Attempting to repair

besb

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Hi All
Running Release preview and experienced the following:-
On booting I think it was doing an update the system crashed.
Rebooted and then went into failed to boot
attempting to repair
This was on an external esata drive so I could hear what was going on:-
System spent some 25 minutes with the small graphic circle spinning
and either reading or writing to the drive, it finally stopped and said it
failed to repair try advanced options or close down.
Not sure of what would happen I closed down to remove 4 other drives for safety.
These are individual, I dont dual boot, tested each and they booted ok. Removed drives again
Plugged win8 drive back in ready to try advanced options but lo and behold
it booted up successfully.
Anybody else experienced this.
besb
 

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My computer did similar thing twice, both times "attempting to repair" seemed to go on for ages. Finally it booted into windows but all my programs except the metro apps were gone and I had to re-install them all which was a pain as my model helicopter flight sim was back into demo mode and my activation key no longer worked so I had to contact the company to reset it twice.
 

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    WD TV Live
Hi Loquasious Just been testing, a few " funnies": boots to metro, apps run including media center for live TV.
desktop: Most programs run OK but have lost the "start" in the bottom left corner, I can get back to metro via charms top right.
But annoyingly like you it has lost the installation key for corel pspX , will have to phone to get a new one.
Media center which I use for live digital tv has vanished from the desktop but can still be found in ehome.
Luckily I cloned a win7 drive prior to installing 8
besb
 

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    q6600@3Ghz, amd 965 etc etc
    Motherboard
    gigabyte
    Memory
    8gb per
    Graphics Card(s)
    gts450 ,560gt etc
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3xsamsung 24in
    Screen Resolution
    3, 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    To many! spread across 4 desktops,3 laptops 1 netbook
    ssd, sata 3's ide etc
    PSU
    Hyper Modular 600W
    Case
    lian li
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    artic
    Internet Speed
    60Mb
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    Basically the house has 4 desktops 3 in the study + the wifes,
    3 laptops 1 netbook 2 android tablets 2 android smart phones
    and ipad and iphone
Hi besb, I am in the process of re-installing rest of my programs and then I am going to back up everything using the Windows 7 file recovery option.

It seems that I get the problem of not booting and attempting to repair if I try to install virtu. This has seemingly happened since installing the latest Nvidia win 8 driver for my GTX 680.

Initially it happened when I installed the driver for the video card. Then when I sorted that after the "repair".

I re-installed everything except "virtu" I left that till last. When I tried installing it I got another boot loop and repair attempt and had to reinstall again (doing it now) so this time I am backing up and NOT installing virtu at this stage.

loquacious
 

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    AZROCK Z77 Extreme6
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    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX 680
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell Ultrasharp U3011
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    1 x Crucial M4 256gb SSD
    2 x 1tb Western Digital Caviar Black
    1 x 2tb Western Digital Caviar Green
    1 x 2Tb Samsung Story USB 3
    1 Ready NAS NV+ with 4x2Tb Drives
    PSU
    Enermax MAXREVO 1350 Watts
    Case
    Antec Lanboy Air with NZXT Sentry LXE Controller
    Cooling
    Antec Kuhler 920
    Keyboard
    Roccat Isku
    Mouse
    Roccat Kova+
    Internet Speed
    12000 Kb/s
    Other Info
    Brother 6490CW Multifunction Printer
    Brother 2170W Laser Printer
    Fritz Box 7390 Modem / Router
    Logitech Webcam 500
    Logitech G25 Racing Wheel
    XBox 360 Controller
    Logitech Z4 Speakers
    WD TV Live
Older versions of VIRTU caused BSOD's in some Win7 systems.
Try the latest drivers from here: lucidlogix with GPU Solution
Note that it's not supported in Win8 - read the detailed release notes for possible problems.
 

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    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
Further to my initial experience delving a little deeper I now can reproduce the issue at will.
The cause is swopping around sata multiple drives in the system.
I have 4 drives Win7(work, fully loaded) win7(games on a ssd cut down for speed 10sec load superfast etc)
win xp for legacy (flight sims) and win 8. Machine only has room for 3. I do not dual boot but select drive to boot in the bios.
The problem arises if I unplug one of the drives
Win8 goes into auto-repair which finally ends up (15mins later)with auto-repair cant repair.
unplug all drives bar win8 and run auto repair again, again it says cant repair but if I reboot it boots just fine on its own.
Plug a second drive in and it immediately starts auto repair again after 2 auto-repair failures it will boot again.

net result I cant add or remove drives without win 8 going into auto repair.
Is this because all disks are set as basic drives and when it does not match the configuration it has stored
Win8 cannot dynamically add an extra drive and goes into auto repair?.

I also tried adding and removing a drive via usb. This worked correctly albeit it took a few seconds longer when re-added.
 

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    xp , 7Pro, 8RP, Android phone, Tablet
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
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    CPU
    q6600@3Ghz, amd 965 etc etc
    Motherboard
    gigabyte
    Memory
    8gb per
    Graphics Card(s)
    gts450 ,560gt etc
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3xsamsung 24in
    Screen Resolution
    3, 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    To many! spread across 4 desktops,3 laptops 1 netbook
    ssd, sata 3's ide etc
    PSU
    Hyper Modular 600W
    Case
    lian li
    Cooling
    artic
    Internet Speed
    60Mb
    Other Info
    Basically the house has 4 desktops 3 in the study + the wifes,
    3 laptops 1 netbook 2 android tablets 2 android smart phones
    and ipad and iphone
Are you using win8 Graphical boot menu , or a text style boot menu?
 

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Dunno if this is significant, but I originally installed Win8 on another hard drive in another SATA port.
The installation added Win8 to the boot menu on my Win7 drive.

When I removed that drive and put in a new one (on a different SATA port), the old Win8 installation still remains on the boot menu. I haven't tried to remove it yet - but I have to wonder if I'll have similar issues to you.

If your issues are similar, it could be because of the boot entries on the boot drive (in my case it's my Win7 drive).

Good luck!
 

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  • OS
    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
Try starting up bootim.exe from win8 system32.
 

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SIW2, sorry if I did not make it totally clear.
no menus are involved each drive has it own individual MBR and I choose the drive hiotting F12 in the bios.
Ignoring the win8 problem i can happily boot from any drive i.e 1 installed or 3 installed other than win8.
It only occurs after I have booted into win8 shut down then swop any of the other drives then attempt to boot into win8 again.
If I don't swap any all is OK.
How do I get the system to boot from bootim.exe ?
 

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  • OS
    xp , 7Pro, 8RP, Android phone, Tablet
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    q6600@3Ghz, amd 965 etc etc
    Motherboard
    gigabyte
    Memory
    8gb per
    Graphics Card(s)
    gts450 ,560gt etc
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3xsamsung 24in
    Screen Resolution
    3, 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    To many! spread across 4 desktops,3 laptops 1 netbook
    ssd, sata 3's ide etc
    PSU
    Hyper Modular 600W
    Case
    lian li
    Cooling
    artic
    Internet Speed
    60Mb
    Other Info
    Basically the house has 4 desktops 3 in the study + the wifes,
    3 laptops 1 netbook 2 android tablets 2 android smart phones
    and ipad and iphone
The bootim.exe is a great tip! Thanks!

But, it hid my cursor. Any idea of how to get it back (short of a reboot?)
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
Hi All thanks for the suggestions but I have narrowed it down.
It fails when you have two discs installed with Win8 found by accident when trying to create a restore disc for RP
which was failing even following the tutorial (another post) by doing a clean to yet another drive.

For simplicity I used two drives only, both with a win8 RP installed individually (no dual boot) but boot chosen on bios load.
Call them Drive-A and Drive-B.
When only one be it A or B is attached they boot correctly.
When both are attached it does not matter whether A or B is chosen as boot the system lets say Drive_A starts to load then after the spinner is on for 30 secs or so comes up with an error and reboots and comes back with the same error sequence.
Remove one of the drives it goes into auto repair once then boots OK.
Install the second drive again and boot from drive-B you get the same sequence over again.
Conclusion Win8 RP does not allow coexistence of two systems even with 2 individual MBRs on load it identifies the second installation and that triggers the reload / repair sequences.
 

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  • OS
    xp , 7Pro, 8RP, Android phone, Tablet
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    q6600@3Ghz, amd 965 etc etc
    Motherboard
    gigabyte
    Memory
    8gb per
    Graphics Card(s)
    gts450 ,560gt etc
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3xsamsung 24in
    Screen Resolution
    3, 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    To many! spread across 4 desktops,3 laptops 1 netbook
    ssd, sata 3's ide etc
    PSU
    Hyper Modular 600W
    Case
    lian li
    Cooling
    artic
    Internet Speed
    60Mb
    Other Info
    Basically the house has 4 desktops 3 in the study + the wifes,
    3 laptops 1 netbook 2 android tablets 2 android smart phones
    and ipad and iphone
I had a Win7 system w/3 hard drives
Installed Win8 w/new HDD - no real problems.
Removed hard drive and did another Win8 install on another new hard drive.

Win8 still remembers the first Win8 installation - even though the disk is no longer connected to the system!

I have to wonder if it looks for that funny 100 mB system partition that MS started using with Win7?

Gonna have to start looking into changes in the boot structure - but it's gotta wait until I mow the lawn!
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
usasma
In my case each copy of Win8 was installed individually to a single hard drive in the system (no others drives installed)
so each copy should have no knowledge buried in the boot structure of a second version.
It is only when both are connected that it shows up.
Not really a problem for general use but I do have two versions of win7, one on ssd for games and the second on a 2TB for general purpose activities no such problems manifest themselves with that set up
 

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System One

  • OS
    xp , 7Pro, 8RP, Android phone, Tablet
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    q6600@3Ghz, amd 965 etc etc
    Motherboard
    gigabyte
    Memory
    8gb per
    Graphics Card(s)
    gts450 ,560gt etc
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3xsamsung 24in
    Screen Resolution
    3, 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    To many! spread across 4 desktops,3 laptops 1 netbook
    ssd, sata 3's ide etc
    PSU
    Hyper Modular 600W
    Case
    lian li
    Cooling
    artic
    Internet Speed
    60Mb
    Other Info
    Basically the house has 4 desktops 3 in the study + the wifes,
    3 laptops 1 netbook 2 android tablets 2 android smart phones
    and ipad and iphone
There have been drastic changes in the boot structure of Win8 and I can't find any hard info on it.
I'm going to try Win7/Win8 installation and Win8/Win8 installation on same hard drive and different hard drives as soon as I get a spare system available at work.

I'll monitor the contents and date/timestamps of all the root files, will run Process Monitor at boot to see if it spots any changes, and will see what else pops up. This is gonna take me a while - but hopefully it'll be finished before Windows Internals 7th Edition comes out (Windows Internals 6th Edition part 1 just came out a few months ago!).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
The bootim.exe is a great tip! Thanks!

But, it hid my cursor. Any idea of how to get it back (short of a reboot?)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableCursorSuppression"=dword:00000000
 

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  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Thanks, I'll try that next time it happens!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
I have been running Win 7 for the last week and did not try again.
I decided to cut out the number of variables involved and see what happens.
I used a single drive, 1 partition,and installed on sata channel 1 master

Default: Windows 8
Timeout: 30 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: C:\

Entry #1
Name: Windows 8
BCD ID: {default}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \WINDOWS\system32\winload.exe

All loads and runs perfectly.

Shutdown, moved drive to sata channel 3.
attempted to boot finds win8, then 10 secs into the boot screen
I get the error and runs the attempting to repair cycle several times
before failed to restore. use recovery tools etc. etc.

Shutdown, move back to sata channel 1
Boots immediately. No other actions taken by me other than physically changing the port.

Therefore it the problem must be within the boot manager and the configuration info in the registry.
I do not have the depth of knowledge to sort this out so I hope someone can help.

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
integrityservices Enable
default {7043437e-90d4-11e1-a2ad-d4143e8be16b}
resumeobject {7043437d-90d4-11e1-a2ad-d4143e8be16b}
displayorder {7043437e-90d4-11e1-a2ad-d4143e8be16b}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {7043437e-90d4-11e1-a2ad-d4143e8be16b}
device partition=C:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 8
locale en-US
inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
recoverysequence {7043437f-90d4-11e1-a2ad-d4143e8be16b}
integrityservices Enable
recoveryenabled Yes
custom:17000077 352321653
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \WINDOWS
resumeobject {7043437d-90d4-11e1-a2ad-d4143e8be16b}
nx OptIn

If I examined these objects they expand to quite a large tree
none of which seemed to have any description referring to channels
a number of the keys being just binary strings

Incidently having just sat waiting for the attempting to repairing cycles to finish
I have decided in future to refer to windows 8 as W8 = WAIT
 

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  • OS
    xp , 7Pro, 8RP, Android phone, Tablet
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    q6600@3Ghz, amd 965 etc etc
    Motherboard
    gigabyte
    Memory
    8gb per
    Graphics Card(s)
    gts450 ,560gt etc
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3xsamsung 24in
    Screen Resolution
    3, 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    To many! spread across 4 desktops,3 laptops 1 netbook
    ssd, sata 3's ide etc
    PSU
    Hyper Modular 600W
    Case
    lian li
    Cooling
    artic
    Internet Speed
    60Mb
    Other Info
    Basically the house has 4 desktops 3 in the study + the wifes,
    3 laptops 1 netbook 2 android tablets 2 android smart phones
    and ipad and iphone
One way to protect your multiboot system is to run the windows 8 RP (I did not find the CP so difficult to coexist with - but I am running that on an older IDE ATA disk system) from a USB - either a Flash drive, HD or in a VHD on a USB system (or a SSD if you can afford it) - and set your BIOS Boot order for USB first.

Then USB in = Windows 8, USB out = Multiboot Windows 7, XP, Linux Mint, ThinPC, etc, and the Windows 8 bootloader does not attempt to interfere with internal drives on the SATA connections.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP COMPAQ Presario CQ57
    CPU
    AMD E- 300 APU with Radion HD Graphics 1.30GHz
    Motherboard
    inbuilt
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
    Sound Card
    High Definition Audio on-board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    notebook
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Seagate ST9500325AS
    Google drive 15GB
    Skydrive 25GB
    BT Cloud
    PSU
    external 20v
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    pretty good
    Keyboard
    inbuilt
    Mouse
    touchpad
    Internet Speed
    BT Infinity Unlimited - 80 up 20 down =70/16 really
    Browser
    Chrome Canary usually
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    no Start menu modifications
    Upgraded with no issues to 8.0 and to 8.1
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