Solved running - System File Checker (SFC) AND the CBS.log

[BigFatBoy]

W8Pro:
after running the SFC, corrupt files were found, but *not repaired (per the CBS.log)
Microsoft article Kb 928228 (written for Vista) states the following command can be run on the CBS.log file to identify the SFC entries and write them to a text file: findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt

QUESTION: I have run the above command from an elevated Command Prompt in W8 with no results; so something is wrong.
Did the author possibly mistype a piece of the command ?? Perhaps [SR] should have been written as {SR} ??
Help will be appreciated so that I can ID files NOT repaired and then try to fix them.

(ps. I have no interest in repairing or replacing my entire W8 installation as a solution for corrupt system files - at this time any way.. . Thanks )

Although the Seven Forums has a tutorial on using the SFC, with a more expanded flag? than I have tried, I can't get W8 to analyse the CBS.log and create a file for the results.
SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker - Windows 7 Help Forums[2]=Performance Maintenance

 

[David Bailey]

In Administrator command prompt type:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Press Enter & let it run.Just wait, it takes a while.

Then run sfc /scannow.Things should be fixed.
I have tested this myself & it fixed problems sfc could not fix.

 

[Saltgrass]

The command still works but puts the text file in the Windows\system32 folder. I like to direct the output to "%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt" which is shown on

Use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7

Let us know if the command suggested by medaba1 works, it seems to have functionality in Windows 8 it did not have in Windows 7.

 

[David Bailey]

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Before Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth



After running Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

 

[BigFatBoy]

medab1,
posts #2,#4 above

you can imagine how much work you-saved-me! your command prompt program worked Xactly like you said. Not only did it fix my issues, it saved me mucho time having to check and replace each-and-every defective system file.

thank U...

 

[David Bailey]

medab1,
posts #2,#4 above

you can imagine how much work you-saved-me! your command prompt program worked Xactly like you said. Not only did it fix my issues, it saved me mucho time having to check and replace each-and-every defective system file.

thank U...

You are welcome.

That dism command is a wonderful thing.

 

[sHAKaJaada]

Before Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

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After running Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

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Not working for me View attachment 21820

 

[David Bailey]

Before Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

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After running Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

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Not working for me View attachment 21820

Run them again a time or 2.

For DISM you need to me connected to the internet.

After running DISM, ReBoot.
Then run SFC.

 

[sHAKaJaada]

Now i'll retry . . . but View attachment 21822

 

[SpoWaPC]

Customers Gateway w/Windows 8 was really slow.I first cleaned the adware from iWin Games, then ran SFC /Scannow to have it stop @ 42% telling me it couldnt repair corrupt files. I did a refresh, did not work. I did a system recovery using the recovery media on the hidden partition, did not work.Apparently the installation was flawed from the beginning?
I was just about to replace system32 files from disk, even had them extracted to desktop per instructions on eightforums.com when i came across your solution.
This worked like a charm. Thanx Medab1, you saved the day and made my customer very happy!

 

[David Bailey]

Customers Gateway w/Windows 8 was really slow.I first cleaned the adware from iWin Games, then ran SFC /Scannow to have it stop @ 42% telling me it couldnt repair corrupt files. I did a refresh, did not work. I did a system recovery using the recovery media on the hidden partition, did not work.Apparently the installation was flawed from the beginning?
I was just about to replace system32 files from disk, even had them extracted to desktop per instructions on eightforums.com when i came across your solution.
This worked like a charm. Thanx Medab1, you saved the day and made my customer very happy!

I'm glad things worked out well.

 

[anacondon]

Not really contributing anything here but had to register just to comment. The dism/online/ etc, is PURE GENIUS. Bought a Dell (8>8.1) desktop in September and bafflingly have been having system file corruption routinely; ran multiple sfc/scannow & chkdsk operations, etc, but perpetual problems nonetheless (a bit concerning for a Brand New System!). This solution is brilliant. Thank you sincerely. Great forum, great help. Happy Holidays, everone.

 

[keoni3535]

i did all the above even the dism said it fixed corrupt store, well it lied, the sfc produced a clean slate but it lied no store access still??? can anyone help

 

[vmd]

Me too. Gads, a few weeks ago a moth hit my screen in a frenzy. (It's moth time here at 39.1608° N, 119.7539° W.) I put out a candle to distract them so I could watch net TV without having to get up and reset every few minutes - don't know how to disable the touch screen. With wax on it's wing it hit, then hit again so many times and so fast windows began to pop open and bells began to ring. I watched helplessly as somethings began to disappear and then were deleted without recovery. Meta something I think - it was so fast that it was out of my control. Next day ran sfc. Oops, errors! Again and again running sfc to no avail. Now thinking of resetting entire PC (2nd time), found YOU and THIS post! Sooo happy to be a member of Win8Forums just had to THANK you again. Vii

 

[BigFatBoy]

reply to vmd - Rx?

yes, 8forums is a good forum and has answered many of my questions...

for this thread, thanks go to David Bailey for the original information!

 

[David Bailey]

yes, 8forums is a good forum and has answered many of my questions...

for this thread, thanks go to David Bailey for the original information!

Glad I could help.

 

[BigFatBoy]

reply to keoni3535

if your Windows Store app on the Start screen does not open the Windows Store, chances are the "configuration data for this product is corrupt."
I tried to fix the corruption of the Store App by running the App troubleshooter, and every suggestion and fix posted on every MS support webpage I could find. I even did one Refresh and then a Repair in Place of the installed OS with no luck on those either. After several days and a total of approximately 14-16 hours, I am about to come to a place where i decide I can live without the Store for another year.....
A while back, folks use to be able to extract data and files from a MS install disk directly to the installed OS to fix corrupted files... Maybe someone here still remembers how..
If you get access to the 'Store' please let me know!


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i did all the above even the dism said it fixed corrupt store, well it lied, the sfc produced a clean slate but it lied no store access still??? can anyone help

 

[ronniedawg]

Dont think it wouldnt happend because it had happend yet and just because you ordered a pizza and it hasnt came yet i sure it will be delivered.cause it has its name to stand up too ?;+}()