Are Windows repair solutions like a traffic light button?

On 1/23/2019 11:57 PM, Bill W wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:49:51 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Ever notice that almost always, windows "fixes" for things like boot corruption or disk errors never work? They go into endless "diagnosing your pc" and "repairing your pc" loops that themselves need fixing? And before long, you are back at the dinosaur of DOS, fiddling with "fixes" at the command-prompt? Only after all that and worthless "refreshes" do you realize a complete re-install of the operating system is needed?

In the last 25 years, I don't believe I have ever reinstalled windows
to fix a problem.


I had to do it once, when my HD decided to stop booting. I had to
replace the drive.

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PeterN

On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:33:57 -0500, PeterN
wrote:

On 1/23/2019 11:57 PM, Bill W wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:49:51 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Ever notice that almost always, windows "fixes" for things like boot corruption or disk errors never work? They go into endless "diagnosing your pc" and "repairing your pc" loops that themselves need fixing? And before long, you are back at the dinosaur of DOS, fiddling with "fixes" at the command-prompt? Only after all that and worthless "refreshes" do you realize a complete re-install of the operating system is needed?

In the last 25 years, I don't believe I have ever reinstalled windows
to fix a problem.


I had to do it once, when my HD decided to stop booting. I had to
replace the drive.

That's different. I meant reinstalling Wndows to repair Wndows, so you
haven't had to do it either. Maybe we're both just lucky.