Critical system driver is missing or corrupt

Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. It would be interesting to know what you think happened prior to this incident - if the system was working proerly what do you think happened to it since the last time it did work properly. You should start by booting on your Windows 7 media as suggested, then use System Restore, Startup Repair as suggested first - those are the easiest things.

Following all the instructions in your given link i face obstacles at step 13 ii. The default,sam,security,software and system files are 0 bytes.. Since the article is from the SevenForums community you could begin a new topic out there and see if they can help. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. On the Scanner tab, make sure the Perform full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer 3.

MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while. When the scan is finished a message box will appear 5. You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with the Malwareremoval process. You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should click on the Show Results button.

A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown 8. You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine.

When removing the files, MBAM may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the steps. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad window. You can now exit the MBAM program. Open a Command Window in Administrator mode:.

I am trying to deploy windows 7 64bit to an HP Z workstation and during the deployment about half way through I get a black screen stating that a "Windows failed to load because a critical system driver is missing, or corrupt" and then it fails. I checked that task sequence have I checked the option to "Select the mass storage driver that must be installed before config mgr installs But it is still failing with the same message.

Any ideas on what else I can try? I checked the logs file and it states that There are no task sequences available to this computer.. Please ensure you have at least one task sequence advertised to this computer. Unspecified error Error: So my wmi query must not be working? On which step did you put your condition? It doesn't make sense because in your first post your deployment was starting. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro?