[SOLVED] Nvidia driver failed to install

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karthikmahesh

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Hi everyone, so basically i ran across an issue with nvidia graphic driver update for my rtx 2060 super on windows 10 64 bit while updating to latest version. during installation process the updater failed after system restart stage, while removing old driver at same time leaving my pc without nvidia control panel. i tried to manually download driver and update but it didnt work, i used DDU to remove all nvidia files and clean registry with left over nvidia files and even that didnt work, it kept on failing during installing graphic driver process. i tried windows update and windows was not able to update nvidia display and other few files, i ran chkdsk and it says some of my files are corrupted but i dont know what happened. even system reset in recovery is not working and i dont have restore point too. after clearing devices through DDU the display option is not showing up in device manager and instead its showing other devices with few files below them which i cant uninstall them or repair them. i would be really grateful if anyone can help me out with the situation, ill provide you some screenshots and steps i undertook upon reply.
 

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Rich (BB code): 
Follow these steps to view the Check Disk (CHKDSK) results:


    

  1. Open the Control Panel
    2. 

  2. Open Administrative Tools
    3. 

  3. Select Event Viewer.
    4. 

  4. In the Event Viewer expand the Windows Logs
    5. 

  5. Select the Application log.
    6. 

  6. Right Click the Application log and select Find
    7. 

  7. Type wininit in the box and click Find Next
    8. 

  8. In the middle pane click the Source/wininit line that is found.
    9. 

  9. In the south pane, you will see the complete log for the latest Check Disk (CHKDSK)
    10.
Please copy the CHKDSK log in your next post.

Also, open an elevated command prompt by clicking start type cmd, then CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. An elevated command prompt will open. Copy and paste the following into it and let it run. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
After it completes, run the sfc /scannow again.

Did you run DDU in safe mode? If not please do.
 
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xrobwx71


yes i did try running DDU in safe mode and selected clean and reboot. ddu removed all my nvidia driver and other stuff but still i was not able to install nvidia graphic driver. please find the CHKDSK LOG below








Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Wininit
Date: 5/5/2020 2:30:47 AM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-GD2TDFL
Description:


Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
499456 file records processed.


File verification completed.
29772 large file records processed.


0 bad file records processed.



Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
252 reparse records processed.


694376 index entries processed.


Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.


0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.


252 reparse records processed.



Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Cleaning up 2926 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 2926 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 2926 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
97461 data files processed.


CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
38469896 USN bytes processed.


Usn Journal verification completed.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

152939519 KB total disk space.
50839596 KB in 282312 files.
252472 KB in 97462 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
621947 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
101225504 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
38234879 total allocation units on disk.
25306376 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
00 9f 07 00 88 cb 05 00 f5 15 0c 00 00 00 00 00 ................
92 00 00 00 6a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....j...........

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Wininit" Guid="{206f6dea-d3c5-4d10-bc72-989f03c8b84b}" EventSourceName="Wininit" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">1001</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2020-05-04T21:00:47.637206400Z" />
<EventRecordID>412</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-GD2TDFL</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>

Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.


A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
499456 file records processed.


File verification completed.
29772 large file records processed.


0 bad file records processed.



Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
252 reparse records processed.


694376 index entries processed.


Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.


0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.


252 reparse records processed.



Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Cleaning up 2926 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 2926 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 2926 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
97461 data files processed.


CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
38469896 USN bytes processed.


Usn Journal verification completed.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

152939519 KB total disk space.
50839596 KB in 282312 files.
252472 KB in 97462 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
621947 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
101225504 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
38234879 total allocation units on disk.
25306376 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
00 9f 07 00 88 cb 05 00 f5 15 0c 00 00 00 00 00 ................
92 00 00 00 6a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....j...........

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
 
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Please do the following:

Step 1 - Replace Drivers Hive Manually

Warning: this fix is specific to the user in this thread. No one else should follow these instructions as it may cause more harm than good. If you are after assistance, please start a thread of your own.

  1. Download DRIVERS.ZIP and save to your desktop.
  2. Right-click on it and select Extract all.... Make sure the "Show extracted files when complete" is checked and click Extract.
  3. Now we have the DRIVERS file that we will be using to replace your current one.
  4. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\config
  5. Right-click on the current DRIVERS file and select rename. Rename it to DRIVERS.bad.
    Note: If you get an error that the file is in use, reboot your computer and then try again.
  6. Take the file from the Drivers folder on your desktop and paste it into C:\Windows\System32\config

Retry updating the drivers again.
 

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Thank you for your prompt reply, should i paste the driver attachment you gave along with my driver (renamed to drivers.bad) in system 32] config folder? should i delete the old driver of mine or something? sorry for my ignorance since iam very new to this problem
 

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