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Event ID 148: The time sample was rejected because: Message was received out-of-order

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The time sample was rejected because: Message was received out-of-order.

Event 148
Time-Service
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
The time sample was rejected because: Message was received out-of-order.

A … failed with

Event 148
Ntfs
System log
Warning
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
A … failed with ….
This may indicate a failing disk.

           Process Id: …
           Process name: …
           File name: …
           IO Size: … bytes
           File offset: …
           … cluster(s) starting at cluster …
           Volume Id: …
           Volume name: …
           Is boot volume: …

           Device GUID: …
           Device manufacturer: …
           Device model: …
           Device revision: …
           Device serial number: …
           Bus type: …
           Native NVMe: …

           Adapter serial number: …

Task Scheduler failed to recover the image of task "…" after a corruption occured during OS upgrade.

Event 148
TaskScheduler
TaskScheduler/Operational log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
Task Scheduler failed to recover the image of task "…" after a corruption occured during OS upgrade. Additional Data: Error Value: 0x….