I tried to install WSL2 on my computer but got the error 14098. I also attempted several updates, some of them returning 0x800f0905. I use a dell, Windows 11 Home version. I searched for help but among these tries, none worked: DISM RestoreHealth tells me that it couldn't find the source(0x800f081f). Then I got the Media Creation Tool W11, updated the system, and all previous updates have been fixed. However WSL2 still doesn't load, nor do later updates. I tried mounting: md c:\test\offline and using it as a source(also using install.esd and install.esd), but DISM simply ignores me. chkdsk, which runs after a restart, finishes scanning and tells nothing. sfc/scannow won't do a thing! Please help. Thanks in advance!

3) I tried mounting: md c:\test\offline and using it as a source(also using install.esd and install.esd), but DISM simply ignores me. This sequence worked on my Win10 test VM. I should note that my VM was not "broken". Mount the Windows iso that matches your OS version. Use the drive letter (I have F:) and desired folder name in the following commands. Find index of Win version dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:F:\sources\install.esd Export the wim file using the correct index. (6 was win10 pro for me) dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:F:\sources\install.esd /SourceIndex:6 /DestinationImageFile:c:\temp\install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity Double check that the wim matches your OS. dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:c:\temp\install.wim Run the repair. Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /restoreHealth /source:c:\temp\install.wim A reboot would likely be the next step followed by another run of IsWindowsHealty.bat. If that doesn't fix your OS then you will probably need to reinstall the OS. This site suggests that you can do an inplace upgrade. I have no idea if that will work or not. I didn't try it. https://www.techspot.com/guides/1764-windows-repair-keep-all-your-files-intact/ You might have to do a reset. https://www.bing.com/search?q=windows%20reset%20this%20pc

Repair failed when attempting to add plugins(WHO SHOULD I TAG)

Jeff Giff 1

I tried to install WSL2 on my computer but got the error 14098. I also attempted several updates, some of them returning 0x800f0905.

I use a dell, Windows 11 Home version.

I searched for help but among these tries, none worked:

DISM RestoreHealth tells me that it couldn't find the source(0x800f081f).
Then I got the Media Creation Tool W11, updated the system, and all previous updates have been fixed. However WSL2 still doesn't load, nor do later updates.
I tried mounting: md c:\test\offline and using it as a source(also using install.esd and install.esd), but DISM simply ignores me.
chkdsk, which runs after a restart, finishes scanning and tells nothing.
sfc/scannow won't do a thing!

Please help. Thanks in advance!

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-13T02:41:25.743+00:00

Also, I know that several windows addons are needed to use WSL2. I just receive new errors for trying -- I think it was 0x80073712.
Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-14T00:13:47.277+00:00

Safe mode failed as well.
Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-14T00:14:57.76+00:00

@MotoX80 I've tried your option in a previous post too; it won't work for me :(
MotoX80 34,761 Reputation points

2022-05-14T02:10:47.777+00:00

I have replied to hundreds of posts.... which one are you referring to?

I would suggest that you start with running my "IsWindowsHealthy" bat file. That should tell you if Windows detects any fundamental problems.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/187906/can39t-solve-windows-update-error-0x80070002.html
Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-14T02:24:21.96+00:00

Oh thanks, I'll try it

I lost it in my browsing records...
Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-14T02:43:00.107+00:00

I received rc=0 for everything and got to the end. SFC/SCANNOW says that it found the corrupted files but some couldn't be fixed. Powershell.exe says:
WU:NetworkFailureDetected No
[translated from chinese; may be wrong] Checking a hung up restart -1
WU:WaaSMedicSupport Yes
Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-14T02:51:12.587+00:00
Finally the code says: choose solution to apply / the solutions below are for solving the problems we found

check windows update [1] Solve problems regarding Windows Update [?] help [x] exit :

I chose 1, it ran, then I exit the program.
Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-14T03:39:53.263+00:00

Now i'm getting 0x80248007

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MotoX80 34,761 Reputation points

2022-05-14T16:15:19.143+00:00
3) I tried mounting: md c:\test\offline and using it as a source(also using install.esd and install.esd), but DISM simply ignores me.

This sequence worked on my Win10 test VM. I should note that my VM was not "broken".

Mount the Windows iso that matches your OS version. Use the drive letter (I have F:) and desired folder name in the following commands.

Find index of Win version

dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:F:\sources\install.esd

Export the wim file using the correct index. (6 was win10 pro for me)

dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:F:\sources\install.esd /SourceIndex:6 /DestinationImageFile:c:\temp\install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity

Double check that the wim matches your OS.

dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:c:\temp\install.wim

Run the repair.

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /restoreHealth /source:c:\temp\install.wim

A reboot would likely be the next step followed by another run of IsWindowsHealty.bat.

If that doesn't fix your OS then you will probably need to reinstall the OS.

This site suggests that you can do an inplace upgrade. I have no idea if that will work or not. I didn't try it.

https://www.techspot.com/guides/1764-windows-repair-keep-all-your-files-intact/

You might have to do a reset.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=windows%20reset%20this%20pc
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Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-15T23:33:31.35+00:00

I DID reinstall my OS previously... but no, nothing would fix this.

Also, I happen to have tried the same solution you provided, only I installed install.wim in my root folder.

Is it because my Win11 version is 21H2 and that maybe doesn't match the install.wim? Now I'm trying to install a .iso file directly to see if that works...

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-15T23:59:08.693+00:00

I am rlly so disappointed with Windows 11... this dude says he's got more errors in Win11 than all the errors combined, starting from Windows 3.1 :P

I don't think I can revert back to Windows 10 without risking deleting everything since I don't have any free thumbs... I'll just pray that Windows will fix it in a few months...

If nothing works, I'll wait until I am free, buy a new thumb, an reinstall Windows 10 through Media Creation Tool. (I mean, I do love the overview of this, but man, a system that crashes like this? I have a computer that's a whole decade old and even that has never received as much errors as this brand new computer I got with a Win11... not to mention that I once soaked it in water, had to revert to a backup and lost all office apps...)

MotoX80 34,761 Reputation points

2022-05-16T01:40:52.99+00:00

not to mention that I once soaked it in water, had to revert to a backup and lost all office apps

Earlier this year I purchased new Win11 laptops for both me and my wife. They are running just fine for both of us. I'm sorry about your water accident, but I don't see that as being a Windows problem. I thought that hardware vendors normally provide a "re-install my pc" option that would use a recovery partition on the disk to reimage the pc. You would need to contact your hardware vendor for support on that.

If you've already reinstalled the OS, then it's going to be hard for forum users to understand what state your OS is in and to know what got installed and when.

Do you know someone who supports pc's as a profession? Ie; has experience troubleshooting pc problems? I'm thinking back to my neighbor asking me for help with his pc where I hang up the phone and walk down to his house because its infinitely easier to sit in front of a pc with full access to logs, etc, and I can try to get it to function. Having him try to describe the problem as you are trying to do now is really tough because there is too much that we don't know about what was done on this particular OS instance.

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-16T02:15:55.197+00:00

No, I mean, the water event happened on my old PC and I have a new one rn :)

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-16T02:19:12.847+00:00

Oh I get what you mean, but I'm in lockdown :(

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-16T02:29:43.737+00:00

I have checked both DISM and CBS logs but they just tell me that either some regedit file is corrupted or there are CSI manifest corruptions or the source files, which I had specified, couldn't be found...

Like, I got 16000+ lines of log already for these two weeks...

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-16T04:35:47.433+00:00

Thankfully I have an absurd memory; I can tell you that, starting from the beginning of this month, I have tried updating and installing features. Then I tried DISM many times. After that I ran chkdsk and sfc/scannow (repeatedly). Next, I got Media Creation Tool. Reinstalled Win11. Then tried mounting and using source options. Later on I heard about deleting regedit corruptions. I tried that but nothing happened, so I merged them back. I then explored safe mode, but still it didn't work.

As of what may have been the cause of this I do not know; many have encountered this problem, so I am guessing that it's the fault of the system and not mine. Besides, I only used this computer for less than 4 months, as it was purchased in February.

MotoX80 34,761 Reputation points

2022-05-16T12:46:43.99+00:00

If you get the ISO downloaded you could try the upgrade in place that this site documents.

https://www.techspot.com/guides/1764-windows-repair-keep-all-your-files-intact/

I have not tried this and don't know if it will work on Win11, but it sounds like your current OS instance is in such an unknown state that your best path forward is a reinstall of some kind.

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-16T23:28:55.09+00:00

Oh I see! Thanks for the advice :)

I guess I'll just have to re-reinstall my computer then :) True, my OS instance is in a weird state, and some posts say that it's because my antivirus app, McAfee, was installed under the C: drive. I don't think I want to remove it at the moment though.

Will keep experimenting! :)

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-16T23:30:18.017+00:00

The only problem is, my iso download is constantly stuck at less than 100kB/sec. I have decided to use Media Creation Tool.

MotoX80 34,761 Reputation points

2022-05-17T01:56:11.973+00:00

I have a long history with McAfee and the first thing that I did with my new Win11 Dell laptops was to uninstall it. Defenders seems to be ok, and I have my critical files copied to an external drive. If the laptops get infected, I'll just rebuild them. But I also have VMWare player installed running a throwaway Win10 VM where I play with anything that's questionable.

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-17T02:12:46.36+00:00

So... do I just uninstall McAfee? Other defense apps aren't crucial if I play safe right?

MotoX80 34,761 Reputation points

2022-05-17T02:32:33.313+00:00

I haven't had any interaction with McAfee for nearly 5 years. I used to do server support and we had EPO/VirusScan/HIPS installed on our servers. We had "some issues", and some of those were self-inflicted due to how we managed our policies. But I also spent a significant amount of time with their tech support group troubleshooting problems.

For my home PC's I primarily use Defender, and on my Win10 machines I had Malwarebytes installed but only for manual scans and not real-time AV protection. I would occasionally run MWB to get a second opinion to see if it detected anything.

I would recommend searching the web for sites like PCMag and other industry sites for reviews of AV software and see what they have to say. My decision is more personal preference and not a deep dive functionality analysis.

Jeff Giff 1 Reputation point

2022-05-17T02:56:24.027+00:00

I see. Thank you so much for the advice! I guess that's all I need to know now :)
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