Hi All,
I need some help preparing for an upgrade of my HP 500-164 PC from Windows 7 x64 to Windows 11.
When I originally purchased my HP 500-164 (back in 2013), it came with Windows 8 installed, and I was, and am, still using Windows 7 x64 on all of my PCs. At the time, I used Paragon disk cloning software to clone one of my other Windows 7 x64 PCs (a Dell Inspiron 560 Pentium), and then updated the device drivers for the HP 500-164, and all worked basically well for the past eight years, until more and more software became "incompatible" with Windows 7. I realize I must finally upgrade- know that the Dell Inspiron 560 will not handle Windows 11, as it is very slow with Windows 7 x64 now, and is used on my home network as primarily a "file server" with external hard drives attached to it. However, the HP 500-164 is still working great with Windows 7 x64 (as my primary PC) and I have purchased a Windows 10 Pro usb drive from Amazon, which I believe will allow me to then upgrade to Windows 11, once installed. I really want to do an "upgrade" install, as I have many programs on my HP 500-164 that I would not want to have to re-install.
My first problem is that when I run sfc /scannow on the HP 500-164 (I have run it several time now), I receive the error " Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them." (A copy of my most recent CBS.log file results is attached as file "2022-08-04 CBS Scannow Results (HPDesktop).txt."
When I had posted before, I had read that Windiws 7 x64 systems were unable to run the DISM (or "System Update Readiness tool") that might help fix some Windows corruption errors; however I was referred to the "System Update Readiness tool" (SURT) that would work on Windows 7 machines, and followed the steps to download SURT files. I clicked on
Microsoft Update Catalogue link (TinyURL:
https://tinyl.io/6l6T) and, navigated to the title that best described my computer:
System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB947821) [October 2014], and clicked the "download" box. A
pop up box appeared with a listing of 32 files. I downloaded each one, numbered them (as part of filename), and put them through a virus checked (just to be sure). All came out fine; however when I clicked on the first file, it was a ".cab" file and my default "zip" program handler popped up, so I chose to "unzip", and was left with just one text file that, when opened, contained just a bunch of what looks like jargon. It looks like the 32 files that I downloaded are all either ".cab" files or ".exe" files, and after my experience clicking the first [.cab] file, I did not proceed any further.
I am confused as to what I am supposed to do at this point. Do I first extract all of the ".cab" files, and then run each of the ".exe" files that remain? Or do I extract the ".cab" files and then run the ".exe" files in the order in which they are posted on the
System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB947821) [October 2014]? Or, do I do something completely different than the aforementioned two choices?
Also, if I do successfully run all of the SURT files, do I then run another "sfc /scannow" to ensure that all the previous corrupted files are now fixed, and the system is ready to be updated to Windows 10/11? What do I do if another "sfc /scannow", after having successfully run all the SURT files still shows "unfixable corrupt files"?
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for your help.
-Cfguy
