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  • Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:47 PM
     
     
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    I downloaded windows 7 sp1 from TechNet yesterday cant install sp1 on 1 of my PC's error 0x800f0a12, windows 7 sp1 did install ok on my other PC
       

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    • Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:58 PM
       
       
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      Hi,

      to see the cause of Windows 7 update / Service Pack failures, we must look for error messages in the file CBS.log.

      Please run the Windows Explorer and go to the folder "C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\" and copy all files to your document folder (otherwise you can't upload them), zip all files into 1 ZIP and upload the zip to your SkyDrive [1] and post a link here.

      André

      [1] http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65
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      • Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:30 PM
         
         
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        CBS Logs

        http://cid-4df93d4ccec4d62e.office.live.com/browse.aspx/sp1%20error?nl=1&uc=1

        Waynener
           
        • Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:42 PM
           
           
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          Error                 CBS    SPI: (CSPInstall::AutoMountDisableCheck:1026)Bcdedit failed with error code 0x1 hr=0x800f0a12

          Run BCDEdit > BCDeditlog.txt and post the content of the created BCDeditlog.txt here. Do you use an 3rd party bootloader (GRUB)?

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          • Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:07 PM
             
             
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            I ran BCDEdit it wont create log file
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            • Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:21 PM
               
               
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              the > operation directs it into a text file.
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              • Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:43 PM
                 
                 
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                The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
                The system cannot find the file specified.
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                • Thursday, February 17, 2011 4:22 PM
                   
                   
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                  do you run the command prompt with admin rights? Do you use a 3rd party boot loader?
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                  • Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:13 PM
                     
                     
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                    yes Im running command prompt with admin rights but I have this program installed Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2011 Suite
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                    • Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:50 PM
                       
                       
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                      follow this guide to repair the BCD:

                      http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

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

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                      • Monday, February 21, 2011 3:54 AM
                         
                         
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                        I am having the same issue and but have the Paragon Backup and Recovery tool installed.
                           
                        • Monday, February 21, 2011 8:13 AM
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                          Hi Chuck6969,

                          Please start a new topic and explain the issue you encounter in detail.

                          Also, you may try the Andre's suggestion above.

                          Thanks.

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                          • Monday, February 21, 2011 8:40 AM
                             
                             
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                            I had similair issues and fixed it by assigning a drive letter to the 'System Reserved' (100MB hidden partition) before installing SP1.
                            After installing SP1 I remove the letter.

                            (Disk Management did not show me the volume name for this partition when no letter was assigned. Also the details were not available. Only after assigning a letter the volume name and partition information was available.. disabling the letter did keep the information available but after a reboot this information was gone again from disk management, have to look into this though)

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                            • Monday, February 21, 2011 2:41 PM
                               
                               
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                              I had similair issues and fixed it by assigning a drive letter to the 'System Reserved' (100MB hidden partition) before installing SP1.
                              After installing SP1 I remove the letter.

                              interesting fix.

                              @Waynener

                              try the workaround, please.

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                              • Monday, February 21, 2011 2:45 PM
                                 
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                                You're most likely hitting this: http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2011/02/17/windows-7-2008-r2-service-pack-1-fails-with-0x800f0a12.aspx

                                --Joseph