Windows cannot find msdt.exe

Hi,

Many of the files sfc can't fix are not important.

Start - type in Search box ->  CMD   find at top - Right Click on - RUN AS ADMIN

put the command from below (copy and paste it) into that box and then hit enter.

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt

that creates the sfcdetails.txt file in the folder you are in when you run it.

So if you are in C:\Windows\System32>    then you will need to look in that folder for the file.

How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program

generates in Windows Vista (and Windows 7)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228

That creates sfcdetails.txt  in C:\Windows\System32   find it and you can post the errors into a message

here. NOTE : there probably are duplicates so please only post each section of errors once.

Be sure to run checkdisk and maybe SFC /scannow again afterwards.

You can read the log/txt files easier if you right click on Notepad or Wordpad then RUN AS ADMIN - then

you can navigate to sfcdetails.txt ( in C:\Windows\System32 ) or cbs.log ( in C:\Windows\Logs ) as needed.

(You may need to search for sfcdetails.txt if it was not created in the default folders.)

Many of the entries in sfcdetails.txt could be duplicates so please post each section only once.

Hope this helps.

Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

Hi,

Seems there is drive corruption issues which could be hardware or software or both.

Disk issues can get serious very quickly so I would thoroughly check the drive now and be sure

to keep redundant backups of your important data (use several methods).

Inside Windows - Regular or Safe Mode (repeatedly tap F8 as you boot).

Run checkdisk - schedule it to run at next start and then Apply OK your way out then restart.

How to Run Disk Check in Windows 7

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

OR :

Start - type in Search box -  COMMAND   find at top of list -  RIGHT CLICK  -  RUN AS ADMIN

sfc /scannow

How to Repair Windows 7 System Files with System File Checker

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Then run checkdisk (chkdsk).

How to Run Disk Check in Windows 7

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

For even better and more efficient checking :

From the Command Prompt of the Recovery Console (if you have one) or from a Vista disk - if you do not

have a Windows 7 disk you can borrow a friend's (it needs to be same 32 or 64 bit and they are not copy

protected) or make one. Also your System maker will sell the physical disks cheap since you already own

Windows.

chkdsk /f /r

REBOOT

Space after k and before /  and after f and before /

sfc /scannow

REBOOT

Space after c and before /

How to Boot to the System Recovery Options in Windows 7

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html

What are the system recovery options in Windows 7?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7

If you do not have a Windows 7 disk you can borrow a friends as they are not copy

protected. Your System maker will also sell the physical DVD cheap since you already

own Windows. Also you can make a repair disk on another computer.

If you need to make repair disks - these help repair Windows not re-install.

How to Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

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If CheckDisk fails to complete as above :

Diagnostic Utilities By Manufacturer - run the one for your hard drive

http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/hard-drive-support/302602-hard-drive-diagnostic-utilities.html

The trial versions of one of these "might" help.

SpeedFan

http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

HD Tune

http://www.hdtune.com/

Hope this helps.

Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.