Windows 10: Migration vs Clone to New PC

Thanks. I deal with big files at times and so USB 3.0 would speed things up nicely, although I can get by with 2.0

I've runs SFC /scannow several times since the issue and it always ends with that some files were not able to be corrected. It does produce a report, but I wouldn't know what to do with the results, so I opted for the repair-reinstall which at 33% completion I get the error "Modern setup host has stopped working." I don't know what that's about ...

The files with the issues are system files.

 

Whether you clone or migrate the OS you are also going to clone or migrate the exact same problems you have now. The only way you are going to fix those problems is with a clean install.

 

Hi,

OK. Your store to repair files seems to be corrupted too.
One of our members wrote Image Health.

Windows 10 Recovery Tools - Bootable Rescue Disk

In your particular case I'd recommend a source, i.e. a mounted Windows 10 iso file, preferably containing install.wim which should be the same version as your current system version wise.


Migrating software won't work. Re-install.


Cheers, *Wink

 

Which should be obtained from here, not the Media Creation Tool:
Windows 10 ISO

 

Sounds promising. I'm pretty sure I already downloaded and burned the Windows 10 ISO, but I wasn't sure what it was since I'm running Win10 Pro 64 and the download page doesn't specifically state it will work for Pro 64. The iso file in the burned DVD is a little over 3.5GB. Is this the correct one for sure for my version?

To clarify what I'm to do, I run the Bootable Rescue Disk and run a couple tests as shown in the instructions from the link. I assume it will tell me which files I need, then those files will be transferred form the Windows 10 ISO disk? If so, I've got just one disk drive. How does the tool disk transfer the needed files from the Windows 10 ISO disk, without the Windows 10 ISO disk in the drive? Do I need to connect a second disk drive? If so I think I can get one.

 

Following up on my last message, I see now, after reading the Readme, that the "Bootable Rescue Disk" is actually the post title and "Image Health" id the actual tool. I assume it runs on my local C: drive and will extract the files needed for the disk in the disk drive, correct? After downloading it and extracting the Image Health 7Zip file I copied the ImageHealth.cmd to C: directory. The Readme says "Step 2: Right-Click IMAGE_HEALTH.CMD > Select Properties > Select Unblock ", but there is no "Unblock" to select. Please adevise.

 

Hi,

Just right click the ISO file and select "Mount". A virtual drive will be created with all the files accessible.

Just put the unzipped folder on either your system drive C:\ . Right click the image_health.cmd file and select run as Administrator. A shell will pop up with a menu containing 16 choices.
You should pick #3.
Followed by #7.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Making progress but not there yet...

"Just put the unzipped folder on either your system drive C:\ . Right click the image_health.cmd file and select run as Administrator. " It seems that is going to work, running it that way, as the utility opens up ok.

"Just right click the ISO file and select "Mount". A virtual drive will be created with all the files accessible." There's no "Mount' option with just the R-Click. I searched to topic and R-Click>Open>Windows Explorer does seem to attempt to mount it but I get the error: "Couldn't mount file. Virtual hard disk files can't be mounted from image files, or from removable media that isn't formatted with NTFS file systems". My guess is that I need to first format the DVD disk to NTFS then burn the iso to it? If so, how is that done?

 

Hi,

No need to burn the ISO to DVD. Can you copy the ISO file to say, C:\Sources\ ? Then right click it and "Mount".
After that a new drive letter will appear and you can let Image_Health do its magic.

Cheers, *Wink.

 

So you're saying that I copy the 3.5GB iso file into the C: directory, so it would read "C:\windows.iso" (I don't understand what you mean by "C:\Sources") which is the same directory that the ImageHealth file is in? I would Run ImageHealth and it will open in cmd, then when I select "3", then "7" it will automatically mount the iso and run the tests/fixes? Or, do I have to run each of them separately, one at a time?

 

Hi,

Assuming you have Image Heath on your C:\ drive, create a directory and name it "Sources" (without quotes) then copy the ISO file there and mount it.

After that run Image health.cmd and pick the options mentioned earlier.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Sooo close ...

I created the Sources folder in C: and mounted the iso as you said, then it opened a new Windows Explorer window for "DVD Drive (L*Smile ESD-ISO" which lists 9 items. I guess that's the virtual drive. I then ran ImageHealth and in the cmd window selected 3 and I got his error: "CMD.exe No Disk. There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive E:". with Close, Retry and Continue... buttons. When I tried to close the error I would get the same message except the drive letter would change from E: to G:, to H:, to J:, to K: then back to E: again, each time I'd click to close it. It seems to skip L:, which I think is the virtual drive. (???)

 

Hi,

Uh ?
You're doing this from within Windows ??

Cheers, *Wink

 

Correct, Windows 10 Pro 64.

 

Hi,

Sorry to say so but these error messages are quite mysterious to me.
I can't figure out what's going wrong here.

The virtual drive is E:\ and has the image of the ISO file mounted?
Does your ISO file contain install.esd or install.wim in the "Sources" folder ?

Cheers, *Wink