{"id":5456,"date":"2017-10-10T17:50:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T12:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2023-07-08T00:41:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:11:18","slug":"repair-windows-10-using-dism-sfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/repair-windows-10-using-dism-sfc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Repair Windows 10\/11 System Files Using DISM and SFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the system files in your Windows 10\/11 computer become corrupt and the System File Checker (<code>SFC \/scannow<\/code>) is unable to reinstate the critical system files, it&#8217;s due to corruption of the Component Store located in the <code>C:\\Windows\\WinSxS<\/code> directory. This directory contains the files needed for the SFC utility to restore missing or damaged system files. The <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-in\/library\/dn251569.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Component store<\/a> stores all the Windows system files grouped by components and as hard links.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If the System File Checker is unable to repair\/restore certain system files, it shows the following error:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sfc-scannow-corrupt.png\" alt=\"sfc scannow cannot repair files\" width=\"643\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">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.<\/pre>\n<p>A corrupted component store causes this error. There is a console tool named <code>DISM<\/code> (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) which ships with Windows. DISM is used to fix Windows Component Store corruption, especially when the System File Checker doesn&#8217;t help.<\/p>\n<p>The DISM tool writes the following log files which help us analyze the operation status and errors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>C:\\Windows\\Logs\\CBS\\CBS.log<\/li>\n<li>C:\\Windows\\Logs\\DISM\\DISM.log<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This post tells you how to fix Windows 10 or Windows 11 if some system files or the component store are damaged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/download-missing-system-files-dll-exe-sys-from-microsoft-site\/\">How to Download Missing System files (dll, exe, sys) from Microsoft site<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Repair Windows 10 or 11 Using DISM and SFC<\/h2>\n<p>To repair Windows 10\/11 using DISM and SFC, use the following steps:<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Repair the component store<\/h3>\n<p>If the <code>checkhealth<\/code> or <code>scanhealth<\/code> command-line reports of any corruption (and if it&#8217;s repairable), run the following command to\u00a0repair the component store:<\/p>\n<pre>Dism \/Online \/Cleanup-Image \/RestoreHealth<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dism-restorehealth.png\" alt=\"dism online restorehealth\" width=\"649\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you run this command, DISM uses Windows Update to provide the files required to fix corruption. The command scans for component store corruption and does the repair operations automatically, writing the operational results to <code>cbs.log<\/code> and <code>dism.log<\/code> files. This process takes a long time to complete.<\/p>\n<h4>DISM RestoreHealth command fails to complete?<\/h4>\n<p>In some cases, the <code>RestoreHealth<\/code> command-line fails to run due to an unserviceable or corrupt image error (e.g., if your Windows Update client is already broken on the computer, DISM can&#8217;t fetch the missing files via the WU channel). Here are a couple of error codes that you may encounter:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">Error: 14098 (0x80073712) ERROR_SXS_COMPONENT_STORE_CORRUPT\r\nThe component store is in an inconsistent state.\r\nThe component store has been corrupted.\r\n\r\nError: 0x800f081f\r\nThe source files could not be found.\r\nUse the \u201cSource\u201d option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature.<\/pre>\n<p>In those cases, you need to mention the WIM file as the source from which you can restore corrupted system files.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow the instructions in the article to run the RestoreHealth operation, mentioning the source location (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/slipstream-windows-10-integrate-updates-setup-media-iso\/\">slipstreamed<\/a> Windows 10\/11 disk). For more information, check out the article <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/dism-restorehealth-error-0x800f081f-windows-10\/#dism_offline\"><em>DISM Error 0x800f081f During RestoreHealth<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d use this syntax in that case:<\/p>\n<pre>Dism \/Online \/Cleanup-Image \/RestoreHealth \/Source:wim:Full Path to install.wim file:&lt;Index&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>Replace the &lt;Index&gt; placeholder in the above command with the actual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/iso-find-windows-build-version-edition-using-dism\/\">index number<\/a> for the Edition (&#8220;Home&#8221;, &#8220;Pro,&#8221; etc.) contained in the WIM file.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dism-successful.png\" alt=\"dism restorehealth completed successfully\" width=\"851\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<pre>Dism \/Online \/Cleanup-Image \/RestoreHealth \/Source:wim:D:\\Sources\\install.wim:1<\/pre>\n<p>You can list available editions and their indexes with the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>dism \/get-wiminfo \/wimfile:F:\\sources\\install.wim<\/pre>\n<p>(Replace the F:\\sources\\ portion with the actual path to your WIM file.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5026\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iso-find-os-version-build-1.png\" alt=\"find windows build version from iso file\" width=\"675\" height=\"571\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Running DISM command on install.wim or install.esd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more information, see the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/iso-find-windows-build-version-edition-using-dism\/\">Find the Windows version, build and edition from ISO or DVD<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h4>*Important*: Don&#8217;t use ESD!<\/h4>\n<p>If you have <strong><code>install.esd<\/code><\/strong> (instead of <code>install.wim<\/code>) in the Windows 10\/11 setup disk, you <strong>must<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/convert-esd-to-wim-dism-windows-10\/\">convert the ESD file into WIM<\/a> for the above DISM command to work. In our tests, DISM was unable to use <code>Install.esd<\/code> as the source and the command ended up with the <code>0x800f081f<\/code> error every time, regardless of the syntax (<code>\/source:wim:h:\\sources\\install.esd<\/code> or <code>\/source:esd:h:\\sources\\install.esd<\/code>) used.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dism-esd-fails.png\" alt=\"dism restorehealth esd fails\" width=\"944\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dism-esd-fails.png 944w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dism-esd-fails-768x278.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following command is absolutely useless. Don&#8217;t use it. It does nothing.<\/p>\n<pre><del datetime=\"2023-01-15T12:38:36+00:00\">Dism \/Online \/Cleanup-Image \/RestoreHealth \/Source:esd:\"E:\\Sources\\Install.esd\":1 \/limitaccess<\/del><\/pre>\n<p>After <strong>converting<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/convert-esd-to-wim-dism-windows-10\/\">ESD file to WIM<\/a>, I ran DISM mentioning the <code>Install.wim<\/code> file as the source. <strong>It ran perfectly fine, and it restored the missing manifest files indeed!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dism-wim-success.png\" alt=\"dism restorehealth wim success\" width=\"944\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dism-wim-success.png 944w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dism-wim-success-768x181.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please keep this important point in mind when running DISM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Run the System File Checker<\/h3>\n<p>After you fix the component store corruption (if any) using the DISM tool, follow up with the System File Checker to restore the critical system files.<\/p>\n<p>Run the following command from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-windows\/\">elevated command prompt<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre>sfc \/scannow<\/pre>\n<p>For more information, refer to Microsoft articles <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-in\/help\/929833\/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/928228\/how-to-analyze-the-log-file-entries-that-the-microsoft-windows-resourc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Analyze the log file entries that SFC.exe generates<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-0xc000012f-bad-image-fix-corrupt-files\/\">[Fix] Error Status 0xc000012f \u201cBad Image\u201d When Running a Program<\/a><\/div>\n<hr>\n<h3>INFO: Checking for component store corruption <strong>without<\/strong> repairing it<\/h3>\n<h4>DISM &#8220;CheckHealth&#8221; command:<\/h4>\n<p>The <code>\/CheckHealth<\/code> is used to check whether the image has been flagged as corrupted by a failed process and whether the corruption can be repaired. Note that this command doesn&#8217;t scan the files or fix anything; it only reports any corruptions marked already.<\/p>\n<p>Open an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-windows\/\">elevated command prompt<\/a> and type the following command, and press <kbd>Enter<\/kbd>:<\/p>\n<pre>Dism \/Online \/Cleanup-Image \/CheckHealth<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dism-checkhealth.png\" alt=\"dism online checkhealth\" width=\"649\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>DISM &#8220;ScanHealth&#8221; command:<\/h4>\n<p>To thoroughly scan (without repairing) the component store for corruption, then run DISM with the <code>\/ScanHealth<\/code> parameter, as mentioned below, to check the component store for corruption. It scans for all files and verifies the hash values.<\/p>\n<pre>Dism \/Online \/Cleanup-Image \/ScanHealth<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dism-scanhealth.png\" alt=\"dism online scanhealth\" width=\"649\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It takes a significantly more extended amount of time than the CheckHealth option, but using this switch may be doing a thorough test, and it also writes the results to the <code>dism.log<\/code> and <code>CBS.log<\/code> files.<\/p>\n<p>The CBS.log file tells you if any manifests or files are missing from the component store.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>\/Scanhealth<\/strong> checks for corruption but does not repair it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\/RestoreHealth<\/strong> check s for corruption and attempts to repair it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thus, <strong>\/Scanhealth<\/strong> is a subset of \/RestoreHealth. <strong>There is no need to run both<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h3><a id=\"checkvsscan\"><\/a>Difference between CheckHealth and ScanHealth<\/h3>\n<p>The <code>CheckHealth<\/code> command-line argument, as said earlier, reports if there is any corruption if already marked in the registry. It doesn&#8217;t scan the files. This parameter also reports if the component store corruption can be repaired or not.<\/p>\n<p>If the following registry value is set, then the tool will report that the component store is corrupted:<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Component Based Servicing\r\n\r\nDWORD Value name:\u00a0<strong>Unserviceable<\/strong>\r\nData: 0 or 1\r\n\r\nDWORD Value name: <strong>Corrupt<\/strong>\r\nData: 0 or 1<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dism-checkhealth-corrupt-registry.png\" alt=\"dism checkhealth scanhealth repair\" width=\"700\" height=\"649\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If <code>Unserviceable<\/code> is set to <code>1<\/code>, then running DISM with <code>\/checkhealth<\/code> parameter would report <code>The component store cannot be repaired.<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dism-checkhealth-corrupt-cannot-repair.png\" alt=\"dism checkhealth scanhealth repair\" width=\"699\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If <code>Corrupt<\/code> is set to <code>1<\/code> and <code>Unserviceable<\/code> is set to <code>0<\/code>, DISM checkhealth would report <code>The component store is repairable.<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dism-checkhealth-corrupt-repairable.png\" alt=\"dism checkhealth scanhealth repair\" width=\"699\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ScanHealth command-line, on the other hand, doesn&#8217;t rely on the previously marked data. It would rather scan each file in the <code>WinSxS<\/code> directory and sub-directories, verify their hashes. It then reports if the component store is corrupted or healthy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dism-scanhealth-1.png\" alt=\"dism checkhealth scanhealth repair\" width=\"699\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the ScanHealth command-line finds the component store is healthy, it removes the <code>corrupt<\/code> and <code>unserviceable<\/code> values in the registry automatically, thereby marking the component store as healthy. The operations are logged on to the file <code>dism.log<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note: <\/strong>The DISM CheckHealth command-line was completed in less than 10 seconds. Whereas the ScanHealth command-line took 13 minutes to complete on my computer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I hope that helps repair the component store and restore the Windows 10\/11 system files.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the system files in your Windows 10\/11 computer become corrupt and the System File Checker (SFC \/scannow) is unable to reinstate the critical system files, it&#8217;s due to corruption of the Component Store located in the C:\\Windows\\WinSxS directory. This directory contains the files needed for the SFC utility to restore missing or damaged system &#8230; <a title=\"How to Repair Windows 10\/11 System Files Using DISM and SFC\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/repair-windows-10-using-dism-sfc\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Repair Windows 10\/11 System Files Using DISM and SFC\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[160,493],"class_list":["post-5456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-dism","tag-sfc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5845,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-0xc000012f-bad-image-fix-corrupt-files\/","url_meta":{"origin":5456,"position":0},"title":"Error 0xc000012f &#8220;Bad Image&#8221; When Running a Program","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When you run a program in Windows, error 0xc000012f may pop up, mentioning that the binary you're trying to run is corrupted. 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