Can't Boot - aswVmm.sys is corrupt or missing

[devnullius]

I'm stuck in the same repair bootloop. I renamed all offending files but while the boot seems to work for a while, in the end it still gives a bsod. Any chances I can simply replace the corrupted aswvmm.sys?

[bob3160]

I'm stuck in the same repair bootloop. I renamed all offending files but while the boot seems to work for a while, in the end it still gives a bsod. Any chances I can simply replace the corrupted aswvmm.sys?

Posting in a 6 year old topic doesn't make sense.
I suggest you start your own topic and explain your problem in detail.

[devnullius]

It does make sense, it's the top Google result and the exact same problem. Thank you

[devnullius]

After renaming / moving the files, I get, after a longer wait period, the following (new) error: inaccessible boot device. I'll check my BIOS next to see what my disk settings are.

I also did 'Sfc  /Scannow   /OFFBOOTDIR=D:\   /OFFWINDIR=D:\Windows'. It found a few problems and corrected it. A second run did not find any problems (same for chkdsk).

..\system32\logfiles\srt\srttrail.txt is clean now, aswvmm.sys isn't mentioned any longer. I'll move and rename all asw*.* files and folders back to their original location, hopefully triggering the aswvmm.sys log entry again, and see if I can fix Windows another way. And I am still wondering... Can't the file simply be replaced?


Post-edit: putting all avast files back in its place did not repeat the original problem (which is the srt-log reference of aswvmm.sys)