Install.swm", not .esd or .wim? Because often, the "Install.swm" is split into 2 or 3 files. What would the syntax be then?
Wish you had this up earlier lol but fortunately I had a full clone backup of my laptop so was able to restore my laptop from that once I remember I had it... 4hrs later lol ugh...
your videos are very usefull realy .....and explain good.....and how you explain it even i am not good in english !!! thnak you, some peopl, you give us a very confortable to do it. thnak you a lot off !!!!
Mate this works just pay attention to detail. You probably didn't locate the right drive letter for the windows partition. Just go through the alphabet if you must 😮😅. Also make sure your recovery drive is an original windows iso matching the same build and version installed on your windows os drive. THIS IS IMPORTANT!!. lastly make sure the recovery drive isn't a reconstructed one as that will definitely differ from the process guide shown in this tutorial. Anyway thank you so much, after all day trying to find some information that I needed to clarify in case of completely destroying hours of back and forth installation, trial and errors but really and desperately trying so hard avoiding a long and painful stare down at a status bar barely moving whilst chucking down a jar of coffee. At the end of the day what was I thinking hey? As if they're are shortcuts for this sort of process. Believe me I should know, I've just done them all lol. Hence why I'm here expressing my deepest gratitude and also highest level of frustration. Anyway cheers mate.
Correction: this worked for you. Just because it solved your problem doesn't mean it will solve everyone else's or that their error is from not following properly. That just shows your own ignorance in thinking this is a one size fits all without the ability to actually inspect and see if another person's issues are due to another problem or their own failure to follow the steps.
Something is wrong. I tried all your recommendations for DISM and it still says "the source files could not be found. Use the "source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature." and then it specifies a Microsoft link. Confusing...
This issue occurs because Microsoft's 'install.esd' file comes packaged with multiple versions of Windows (Home, Pro, etc.). When using the DISM command in the video, DISM fails as a result. It worked in the video because as he states @ 3:52 "...I'm not gonna do that because I've already created one for myself." It seems he created a Windows install USB in a different manner from in the video or he created one a long time ago before Microsoft started bundling multiple versions within a single .esd file. We can fix this problem with a couple extra commands. For this entire demonstration, assume your Windows boot drive is C:, your Windows install USB is D:, and your scratch directory is 'C:\Temp'. Make sure to make modifications to any of these following commands if you're using alternate paths. First we need to extract the correct Windows image from the 'install.esd' file. Type the following command into CMD: DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\install.esd This command will output the 'index' values for each version of Windows within the 'install.esd' file. Make note of the index value that correlates to your Windows version. As of the Windows 10 22H2 MCT .exe, Windows 10 Home is index 1 and Windows 10 Pro is index 6. For the rest of the demonstration, let's assume you're using Windows 10 Home so we shall use index 1. Now that we have the index value of the Windows version we need, let's extract it. We can extract it to the flash drive or the boot drive. For this demonstration, let's extract to the boot drive. DISM /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:D:\sources\install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:C:\install.wim /Compress:Max /CheckIntegrity This extracts the Windows 10 Home image file to the root of the boot drive (C:) as a '.wim' file. The '/SourceIndex:1' switch specifies the index for the Windows version, '1' is the index for Windows 10 Home; if you're not using Home (Pro, etc.) then change '1' in this switch to the correct index value that we retrieved earlier. The '/Compress:Max' switch compresses the '.wim' file to use less space but will take longer to do; if you don't mind using more space, you can use '/Compress:Fast' or '/Compress:None'. Now we can actually fix the issue! DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\install.wim /ScratchDir:C:\Temp If you still get the error, check your syntax carefully and attempt the above command one more time (Hint: press the 'Up' arrow key on your keyboard to retrieve the last executed command). If you still get the error even after checking your syntax and trying again, attempt to re-export the 'install.esd' file using the '/Export-Image' command but this time use 'Compress:None'; this will take up far more space but may fix any compression/decompression errors that may have occurred. This works for Windows 11 too! Hope this helps!
I tend to use the chkdsk command with this to fix a lot of issues with friends and families Pc and it’s been a good combo fixing boot problems and windows problems….
My Windows 10 won't start. Safe mode too. BSOD - CRITICAL PROCESS DIED. I try to use DISM but keep getting error 0x800f0801. Do you have an idea how to deal with it?
Hey Yo! Per your video "Water Cooling a mid-range Graphics Card" It's too late, I spent $589 on an ASUS RTX3060 Ti. It works great, but when I'm streaming/gaming it gets 82c and I am thinking maybe an extra $200 for a kit would serve me well; taking off 30c temp. Lession I learned: The future of gaming needs more than 8GB VRAM. I'm Resigned to 1080p/ultra, but I think I can add value by by stabilizing my RTX temps. What do you think? I would've posted on your other video, but comments were limited 😂
I run most games on my 3060 at 3440x1440 to match my ultra wide. I'm very happy with the water block. It was definitely worth it. However, it's hard to find water blocks for mid-range GPUs. Most manufacturers don't make them. Not sure what you mean by comments being limited.
@@CyberCPU I've never water cooled my system before, and I wonder if it would be a weird change. What happens if I forget to turn my pump on, or I forget to top off my water reservoir? Wouldn't that spell disaster for the expensive GPU? Kinda scary for me to think about ;) It wouldn't let me post a comment on your other video for whatever reason. 🤷♂️ Anyway, thanks for your response 💯
@@DaKloneLiving That's weird that it wouldn't let you comment on the other video. I'm not sure why. When you water-cool a system the pump and everything comes on with the power button just like your air cooler. If done properly with high quality parts it should be fine. It takes a LONG time for water to evaporate from the reservoir. My main system was flushed and topped off well over a year ago and I haven't touched it. It runs every day. No problems.
1. Is this process called "imaging" when IT technicians say they have to re-image the machine? 2. Do I have to back-up my personal files and data before running these tools? Does it affect my personal files and data in the same partition?
Thank you for this video. Unfortunately, I run into this error response when I try to run the DISM: "Error 87 The /Image option that is specified points to a running Windows installation. To service the running operation system, use the /Online option" What am I doing wrong?
For me it keeps throwing me an error saying that the source files can't be found even when specifying source should be on my USB drive. Sfc command did say it found some errors and fixed them but after booting my windows still starts to load meaning I see the loading circle going but then it just restarts. I even tried fixing the bcd but nothing seems to work. About five years worth of work, bookmarks, files etc down the drain I guess 😭
99 percent of people never heard of this. My pc just wont start since yesterday. The easy stuff doesnt work so I will have to try these unknown things.
I tried this method booting from an USB drive as you mentioned, but when I run DISM command, I always get this error: 0x800f081f. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
This issue occurs because Microsoft's 'install.esd' file comes packaged with multiple versions of Windows (Home, Pro, etc.). When using the DISM command in the video, DISM fails as a result. It worked in the video because as he states @ 3:52 "...I'm not gonna do that because I've already created one for myself." It seems he created a Windows install USB in a different manner from in the video or he created one a long time ago before Microsoft started bundling multiple versions within a single .esd file. We can fix this problem with a couple extra commands. For this entire demonstration, assume your Windows boot drive is C:, your Windows install USB is D:, and your scratch directory is 'C:\Temp'. Make sure to make modifications to any of these following commands if you're using alternate paths. First we need to extract the correct Windows image from the 'install.esd' file. Type the following command into CMD: DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\install.esd This command will output the 'index' values for each version of Windows within the 'install.esd' file. Make note of the index value that correlates to your Windows version. As of the Windows 10 22H2 MCT .exe, Windows 10 Home is index 1 and Windows 10 Pro is index 6. For the rest of the demonstration, let's assume you're using Windows 10 Home so we shall use index 1. Now that we have the index value of the Windows version we need, let's extract it. We can extract it to the flash drive or the boot drive. For this demonstration, let's extract to the boot drive. DISM /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:D:\sources\install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:C:\install.wim /Compress:Max /CheckIntegrity This extracts the Windows 10 Home image file to the root of the boot drive (C:) as a '.wim' file. The '/SourceIndex:1' switch specifies the index for the Windows version, '1' is the index for Windows 10 Home; if you're not using Home (Pro, etc.) then change '1' in this switch to the correct index value that we retrieved earlier. The '/Compress:Max' switch compresses the '.wim' file to use less space but will take longer to do; if you don't mind using more space, you can use '/Compress:Fast' or '/Compress:None'. Now we can actually fix the issue! DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\install.wim /ScratchDir:C:\Temp If you still get the error, check your syntax carefully and attempt the above command one more time (Hint: press the 'Up' arrow key on your keyboard to retrieve the last executed command). If you still get the error even after checking your syntax and trying again, attempt to re-export the 'install.esd' file using the '/Export-Image' command but this time use 'Compress:None'; this will take up far more space but may fix any compression/decompression errors that may have occurred. This works for Windows 11 too! Hope this helps!
Dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:x: (usb letter) \install.esd doesnt works neither wth esd, neither with wim it says "error:2, can't file dthefile... Am I at a dead point? Or can i extract it with my notebook?just try on notebook and got samecerror 😔😔😔😔😔
Ok, I've extracted the install.wam I need and put it on an usb key with no compression. Still get the 0x800f081f "impossible find the source file" after it reached 100%.I'm pretty sure I have windows 11 Pro. Ihave the old old ol key that I used to install, I will try again with tat... The log is a poem, and it says I have corrupetpted files... But if dism is needed to repair them....
My last pc wouldn't have worked with this. For some reason not only it doesn't boot, but it doesn't boot in recovery and if I put a bootable usb I get a broken screen and it never starts.
I had to physically swap the hard drive with another one with an OS installed on it for it to boot again, btw And it still doesn't boot from usb, always broken screen. It boots from dvd tho.
With SSD prices at 14~15 euros for 250-256GB, I think that creating a clone of the disk that contains the operating system and programs of our computer is much more effective than any attempt to repair the operating system and provides excellent security with minimal cost both for the operating as well as for our loaded-activated applications.
That would be true for your own computer, but I think this content is oriented to IT technicians who are working on client's computer. And as a technician living of this I want my clients to keep coming back every certain time
@@nikolatesla169 It is the cheap reliable and effective solutions that build the confidence of the customers in our services and not the repeated billing for the repair of the same or similar damage. Because my clientele includes healthcare providers, accounting offices, pharmacies, law offices and other professionals, what experience has taught me is that three factors are valued by customers: 1. The reliability of the system, 2. The speed of restoration-resumption in event of failure and 3.The speed of response-support we provide them online 24/7. It is our duty to minimize the restoration time of any system in the most convenient way and in the shortest possible time. Profit comes as a result of our credibility and not as a result of our customers' ignorance.
This is gold, so sometimes a person can have a perfect BCD store, where the computer still not able to boot, it doesn't throw any error, you have the EFI/MSR partition properly, but then the problem may be the windows Image, then? Cause I have a friend that was actually updating its machine, then it restarted and then stuck 2hours on booting to windows like if it was installing something, and then this person decided to shutdown the computer. Then now the computer entered in an infinite loop, like a circle just loading,loading, nothing happens It doesn't throw any boot error, but even that I decided to deleted EFI/MSR partition, recreated from zero, and then the problem persisted. Also the person tried to use the built in tools like: auto boot repair, it didn't worked, there weren't any restore point, the advance tool to uninstall windows updated didn't worked neither. Can an operating system have a perfect bcd or boot and still not boot to the system because of a corrupted image? if that so by following your video, could I make it work? Thanks and I do apologies for my poor English.
I had something similar to this happen once. Sometimes if a computer is rebooted while Windows is updating the registry it can brick the OS. Microsoft disabled the automatic registry backup and system restore a while back and if you don't re-enable them manually then the only fix is to reload Windows. That's what I ended up doing. I did a video a while back on how to re-enable them manually. I highly recommend it. I think I'm going to do an update to that video soon too.
@@CyberCPU Hey thanks for your comment you are a very nice Tech person and human being. And this is very actually interesting now that you mention the registry stuff, In the past I remember changing an option from 2 to/4 and that could actually mess the booting too. Gonna find that video about activating manually the backup. Cause this person has important data stored on their web-browser, and I know we can actually access through the command prompt to appdata folders and manually store/backup the data, in the pendrive and actually do backups for the user folder too, but I rather try this thing of registry backup, and see if that help this person, thanks so much and again, sorry for my English, cheers.
@@aravitz857 I don't know of a way to repair a broken registry without just restoring a backup. That's why I recently did a video on how to reenable registry backup. The system that inspired that video had to be reloaded.
Hi Rich thanks for this, just like you that DO IT RIGHT & make a difference by sharing knowledge I love doing the same in my field Architecture & BIM too because I have seen we get it all back. Over years I've learned a lot from willing "teachers" to be able to help yourself where no help is available. Today I'm stuck and hope you have advice for me or point me in the right direction? I've been hunting all over for a solution for a Dynamic (Invalid) Disk issue & not even my IT guru can help. My problem is the following: - I am upgrading my laptop main C drive for a much needed larger one. - The old 500GB M.2 SSD drive with Windows 11 & my software works perfectly when inside the laptop but it is too small. - I installed the new 1TB M.2 SSD drive + Windows 11 to the laptop & are setting up my software again. - When I put the old 500GB drive into the USB-Type C enclosure, the Disk Manager shows the disk is a Dynamic Disk and the status is "Invalid". - So I can not read the drive in Windows to access some software configuration backups and my project files. I am switch over gradually to the new drive. It takes a long time to set up all my software. So I am running work on the old drive till the new drive software is complete to keep project work up to date before the final switch to the new drive. How can I convert old Dynamic (Invalid) Disks into a Basic Disk without Loss of Data and (important) keep the Windows on it bootable during this transition?
So I tried doing this after my PC stopped recognizing the boot drive after a failed Windows update, but Windows just stays in the load screen with the blue window and spinning dots forever when I try to boot with the USB connected and won't even get to the "Repair your computer" screen. Does that mean the drive is totally corrupt and dead?
I had to do this just last week because I deleted a boot partition that was showing as an extra boot device in my Bios but only when the bios was in easy mode which was weird. In a program called "Easy EFUI" it was listed as hidden and I made sure it was the one I didn't need but when I deleted it bam my windows would no longer boot. I did not know about this video back then but when I made the recovery thumb drive and tried to do the start up repair as well as SFC and it failed and gave me an BSOD error that said could not fix disk or something and then gave some generic exception code. I eventually and I still don't really know how I did it used diskpart to rebuild the MBR I think, and even getting a few errors on the steps I followed from the internet, I somehow magically managed to get it fix lol. I think I did the same steps as in the video but in a different way?🤷♂ Anyhow I'm back up and running again and have once again learned never to mess with partitions at least not to delete any when I don't really know what I'm doing. I am glad though I did have enough primitive knowledge to at least fix it and the best part is the extra boot device no longer shows up in my bios as an option, was quite along day though. LOL
So like the motherboard manufacture instructions or whatever are they supposed to be in the box? I bought my laptop like 5 years ago… i have no idea where that is… is there a place online where you can find that info?
Amazing advice mate. Pssed I sent mine the india to get it up and running again. Come to think about it, never realised till now, 2 years have gone fast I wonder if they've managed to fix it for me. I didn't get a phone number from them. But what the hey!! They'll call me 😅😢😂
A giant "INSTALL NOW" on Windows recovery/setup, but then also below and not at all obvious, is the "Repair your Computer" option that is a line of text. The absurdity of the bad Microsoft design is boundless.
i got this message: there is system repair pending which requires reboot to complete, restart windows and run sfc again, when i restart the min windows logo shows i get blue screen of death 😢
I can't update my windos 10. it always gives an error messages. Because of that I downloaded Iso file. Iso also doesn't works. it shows "0x8007025D - 0x200C installation failedn in the SAFE_OS phasewithan error during APPLY_IMAGE operation" How to resolve this problem and update my OS ?
Hey there, I love watching your vids, I'm still on WinX and I have all of a sudden started having this problem and I am going to ask if you could possibly do a video on my problem, I used to be able to put my pc to sleep by hitting the sleep button on my pc, no problem with that, it still does that but it just won't wake up properly, my pc whirrs back to life but monitor stays dark for absolutely ages, so I thought I'd by-pass that and set my sleep button to hibernate instead, but then I get the blue screen, your pc has encountered a problem, So I would love to know if you know what has gone wrong, only started a few weeks back, until then I never had a problem. Thanks in advance.
2 months ago I reloaded windows. Now I am crying lol. If only I had known. This one is a keeper!
Same thing happened to me like a few weeks ago. Better to know for the future!
Glad it helped.
As an IT tech in the past, I used to use the prospect of reloading Windows as a pain point for my regular users who professionally destroyed their machines over and over. " Sorry, but looks like we're gonna have to start over...again" serves as a great learning experience for people who refuse to listen to your directions over and over on how to keep their machines running smoothly.
With that being said, I eventually would allow to them that there is a way to repair windows fairly reliably after they had their collective heart attacks at the prospect of losing their data , but say " DONT DO THAT AGAIN!" . At any rate, I am glad DISM and SFC work like theyre supposed to.
Customers that regularly trash their systems is just more money for me. I don't mind fixing the same or similar problem over and over again. If a customer doesn't listen they just have to pay me again to fix it. It all pays the same, doesn't bother me at all.
See, this is the stuff I have a hard time finding when you need to actually fix a broken Windows installation. Thank you very much! Just replace the bad ones from an image, plain and simple video.
you are such a life saver!!! ran into this problem on my grandmothers computer i built for her. had a recent windows update fail and corrupted it soooo bad it wouldnt boot and starup repair just laughed at it. i knew how to run it on a local machine but couldnt find the information on how to run it from a recovery usb in a clear concise way. awesome job
Your content is great! Every video should be like this, straight up, no unnecessary explanation, and short videos about complicated things, and well explained tutorial. This is the best tech channel ever. Earned a sub, Rich!
You have right, but i like when explanation is coming but not like some professionnal explain like complicate for show that are very clever and some peopel they repeat just for repeat and they do not know what to do and what they said too, copying, that why i prefer too explaination for see if peopel are truth or not or says a sheet !! iam agrre with for 50 %
Excellent! I've made your tutorials required viewing for our techs. I'm fed up with hiring computer science graduates that only know how to code in various languages but know shit when it comes to repairing Windows. The academic curriculum is severely lacking.
That's flattering. Thank you.
@@CyberCPUyour knowledge is most valuable for all of us.
I want to thank you for these videos! I am CompTIA A+ certified, and there is ZERO reference to this valuable info! You da man! oh, and a company i worked for had a policy of reimaging drives rather than troubleshooting the computer.... must not have seen your videos! lol
Suggestion for a future video in the series: Things you should do BEFORE windows breaks to make it easier to revover. Turning registry backup back on ( See ruclips.net/video/eY76UVXxENo/видео.html ) of course, but should I use the windows scan disk tool in properties? Should I optimize my SSDs? Create a recovery point? Anything special I should back up to a USB drive to make recovery easier?
Hey man, this is great stuff. I've had many headaches trying to run the dism command offline before and this video gets it straight to the point lol
Instead of reloading Windows, I just built a new machine. I had the parts laying around and was due for an upgrade anyway. I'll try giving this a shot since I didn't nuke my old rig's drives. Maybe this'll stop my old "nuke it" habits. Thanks for the knowledge!
Computer tech since 1999. Just discovered your clear and friendly channel. Love it. Subscribed.
May of 99 here!! That's to cool to find another older tech. I seem to work with kids now days.
Me too, started on my own as a independent Tech in March of 2000. This guys content is absolutely AWESOME> Thank you Rick.
THANKS! PC hard crashed and stuck in a preparing automatic repair loop. These are the only instructions that worked for me. You're my hero! 😻
Thanks for this video and the last one also. Have noted down all the command. In the future when I have a Windows that fails to boot, I can "try" to fix it. Recently, I migrated a Windows 7 on a Asrock Z68 Pro3 with RAID1 configuration (one drive hardware failing) to a non-RAID SSD drive using MiniTool Partition Wizard - Migrate OS to SSD. That ended with error BlInitializeLibrary failed 0xc0000001 at boot. After many hours of trial and error, I was able to fix it with DISM++ (found on Sergei Strelec Boot CD/USB) - Toolkit - Bootmgr repair. Thereafter upgraded to Windows 10.
Thanks for this series. Definitely will be using this for my job.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. As an autodidact, i love this straight to the point content ! 👌
Glad it helped.
@@CyberCPU if i dont have a USB cound i just connect my laptop to it to try to repair
Great in depth tutorial !! Just one question - does it work if the files on the USB are newer than the offline drive? So for example the unbootable system has Winbdows 21H2 but the downloaded ISO is windows 22H2 ?
Thank you for this. Was trying to solve the BSOD that wasn't letting me get into windows and you saved me. Subscribed.
I rarely comment but took this extra step to say this is a very useful video very nicely explained that helped solve my windows issue which wasn't booting, I am extremely thrilled and thankful and appreciate the knowledge sharing!
Very useful! Thank for the effort.
The $64 question for me and the one I couldn't solve for almost a year and I hope you ir someone here has the knowledge regarding that.
The problem is my recovery cannot see any of my drives at all. Though Windows is running flawlessly. I do regular updates when they don't have problems.
The system is 4 years old the hardware is almost one year old .
13 Gen CPU with Z690 MB.
This is driving me crazy lol. If i took my NVMe and plugged it in my nephew's PC (6600x CPU and b560 MB), the recovery works perfectly.
One more thing is that I have to make my recovery drive visible otherwise I cannot even go to recovery environment which is weird.
Just got it fixed few days ago, It turned out you have to disable Intel Rapid Storage Technology in BIOS. Then recovery environment will see all your drives
Thank you, Sir.
I learned a few new things from you
It didn't work. 😢
Thanks for your videos. I did the reinstall windows many times. I'm downloading some of your videos onto my tablet so I can see watch the instruction incase I need it as there is no way I would remember them.
I'm here because Windows 11 screwed up after an update restart. It's a shame that Microsoft does such a terrible job with its updates that its customers have to be terrified every time they get notifications to restart to install updates.
Same problem here
Did u fix it how plz I have same prob
@@aya.el1001 No, still an issue. I have done two subsequent update installations and my screen goes into a perpetual flashing state after the update - unusable. Then I had to uninstall the update only to have Windows bug me with a new message that my computer needs an update. So frustrating.
I swear!
Those updates are such a mess and whatever how many times you reschedule it to not do the updates one day u will find out the system did it by itself and then start the problems 💀…
Oh, man, I wish I had seen this video about a week ago. It would have saved me a reinstall of Windows.
Thanks for the videos!! I think it would help if you started the video with a screenshot of the error message as to why it won't boot so you know which repair to try.
SFC fixes a lot of problems with Windows. It's not just fixing one specific error message. SFC should be at least tried with all error messages.
The tool scans Windows system files for corrupt files and replaces them with good ones if it finds any that have been corrupted.
I came across your videos a couple of weeks ago. I took your tips on how to deal with the 100% Disk problem and they worked great. I'm interested in using the two tools you mentioned in part one of this series. My question is: will those tools work effectively if the window search service is disabled? I disabled that service to lower my disk usage? I subscribed and I am still reviewing your older videos for helpful tips. You do a great job making these things seem simple which I know are not that simple.
Keep this kind of thing coming!
I have came to you for a vids at this point, each time knowledgeable and to the point so subscribed!
Thank you for making educational content. I appreciate your work being straight to the key points and wording it all easy to understand.
Thankyou solved a windows 11 computer that kept coming up asking to repair I had to look at sfc scan now command solved it 👍 sfc from recovery
sfc /scannow /offbootdir={drive}\ /offwindir={drive}\windowsb
My system won’t boot and I ran the original dsm command without needing the scratch directory.
The scan worked and recovery was successful.
But my system still won’t boot into windows
Never had to do this at all on Windows 7 and 8/8.1 as those OSes were super reliable and rarely needed repair but Windows 10 is a completely different story, in corporate environments we just wipe and load if the OS usually Windows 10 is corrupted. Alternatively the windows install USB does have another option called Refresh this PC which is less time consuming and does the same thing.
Excellent again. Especially appreciate your listing the commands. This will save a lot of 'puters from defenestration.
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This procedure fixed my broken windows 10 computer. Thanks!!!!!
Hi, great video I've used these tools before from others descriptions, but you explain it all way clearer.
Unfortunately no bueno for me... I have the same windows version, exactly the same dism version and all I get in dism is "error 87: the cleanup-image option is unknown". Sfc gives me: Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.
Can I do anything else to save this Windows 10?
god damnit! i could´ve used this 2 or 3 years ago i think...some day i just absolutely couldnt get into my windows installation anymore....my brother is pretty good with computers, but i dont know if he tried to do what you did, or if he even found any tutorial for this kind of way to repair it...if this ever happens again, i´ll definetly try to use your video! great work!
Hi again, what I forgot to mention was the shortcuts that I spent so long to remember. And after a couple hours from posting a comment on here. I remembered. I got it and it takes less than 5mins to execute. But system restore points from an earlier date or time prior to the non-bootable Windows 10 OS. Is a must if you want to resolve this problem via system restore point. If anyone wants it. Let me know. Thank you
Great work!Make the next video about bootmanager missing,ntldr missing etc
yes me too
this shipped today..so should be here in a few days...
MSI Aegis ZS R7-5700G 1TB Desktop Tower (RX 6600XT/16GB/1TB/Win 11H)...can't wait😊
awesome video - finally someone that can explain the basics of this function - that said any suggestions when a message pops up to say DISM does not support a Windows Vista or earlier operating system. Thing is I have a Windows 10 I am trying to fix that is from 2022 and the iso image is 2023/4. I followed everything you had shared getting all the drive letters correct. I have to recover my system offline using a recovery disk - woke up next day with my computer unable to boot. I use UEFI to boot and I checked the EFI boot files etc and that is all in order now.
same vista error
Excellent !!
I have a software suite that does all of this automatically but it's nice to know what's going on behind the scenes with each command.
What
Hi I've been having these issues on 2 computers i tried everything you've pointed out. I Had no issues going step by step but when i restart computer still doesn't boot into windows??? Ive tried everything and nothing seems to help i just get the recovery screen loop. What am i doing wrong?
Cool btw how did you capture the recovery mode since obs doesn't record when the PC is off
Capture card
Most of my windows boot problems were hardware issues… like rams and HDDs but unfortunately i had to go through all the software diagnostics and possible fixes before realizing it was damaged hardware..
i think windows is developing a habit of destroying your memory with every release…. I have a drawer in my office full of pc and laptop RAMs
also my humble advice for anyone using hdds .. clone your boot drive once every month or two onto an ssd or a spare drive ..
I've been a tech for years and never knew how to properly use sfc
BTW I would use diskpart to list the disks to find out which drive is which or open regedit and export a key so you can get the dialog box that shows you drives...
So I am an IT guy since 30 years for quite a few companies, many hundreds of systems... and it is literally now over a decade i needed DISM or SFC or any other tool to restore Windows files. I am curious: what exactly do people do to ruin their Windows in a way that DISM would help? I mean as a normal user they can't overwrite anything, even as an admin you can't overwrite the system files, since you are not "TrustedInstaller". And if a Windows Update fails due to power outage or crash or anything while updating, NTFS will roll the changes back.
So what do people do nowadays since ~Windows Vista to be able to ruin Windows files at all? Really curious :)
Problem is even if you use it, it doesn't work. By the way do you know how you can make a backup of Windows 8.1 with the programs you have installed and their configurations?
I'm not sure how the Windows image gets corrupted. It could be numerous things. It could be a bad drive, a bad Windows update, or just Windows eating itself (corrupting its own files).
I typically spend the majority of my time figuring out how to fix it and spend very little time trying to figure out how it happened.
combination of unstable 'gamer brand' RAM and motherboards with onboard unstable 'gamer brand' chipsets
System messes up on its own over time. 🤷♀️
The user can even be some random USPS-mailman who never uses it for more than a minute a month to pay bills and then something silly like the navigation pane in explorer will just disappear permanently until SFC fixes it. Odd stuff like that.
TrustedInstaller is as inbred as a duke on an unstable system xD
@@Biaanca5036 How can an unstable RAM or mainboard mess up locked system files that have been written once at first install?
@@CyberCPU Fair enough... would be so interesting to me, how it happens. So if at one point you do find the time to see how it happened I would love to see a video about it - probably will help many as well :)...
Thank you!
SUPER Helpful Tips. SUBSCRIBED
I am having a problem with a windows update KB5025221not installing and it is keeping other updates from installing. I ran the Dism restorehealth command as per the previous video but got the following error DISM fails The source file could not be downloaded.
Nicely done as usual
Thanks.
Dism doesn't work in winRE. Error 800f0801.
Great videos!
But what if DISM doesn't run?
Error: 0x800f0801
"DISM failed. No operation performed." 😢
Help!!
Same here
This issue occurs because Microsoft's 'install.esd' file comes packaged with multiple versions of Windows (Home, Pro, etc.). When using the DISM command in the video, DISM fails as a result. It worked in the video because as he states @ 3:52 "I'm not gonna do that because I've already created one for myself." It seems he created a Windows install USB in a different manner from in the video or he created one a long time ago before Microsoft started bundling multiple versions within a single .esd file.
We can fix this problem with a couple extra commands. For this entire demonstration, assume your Windows boot drive is C:, your Windows install USB is D:, and your scratch directory is 'C:\Temp'. Make sure to make modifications to any of these following commands if you're using alternate paths.
First we need to extract the correct Windows image from the 'install.esd' file. Type the following command into CMD:
DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\install.esd
This command will output the 'index' values for each version of Windows within the 'install.esd' file. Make note of the index value that correlates to your Windows version. As of the Windows 10 22H2 MCT .exe, Windows 10 Home is index 1 and Windows 10 Pro is index 6. For the rest of the demonstration, let's assume you're using Windows 10 Home so we shall use index 1.
Now that we have the index value of the Windows version we need, let's extract it. We can extract it to the flash drive or the boot drive. For this demonstration, let's extract to the boot drive.
DISM /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:D:\sources\install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:C:\install.wim /Compress:Max /CheckIntegrity
This extracts the Windows 10 Home image file to the root of the boot drive (C:) as a '.wim' file. The '/SourceIndex:1' switch specifies the index for the Windows version, '1' is the index for Windows 10 Home; if you're not using Home (Pro, etc.) then change '1' in this switch to the correct index value that we retrieved earlier. The '/Compress:Max' switch compresses the '.wim' file to use less space but will take longer to do; if you don't mind using more space, you can use '/Compress:Fast' or '/Compress:None'.
Now we can actually fix the issue!
DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\install.wim /ScratchDir:C:\Temp
If you still get the error, check your syntax carefully and attempt the above command one more time (Hint: press the 'Up' arrow key on your keyboard to retrieve the last executed command). If you still get the error even after checking your syntax and trying again, attempt to re-export the 'install.esd' file using the '/Export-Image' command but this time use 'Compress:None'; this will take up far more space but may fix any compression/decompression errors that may have occurred.
This works for Windows 11 too! Hope this helps!
Thank you for your answer but for me doesn't fix the problem :-( I have to extract image on myblaptop otherwise i gotcerrorcwith wim and/or esd
I think to myself what if Windows not booting? after watching your first video. today saw your 2nd vid :D thanks a lot for the answer. like to ask - do we need the exact version of Windows? i hv Windows 10 Pro on my usb, but most of my friends hv Home version. will it work?
Home/pro doesn't matter. All Windows install USBs will have home and Pro. The correct build of Windows would be a good idea. However, not all files change in every build, so a different build isn't a deal breaker. It might work still.
I tried both ways you showed but after 54.9% received a Error: 0x800f081f "The source files could not be found. Any ideas?
I’m having the same problem have you found a solution to this?
Nope.
Thanks for giving me another repair tool in my toolbox.
Hey so far its a great video but for some reason I don't see that Install.esd file or install.win , I do see at the very bottom a files called install.swm and it's basically the biggest file in the sources folder. Could this maybe be it?
Thank you very much.
If you're still reading these comments, what do you do if your Install file is "Install.swm", not .esd or .wim? Because often, the "Install.swm" is split into 2 or 3 files. What would the syntax be then?
Not finding boot drive.
c: drive shows up as usb drive and d: shows (the system cannot find the drive specified
Wish you had this up earlier lol but fortunately I had a full clone backup of my laptop so was able to restore my laptop from that once I remember I had it... 4hrs later lol ugh...
your videos are very usefull realy .....and explain good.....and how you explain it even i am not good in english !!! thnak you, some peopl, you give us a very confortable to do it. thnak you a lot off !!!!
Your content is great!
Mate this works just pay attention to detail. You probably didn't locate the right drive letter for the windows partition. Just go through the alphabet if you must 😮😅. Also make sure your recovery drive is an original windows iso matching the same build and version installed on your windows os drive. THIS IS IMPORTANT!!. lastly make sure the recovery drive isn't a reconstructed one as that will definitely differ from the process guide shown in this tutorial. Anyway thank you so much, after all day trying to find some information that I needed to clarify in case of completely destroying hours of back and forth installation, trial and errors but really and desperately trying so hard avoiding a long and painful stare down at a status bar barely moving whilst chucking down a jar of coffee. At the end of the day what was I thinking hey? As if they're are shortcuts for this sort of process. Believe me I should know, I've just done them all lol. Hence why I'm here expressing my deepest gratitude and also highest level of frustration. Anyway cheers mate.
Correction: this worked for you. Just because it solved your problem doesn't mean it will solve everyone else's or that their error is from not following properly. That just shows your own ignorance in thinking this is a one size fits all without the ability to actually inspect and see if another person's issues are due to another problem or their own failure to follow the steps.
Thanks Man! It worked like a charm!
The issue is there again. It has something to do with the nvidia drivers
Something is wrong. I tried all your recommendations for DISM and it still says "the source files could not be found. Use the "source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature." and then it specifies a Microsoft link. Confusing...
Yeah I get the same error. “The source files could not be found”.
This issue occurs because Microsoft's 'install.esd' file comes packaged with multiple versions of Windows (Home, Pro, etc.). When using the DISM command in the video, DISM fails as a result. It worked in the video because as he states @ 3:52 "...I'm not gonna do that because I've already created one for myself." It seems he created a Windows install USB in a different manner from in the video or he created one a long time ago before Microsoft started bundling multiple versions within a single .esd file.
We can fix this problem with a couple extra commands. For this entire demonstration, assume your Windows boot drive is C:, your Windows install USB is D:, and your scratch directory is 'C:\Temp'. Make sure to make modifications to any of these following commands if you're using alternate paths.
First we need to extract the correct Windows image from the 'install.esd' file. Type the following command into CMD:
DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\install.esd
This command will output the 'index' values for each version of Windows within the 'install.esd' file. Make note of the index value that correlates to your Windows version. As of the Windows 10 22H2 MCT .exe, Windows 10 Home is index 1 and Windows 10 Pro is index 6. For the rest of the demonstration, let's assume you're using Windows 10 Home so we shall use index 1.
Now that we have the index value of the Windows version we need, let's extract it. We can extract it to the flash drive or the boot drive. For this demonstration, let's extract to the boot drive.
DISM /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:D:\sources\install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:C:\install.wim /Compress:Max /CheckIntegrity
This extracts the Windows 10 Home image file to the root of the boot drive (C:) as a '.wim' file. The '/SourceIndex:1' switch specifies the index for the Windows version, '1' is the index for Windows 10 Home; if you're not using Home (Pro, etc.) then change '1' in this switch to the correct index value that we retrieved earlier. The '/Compress:Max' switch compresses the '.wim' file to use less space but will take longer to do; if you don't mind using more space, you can use '/Compress:Fast' or '/Compress:None'.
Now we can actually fix the issue!
DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\install.wim /ScratchDir:C:\Temp
If you still get the error, check your syntax carefully and attempt the above command one more time (Hint: press the 'Up' arrow key on your keyboard to retrieve the last executed command). If you still get the error even after checking your syntax and trying again, attempt to re-export the 'install.esd' file using the '/Export-Image' command but this time use 'Compress:None'; this will take up far more space but may fix any compression/decompression errors that may have occurred.
This works for Windows 11 too! Hope this helps!
*Excellent!*
I tend to use the chkdsk command with this to fix a lot of issues with friends and families Pc and it’s been a good combo fixing boot problems and windows problems….
My Windows 10 won't start. Safe mode too. BSOD - CRITICAL PROCESS DIED. I try to use DISM but keep getting error 0x800f0801. Do you have an idea how to deal with it?
Same, looks like we are a lot with that problem related the source folder, but the url suggested aftercthecerrorcdoesn't take anywere... 😢
Hi, how would I go about it if it tells me Error: 2
Unable to access image
Thank you for your help!
Hey Yo!
Per your video "Water Cooling a mid-range Graphics Card"
It's too late, I spent $589 on an ASUS RTX3060 Ti.
It works great, but when I'm streaming/gaming it gets 82c and I am thinking maybe an extra $200 for a kit would serve me well; taking off 30c temp.
Lession I learned: The future of gaming needs more than 8GB VRAM. I'm Resigned to 1080p/ultra, but I think I can add value by by stabilizing my RTX temps.
What do you think?
I would've posted on your other video, but comments were limited 😂
I run most games on my 3060 at 3440x1440 to match my ultra wide.
I'm very happy with the water block. It was definitely worth it. However, it's hard to find water blocks for mid-range GPUs. Most manufacturers don't make them.
Not sure what you mean by comments being limited.
@@CyberCPU I've never water cooled my system before, and I wonder if it would be a weird change.
What happens if I forget to turn my pump on, or I forget to top off my water reservoir? Wouldn't that spell disaster for the expensive GPU?
Kinda scary for me to think about ;)
It wouldn't let me post a comment on your other video for whatever reason. 🤷♂️
Anyway, thanks for your response 💯
@@DaKloneLiving That's weird that it wouldn't let you comment on the other video. I'm not sure why.
When you water-cool a system the pump and everything comes on with the power button just like your air cooler. If done properly with high quality parts it should be fine. It takes a LONG time for water to evaporate from the reservoir. My main system was flushed and topped off well over a year ago and I haven't touched it. It runs every day. No problems.
Amazing video. Easy to follow.
Superb tutorial. Thank you!
1. Is this process called "imaging" when IT technicians say they have to re-image the machine?
2. Do I have to back-up my personal files and data before running these tools? Does it affect my personal files and data in the same partition?
Thank you for this video. Unfortunately, I run into this error response when I try to run the DISM:
"Error 87
The /Image option that is specified points to a running Windows installation. To service the running operation system, use the /Online option"
What am I doing wrong?
You either typed it in wrong or, like me, used ventoy from a Linux machine to load the ISO, therefore no accessible cleanup files/image
when i run the dism it says unable to access the image Error: 2
same here
Ahh...I wish I knew the magic earlier...Thank you for the video!
For me it keeps throwing me an error saying that the source files can't be found even when specifying source should be on my USB drive. Sfc command did say it found some errors and fixed them but after booting my windows still starts to load meaning I see the loading circle going but then it just restarts. I even tried fixing the bcd but nothing seems to work. About five years worth of work, bookmarks, files etc down the drain I guess 😭
Same problem hre: sorce folder not specified (like I didn't wrote it) and a long link for info thatcactually doesn't exist.... 😢
It worked. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou
The license plate is funny, did you get any speeding tickets when you used it?
99 percent of people never heard of this. My pc just wont start since yesterday. The easy stuff doesnt work so I will have to try these unknown things.
I tried this method booting from an USB drive as you mentioned, but when I run DISM command, I always get this error: 0x800f081f. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
This issue occurs because Microsoft's 'install.esd' file comes packaged with multiple versions of Windows (Home, Pro, etc.). When using the DISM command in the video, DISM fails as a result. It worked in the video because as he states @ 3:52 "...I'm not gonna do that because I've already created one for myself." It seems he created a Windows install USB in a different manner from in the video or he created one a long time ago before Microsoft started bundling multiple versions within a single .esd file.
We can fix this problem with a couple extra commands. For this entire demonstration, assume your Windows boot drive is C:, your Windows install USB is D:, and your scratch directory is 'C:\Temp'. Make sure to make modifications to any of these following commands if you're using alternate paths.
First we need to extract the correct Windows image from the 'install.esd' file. Type the following command into CMD:
DISM /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\install.esd
This command will output the 'index' values for each version of Windows within the 'install.esd' file. Make note of the index value that correlates to your Windows version. As of the Windows 10 22H2 MCT .exe, Windows 10 Home is index 1 and Windows 10 Pro is index 6. For the rest of the demonstration, let's assume you're using Windows 10 Home so we shall use index 1.
Now that we have the index value of the Windows version we need, let's extract it. We can extract it to the flash drive or the boot drive. For this demonstration, let's extract to the boot drive.
DISM /Export-Image /SourceImageFile:D:\sources\install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:C:\install.wim /Compress:Max /CheckIntegrity
This extracts the Windows 10 Home image file to the root of the boot drive (C:) as a '.wim' file. The '/SourceIndex:1' switch specifies the index for the Windows version, '1' is the index for Windows 10 Home; if you're not using Home (Pro, etc.) then change '1' in this switch to the correct index value that we retrieved earlier. The '/Compress:Max' switch compresses the '.wim' file to use less space but will take longer to do; if you don't mind using more space, you can use '/Compress:Fast' or '/Compress:None'.
Now we can actually fix the issue!
DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\install.wim /ScratchDir:C:\Temp
If you still get the error, check your syntax carefully and attempt the above command one more time (Hint: press the 'Up' arrow key on your keyboard to retrieve the last executed command). If you still get the error even after checking your syntax and trying again, attempt to re-export the 'install.esd' file using the '/Export-Image' command but this time use 'Compress:None'; this will take up far more space but may fix any compression/decompression errors that may have occurred.
This works for Windows 11 too! Hope this helps!
Dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:x: (usb letter) \install.esd doesnt works neither wth esd, neither with wim it says "error:2, can't file dthefile... Am I at a dead point? Or can i extract it with my notebook?just try on notebook and got samecerror 😔😔😔😔😔
Ok, I've extracted the install.wam I need and put it on an usb key with no compression. Still get the 0x800f081f "impossible find the source file" after it reached 100%.I'm pretty sure I have windows 11 Pro. Ihave the old old ol key that I used to install, I will try again with tat... The log is a poem, and it says I have corrupetpted files... But if dism is needed to repair them....
When I run dism it always returns Error: 0x800f0801. Dism Failed. No operation was performed. What now??
My last pc wouldn't have worked with this.
For some reason not only it doesn't boot, but it doesn't boot in recovery and if I put a bootable usb I get a broken screen and it never starts.
I had to physically swap the hard drive with another one with an OS installed on it for it to boot again, btw
And it still doesn't boot from usb, always broken screen. It boots from dvd tho.
With SSD prices at 14~15 euros for 250-256GB, I think that creating a clone of the disk that contains the operating system and programs of our computer is much more effective than any attempt to repair the operating system and provides excellent security with minimal cost both for the operating as well as for our loaded-activated applications.
That would be true for your own computer, but I think this content is oriented to IT technicians who are working on client's computer. And as a technician living of this I want my clients to keep coming back every certain time
@@nikolatesla169 It is the cheap reliable and effective solutions that build the confidence of the customers in our services and not the repeated billing for the repair of the same or similar damage.
Because my clientele includes healthcare providers, accounting offices, pharmacies, law offices and other professionals, what experience has taught me is that three factors are valued by customers: 1. The reliability of the system, 2. The speed of restoration-resumption in event of failure and 3.The speed of response-support we provide them online 24/7.
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This is gold, so sometimes a person can have a perfect BCD store, where the computer still not able to boot, it doesn't throw any error, you have the EFI/MSR partition properly, but then the problem may be the windows Image, then?
Cause I have a friend that was actually updating its machine, then it restarted and then stuck 2hours on booting to windows like if it was installing something, and then this person decided to shutdown the computer. Then now the computer entered in an infinite loop, like a circle just loading,loading, nothing happens
It doesn't throw any boot error, but even that I decided to deleted EFI/MSR partition, recreated from zero, and then the problem persisted.
Also the person tried to use the built in tools like: auto boot repair, it didn't worked, there weren't any restore point, the advance tool to uninstall windows updated didn't worked neither.
Can an operating system have a perfect bcd or boot and still not boot to the system because of a corrupted image? if that so by following your video, could I make it work?
Thanks and I do apologies for my poor English.
I had something similar to this happen once. Sometimes if a computer is rebooted while Windows is updating the registry it can brick the OS.
Microsoft disabled the automatic registry backup and system restore a while back and if you don't re-enable them manually then the only fix is to reload Windows. That's what I ended up doing.
I did a video a while back on how to re-enable them manually. I highly recommend it. I think I'm going to do an update to that video soon too.
@@CyberCPU Hey thanks for your comment you are a very nice Tech person and human being. And this is very actually interesting now that you mention the registry stuff, In the past I remember changing an option from 2 to/4 and that could actually mess the booting too. Gonna find that video about activating manually the backup. Cause this person has important data stored on their web-browser, and I know we can actually access through the command prompt to appdata folders and manually store/backup the data, in the pendrive and actually do backups for the user folder too, but I rather try this thing of registry backup, and see if that help this person, thanks so much and again, sorry for my English, cheers.
What if the issue is a corrupted registy, would this work to fix that as well?
No, unfortunately it won't.
@@CyberCPU is there any way to repair that without. Registry backup or do you have to reload windows at that point
@@aravitz857 I don't know of a way to repair a broken registry without just restoring a backup. That's why I recently did a video on how to reenable registry backup. The system that inspired that video had to be reloaded.
Hi Rich thanks for this, just like you that DO IT RIGHT & make a difference by sharing knowledge I love doing the same in my field Architecture & BIM too because I have seen we get it all back. Over years I've learned a lot from willing "teachers" to be able to help yourself where no help is available. Today I'm stuck and hope you have advice for me or point me in the right direction?
I've been hunting all over for a solution for a Dynamic (Invalid) Disk issue & not even my IT guru can help. My problem is the following:
- I am upgrading my laptop main C drive for a much needed larger one.
- The old 500GB M.2 SSD drive with Windows 11 & my software works perfectly when inside the laptop but it is too small.
- I installed the new 1TB M.2 SSD drive + Windows 11 to the laptop & are setting up my software again.
- When I put the old 500GB drive into the USB-Type C enclosure, the Disk Manager shows the disk is a Dynamic Disk and the status is "Invalid".
- So I can not read the drive in Windows to access some software configuration backups and my project files.
I am switch over gradually to the new drive. It takes a long time to set up all my software.
So I am running work on the old drive till the new drive software is complete to keep project work up to date before the final switch to the new drive.
How can I convert old Dynamic (Invalid) Disks into a Basic Disk without Loss of Data and (important) keep the Windows on it bootable during this transition?
Error: 0x800f081f The source files could not be found. Help pleas
Ever found a fix. Same over here
So I tried doing this after my PC stopped recognizing the boot drive after a failed Windows update, but Windows just stays in the load screen with the blue window and spinning dots forever when I try to boot with the USB connected and won't even get to the "Repair your computer" screen. Does that mean the drive is totally corrupt and dead?
Didn’t fix mine
I did everything on this video and got no errors but it still didn't work. I also followed your uefi video and got no luck either.
I had to do this just last week because I deleted a boot partition that was showing as an extra boot device in my Bios but only when the bios was in easy mode which was weird. In a program called "Easy EFUI" it was listed as hidden and I made sure it was the one I didn't need but when I deleted it bam my windows would no longer boot. I did not know about this video back then but when I made the recovery thumb drive and tried to do the start up repair as well as SFC and it failed and gave me an BSOD error that said could not fix disk or something and then gave some generic exception code. I eventually and I still don't really know how I did it used diskpart to rebuild the MBR I think, and even getting a few errors on the steps I followed from the internet, I somehow magically managed to get it fix lol. I think I did the same steps as in the video but in a different way?🤷♂ Anyhow I'm back up and running again and have once again learned never to mess with partitions at least not to delete any when I don't really know what I'm doing. I am glad though I did have enough primitive knowledge to at least fix it and the best part is the extra boot device no longer shows up in my bios as an option, was quite along day though. LOL
Worked great thanks
So like the motherboard manufacture instructions or whatever are they supposed to be in the box? I bought my laptop like 5 years ago… i have no idea where that is… is there a place online where you can find that info?
“How to fix windows that isn’t booting”
Step 1: boot into windows
Any idea this can be done win 11 as there's no install file
Amazing advice mate. Pssed I sent mine the india to get it up and running again. Come to think about it, never realised till now, 2 years have gone fast I wonder if they've managed to fix it for me. I didn't get a phone number from them. But what the hey!! They'll call me 😅😢😂
A giant "INSTALL NOW" on Windows recovery/setup, but then also below and not at all obvious, is the "Repair your Computer" option that is a line of text. The absurdity of the bad Microsoft design is boundless.
i got this message: there is system repair pending which requires reboot to complete, restart windows and run sfc again, when i restart the min windows logo shows i get blue screen of death 😢
I can't update my windos 10. it always gives an error messages. Because of that I downloaded Iso file. Iso also doesn't works. it shows "0x8007025D - 0x200C installation failedn in the SAFE_OS phasewithan error during APPLY_IMAGE operation" How to resolve this problem and update my OS ?
Can you just change directories once again to c: Then run SFC?
What do we do if the C: drive is actually the boot drive? Doesn’t look like I can actually see my hard drive after booting from USB
Hey there, I love watching your vids, I'm still on WinX and I have all of a sudden started having this problem and I am going to ask if you could possibly do a video on my problem, I used to be able to put my pc to sleep by hitting the sleep button on my pc, no problem with that, it still does that but it just won't wake up properly, my pc whirrs back to life but monitor stays dark for absolutely ages, so I thought I'd by-pass that and set my sleep button to hibernate instead, but then I get the blue screen, your pc has encountered a problem, So I would love to know if you know what has gone wrong, only started a few weeks back, until then I never had a problem. Thanks in advance.