Unable to boot windows 8 or get into safe mode

[Trumes]

Hi, I'm in the SH@£ here good and proper!

I am trying to run sfc /scannow to try and fix my boot problem but I keep getting "windows resource protection could not start the repair service"

I have found a few threads that mention this but they go off on a tangent and do not deal with what I am facing.

I have the original win8 CD but it has never managed to fix a thing for me, it just says it cannot! I really cannot to a clean install as all of my work files are on there!

Please help!

steve

 

[Trumes]

I also start in x:\sources>

 

[Tews]

This should be right up your alley!

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3047-sfc-scannow-command-run-windows-8-a.html?filter%5B1%5D=Performance%20Maintenance

 

[Trumes]

You are the Don one!.... One problem tho. It's saying "There is a system repair pending that needs a reboot"

i have rebooted, repeated the steps and get the same "there is a system repair pending......." Message!

 

[Trumes]

Here is where I am at now...

 

[Trumes]

Same old same old!

 

[David Bailey]

Are you running it in Administrator command prompt ?

 

[Trumes]

How can I log is as admin in command prompt? I have been at this for hours now mate and am rapidly running out of ideas.

Many thanks

 

[Trumes]

Yes mate, I'm in as admin

 

[David Bailey]

How can I log is as admin in command prompt? I have been at this for hours now mate and am rapidly running out of ideas.

Many thanks

See picture:

 

[Trumes]

Thanks for that but I'm completely out of options now. I have follow many walkthroughs and come to the same problem.

is there anyway I can install a fresh windows 8 on another partition and still access the files on my corrupt install?

 

[David Bailey]

Thanks for that but I'm completely out of options now. I have follow many walkthroughs and come to the same problem.

is there anyway I can install a fresh windows 8 on another partition and still access the files on my corrupt install?

Have you tried the DISM command ?

 

[Saltgrass]

From what I can see, the command you are using for the offline SFC scan has two errors. There is not an equal sign after your /offwindir and it looks like you should be using C: and then D: for the offwindir.

Since the command just gives you the help output, it is not really doing anything. Maybe go back and recheck the tutorial referenced.

 

[Trumes]

Thanks both.

I noticed my mistakes since posting the screenshots and managed to get sfc to run but it came back with either one of the 2 errors I previously reported. I have run the command about 50 times now, rechecking and rebooting.

Is there a way I could do the fresh install and access the corrupt files on the other partition? I think this is my only choice now.


many thanks

 

[Trumes]

Yes David, I have also run that command from a previous tutorial.

Thanks anyway.

 

[Trumes]

Thanks for that but I'm completely out of options now. I have follow many walkthroughs and come to the same problem.

is there anyway I can install a fresh windows 8 on another partition and still access the files on my corrupt install?

Have you tried the DISM command ?

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I tried the offline one also

 

[David Bailey]

I don't know anything about partitions.

 

[Trumes]

It's probably my explanation of things.

I was wandering if install windows 8 again on the same hard disk, without deleting this corrupt installation. Could I access it from te fresh install and retrieve my files?

 

[David Bailey]

It's probably my explanation of things.

I was wandering if install windows 8 again on the same hard disk, without deleting this corrupt installation. Could I access it from te fresh install and retrieve my files?

You are talking about personal files & not installed programs ?

A question:

How are you able to run a command prompt if your computer won't boot up ?

 

[David Bailey]

If you can, try this: