Questions tagged [sfc]
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Is it Reasonble to run SFC /scannow everynight on your computer?
On my computer (Win7 64-bit prof) i run every night a backupscript with robocopy and at the end the sfc /scannow command. I started this 2 years ago on my old computer, usually it showed me no Tags ...
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DrUpdate.dll error in sfc /scannow
I have an issue with sfc /scannow. It finishes the verification process and informs me of errors there were unable to be fixed. I looked into CBS.log file and I found four entries related to drupdate....
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how to resolve "system repair pending" in Win7
My PC running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit suddenly fails to boot normally. I'm able to boot into Safe Mode w/ Networking, but I can't boot normally even after using msconfig.exe to disable ...
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WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR even on fresh Windows 8.1
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Windows 8.1 Blank screen on boot, after System Restore gets bugcheck 0x124: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, argument 0x00: MCA error.
Possibly related earlier minidump (it won't generate ...
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SFC found errors, DISM named the errors, but how can I fix them on Windows 7?
My computer crashed while running an old game not really meant for Windows 7. After every unexpected shutdown, I run sfc /scannow and this time it came back with errors. A long log, 12000 lines of ...
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Windows Won't Start - Help Analyzing CBS.log please
Good day,
Helping a friend with Windows load issue where I'm receiving STOP: c000021a error blue screen of death while Windows is loading. Following online instructions, I've run sfc /scannow ...
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Windows 10 corrupt files issue error 0x800f081f
After running sfc /scannow in cmd, I get the error message : "
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix
some of them."
Looking at the details in the log, this set of ...
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Manually replacing corrupt Windows file
The results of my recent SFC scan have returned bad:
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %WinDir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log.
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Cannot start SFC
Trying to run sfc /scannow on a Windows 7 Pro x64 PC and get the following error:
Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.
Tried running net start trustedinstaller to fix the ...
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Cannot repair member file - Windows 7
I have a Dell laptop in front of me running Windows 7. the main problem is that when I click "computer" from the start menu trying to find a file on the (C:) drive Windows Explorer crashes. Also these ...
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Some Microsoft Edge files are corrupted - where do we find known good versions?
We used the System File Check tool to determine that the following are corrupt. This KB article suggests replacing the files with "known good versions." Where do we find known good versions of the ...
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Windows 10 SFC and DISM errors
First of all, I know this is a duplicate but there was no real answer to the other question Windows 10 DISM error: 0x800f081f and I'm still not allowed to comment. :/
My original problem is an ...
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Cannot boot computer in normal or safe mode to run sfc/scannow
I need to run sfc/scannow on my PC. I can get to the command prompt within the recovery options in Windows 10. (when it fails during bootup - the automatic repair GUI). However, I cannot boot ...
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Windows update fails with error 80073712, how to fix?
I have a laptop with Windows 8.1. Since patch Tuesday, it mysteriously freezes for about 4 minutes shortly after every bootup. There's barely enough time to log in before it happens. I tried a System ...
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How do I locate uncorrupted versions of corrupted files after running sfc /scannow
I had some corrupted system files. I have run sfc /scannow several times, and Dism ... RestoreHealth (followed by sfc /scannow again). This has fixed nearly everything, but I am left with the ...
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KB3022345 utc.app.json & telemetry - Patch not sticking
I have a Windows 7 laptop that keep crashing to blue screen.
This has been happening intermittently for 3-4 weeks. After looking online I ran an "sfc /scannow" to check for corrupt files. The scan ...
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How to Repair Corrupt System Files from a Installation Disc OR Manual
I'm using Windows 8.1 x64, build 6.3.9600.17031, using the Command Prompt with administrator privileges.
sfc /scannow
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...found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.
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How can I repair my component store in Windows 8.1 with a downloaded image using dism.exe?
I'm running Windows 8.1 and I get the following error when I try to repair my system:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth /logpath:D:\Downloads\dismlog.txt
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Windows Internet Explorer 11 Update error - sfc /scannow fail
Since the last few days I am having problems with IE. IE starts for 1 second and immediately closes (1st Issue), furthermore IE11 Windows Update fails with code 9C48 (2nd issue)
To fix this issue I ...
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How can I recover system files damage when sfc isn't working?
I have a lot of electricity outage in my area. It caused disk damage which lead to system files loss.
I've run Chkdsk and here's the results of the recent checks: CHKDSKResults.txt.
I've run sfc /...
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How to repair msi.dll
Windows 8, Acer Aspire M laptop.
The file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msi.dll has become corrupted (viewing with a hex editor, the first 0x4000 bytes are zero). This is probably due to a hard drive error. ...
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SFC couldn't restore some files
Have ran SFC /SCANNOW and it said that found some corrupted files but was unable to restore some of them. Neither number of found or restored files provided.
Output said to look for file windir\Logs\...
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Force Run System File Checker (SFC.exe)
C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart
Windows and run sfc again.
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Server fails to properly boot/SFC will not run
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server that has a failing RAID controller. Unfortunately, this machine was not being backed up. It would appear it corrupted some of the Windows drivers and the machine will ...
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