Sfc shows unable to fix corrupt files

[stef45]

Hi caperjack,

Yes it might be worthwhile asking if Acer can send me some discs. Though I have to admit I don't agree that I have necessarily caused the problem myself. I simply partitioned a disc as recommended in many reputable sources and have subsequently found an sfc error. Unless the act of partitioning a disc is itself an irresponsible one.

In fact I did contact Acer before I partitioned the disc to ask why it was not factory pre-partitioned as their website said most of their products were and to ask their advice but I received no reply whatsoever and so had to go ahead and do it myself. I can not be sure the sfc error was not there before I partitioned the disc as I did not run it at that time.


Thanks for all the advice.

 

[stef45]

Hi norepli,

I have had a good look at my laptop but unfortunately there is no sign of a Windows 8 key. Hmmm not quite sure where I go from here.... May have to sleep on it.

 

[norepli]

Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee any way to do a clean install without the product/license key so anything I would suggest from here on would be just an uneducated. However, maybe caperjack will chime back in with a solution or maybe one of the real forum gurus will come forth and provide you with a solution that is known to work under your circumstances. However, I think all of you cards are now "laid out on the table" and that may make it easier for someone to enter at this point. In summary, I must say that caperjack's last recommendation is also a viable solution to your problem. Sorry, I couldn't help you further. Good luck and nitey-nite!

norepli

 

[OldMX]

OP, type slmgr /dlv on a command prompt with admins rights, please post screenshot.

 

[stef45]

Thanks Norepli.
Hi OldMx, here is a screenshot:

 

[BFG]

Hi just thought I'd drop another tip that worked for me after running sfc and not having the errors fixed.

Run this in elevated command prompt: dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
After I ran that and ran another sfc all my problems were fixed.

 

[caperjack]

Hi caperjack,

Though I have to admit I don't agree that I have necessarily caused the problem myself. I simply partitioned a disc as recommended in many reputable sources and have subsequently found an sfc error. Unless the act of partitioning a disc is itself an irresponsible one.

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didn't mean that in a negative way ,just stating a fact ,it not not that partitioning a disk is irresponsible ,its just a bit dangerous if not done correctly ,as in your case ,again these are not negative comments towards you ,i fugged up a few partitions myself in all my days of trying to fix computers
you could try borrowing a copy of win8 ,same versions as yours,using your windows product key , and see if you can reinstall win8 that way

 

[caperjack]

Hi caperjack,

Though I have to admit I don't agree that I have necessarily caused the problem myself. I simply partitioned a disc as recommended in many reputable sources and have subsequently found an sfc error. Unless the act of partitioning a disc is itself an irresponsible one.

.

didn't mean that in a negative way ,just stating a fact ,its not that partitioning a disk is irresponsible ,its just a bit dangerous if not done correctly ,as in your case ,again these are not negative comments towards you ,i fugged up a few partitions myself in all my days of trying to fix computers , done right you would not have lost the recovery partition !
you could try borrowing a copy of win8 ,same versions as yours,using your windows product key , and see if you can reinstall win8 that way

 

[Hopachi]

Hi stef45,

To fix the sfc error just re-run the sfcscan again after a reboot.

Otherwise do a refresh: all your data is kept but the OS is refreshed (all programs need to be reinstalled though)
This is something I did as s well on my pre-installed W8 Core laptop as well. All worked fine.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-windows-8-a.html

Cheers
Hopachi

 

[stef45]

Hi,

It is solved! Following BFG's advice, I ran dism. At first dism failed to run through and it seemed my problem was unfixable.

Not being sure what the best option was next, in desperation really I ran dism again and unbelievably it ran all the way through and reported that it had fixed corrupted files. I then ran sfc and it ran all the way through!

Just to be sure, I've run sfc a second time and it reported no errors found. I have noticed in the log file though that I still have some DIRSD OWNER WARNINGs.

Do you think I can just ignore these warnings as sfc completely successfully?

Thanks everyone for taking the time to help me with this: I was getting to the despairing stage! In particular thanks BFG for the dism advice which solved the problem.

If you guys think I can ignore the DIRSD OWNER WARNINGS, I can just relax and enjoy my new laptop (though I am going to create a new System Image Backup now it's all fixed!)

Thanks again.

 

[Hopachi]

Just my opinion:

It's not an error, good. If it's just a warning with no big deal made of the system showing it and you can use all programs without issues then just ignore it and enjoy your OS and laptop.

Anytime when something too serious breaks out (crashes, black-outs...) and you don't know to fix it, only then try the refresh.

Cheers
Hopachi

 

[stef45]

Thanks for that Hopachi.

I meant to say I had already tried a Windows 8 Refresh when trying to solve this problem but that didn't work either, but I really appreciate the advice.

 

[WildTbag]

Hi just thought I'd drop another tip that worked for me after running sfc and not having the errors fixed.

Run this in elevated command prompt: dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
After I ran that and ran another sfc all my problems were fixed.

That's the solution for sfc /scannow errors! Just type in Administrator prompt:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Possible you have to run that 2 times, but if will quite sure fix the sfc /scannow errors. For me it did!

Thread should be marked as solved.

 

[David Bailey]

problems fixed !

Hi just thought I'd drop another tip that worked for me after running sfc and not having the errors fixed.

Run this in elevated command prompt: dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
After I ran that and ran another sfc all my problems were fixed.

That's the solution for sfc /scannow errors! Just type in Administrator prompt:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Possible you have to run that 2 times, but if will quite sure fix the sfc /scannow errors. For me it did!

Thread should be marked as solved.

This command is excellent.
I just ran it & problems solved.
See picture:



Before running the command SFC showed un-fixable problems.
After running it NO problems were found.
See picture---



Nice