Lost power *after* installing Windows Updates

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I installed the Windows 7 updates tonight.

Normally I do a full image backup right before installing updates, but I had an image that was about a week old.  And with Woody at DEFCON 4, I figured I’d just back up my user profile to a flash drive and then install the updates.

I installed 2018-08 Rollup for Win 7 x64 (KB4343900), 2018-08 Rollup for .NET (KB4345590) and the MSRT.  All updates completed successfully.  I was waiting around for the CPU to drop to zero prior to rebooting and then the power went out.

Windows recognized that I hadn’t shut down correctly and prompted me to launch safe mode.  I did, waited on the loaded driver screen for a long time (a check of the event viewer shows the system ran an automated CHKDSK during this time).  Then the system started configuring updates from 1-30% – what it would have done if I shut down properly.  Then the system rebooted and finished configuring as normal.

Windows Update says all the updates installed successfully.  I ran a second CHKDSK and there were no problems on the drive.  I ran a sfc /scannow from an administrator command prompt and  “Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.”

I think I’m good.  Is there anything else I should check?

I could restore from my 2018-08-29 backup, but that seems like a time consuming process to put myself in worse shape than I already am.  Thoughts?

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I have always used:
DISM /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

before running sfc /scannow on Win7.  I understand that it checks the master image(s) on the disk with MS.  Otherwise, I think you are probably OK.  And if you do experience any funnies, you can drop back to the last known backup.

If your power supply is not perfect, consider buying a UPS.  Spikes and brownouts can ruin your day.

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anonymous wrote:

I have always used: DISM /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth before running sfc /scannow on Win7. I understand that it checks the master image(s) on the disk with MS. Otherwise, I think you are probably OK. And if you do experience any funnies, you can drop back to the last known backup. If your power supply is not perfect, consider buying a UPS. Spikes and brownouts can ruin your day.

The power outage was very short-lived.  I do have the computer plugged into a surge protector.

The image I did was to an external hard drive with Macrium Reflect.

I think I’m OK.  The system did do everything it was supposed to do, and I haven’t noticed any problems.  Like you said, if thing start acting up, I can always go back to my image.

Thanks.

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You don’t need to check anything else. You are good to go.

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GoneToPlaid wrote:

You don’t need to check anything else. You are good to go.

Thanks.  I’ll go ahead and mark this resolved.

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