Running SFC Scannow in system repair, Win7

If you are stuck in a loop where the windows 7 does not boot and the system repair cannot fix your installation , it might be a good idea to run the system file checker.

 

However sfc doesn’t really understand what to do if you just run sfc /scannow from the advanced repair options command prompt.  - We need to tell it where windows is installed.

So choose advanced repair options, command prompt and type:

SFC / SCANNOW /OFFBOOTDIR=c:\ /OFFWINDIR=C:\Windows

If you have windows installed on another drive than C, change it. For me it was E for example.

If you don’t remember where it is, type c: and hit enter in the command prompt, then type dir and see if you see a folder (A text line) that says Windows if not try again by changing the drive letter, to d: ,hit enter, type dir, hit enter and keep hunting for those files.

Good luck,

WhoCrashed tells you why your computer crashed

In this short video we are looking at a nice crash report software called WhoCrashed. Run it after your computer crashed and it tells you in a rather understandable way what might be wrong, what file caused this error and why.

More at
http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

Nice malware swatter, Roguekiller

Just wanted to say a couple of words about a malware remover I just found.

Roguekiller. (
http://tigzy.geekstogo.com/roguekiller.php
)

It seems to be quite effective at finding critters and bad thingamajigs on your PC. I had some stubborn malware that gave me popups in chrome and I couldn’t remove it with. Malwarebyte’s AntiMalware. (Which otherwise is a good program).

So, mental note for myself. Roguekiller was the name of the software, and a i think i actually recommend it…

thinking…

yes i do recommend it