Note: Before starting make sure you have run a disk scan with chkdsk /f /r If you are forced to resort to unofficial sources please make sure you check the hash of the file to ensure it hasn’t been altered. The Windows 7 ISO can still be downloaded from Microsoft (which is obviously much safer than from 3 rd party sites) but you will need a legitimate retail key (not an OEM key sadly) to do so. Once the repair install is successful you can run the windows 10 upgrade and if you’re lucky like I was it will then complete successfully. You will get the option to keep all existing files which you must select. Extract it to a folder and then run setup. You need a Windows 7 SP1 ISO which matches the version of windows installed. I did an “upgrade” install of the existing Windows 7 SP1 to.… Windows 7 SP1! This is basically a repair install. I’ll start with the eventual fix that worked, but below I will also include the instructions for repairing Windows 7 system files as these may also be useful in other circumstances, although they I didn’t manage to fix my problem with them on this occasion.
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