Windows 8 Media Center crashing on start

[markcrim]

Hi all,

Up to date Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center.

Media Center crashes immediately on (attempted) start up, with this info:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ehshell.exe
Application Version: 6.3.9600.16384
Application Timestamp: 5215efc2
Fault Module Name: clr.dll
Fault Module Version: 4.0.30319.34014
Fault Module Timestamp: 52e0b86c
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000000000007b95
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.103
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: d37c
Additional Information 2: d37cb12103a0228084658bf222aa63e5
Additional Information 3: f7bd
Additional Information 4: f7bd1265708c52b217df7ed833bc93ff​

I ran sfc /scannow, and it reported that there were some corrupted files, some of which could not be fixed. The CBS log is attached.

Thanks for any help! (Pity me---I just missed the Big Game.)

Mark

 

[markcrim]

Well I noticed that I had a notification in my Intel Rapid Storage Technology Center. I cleared it (set to be treated as "Normal"), then it stayed normal until I tried to start Media Center. So it's a bad hard drive (BIOS diagnostic agrees). It was a Seagate Barracuda, and I've replaced it with a SSD---spending all evening starting from 8.0 from a recovery drive, doing all the updates, then upgrading to 8.1, then the Pro Pack to get Media Center back (is there any better way to run a TV tuner? please?). So five hours later, it works.