SFC or System File Checker is one of the Windows maintenance utilities, which comes by default with all Windows OS versions. Verify the date and time entries to determine the problem files that were found the last time that you ran the System File Checker tool.ĥ The sfcdetails.To repair damaged system, you have to purchase the licensed version of Reimage Reimage. The file includes information about files that were not repaired by the System File Checker tool. The sfcdetails.txt file contains details from every time that the System File Checker tool has been run on the computer. Substitute in the command above with the Windows 11 drive letter (ex: "C") from step 4.įor example: sfc /scannow /offbootdir=E:\ /offwindir=C:\Windowsħ When the scan is complete, hopefully you will get a Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations message indicating you do not have any missing or corrupted system files.ģ You can now close Windows Terminal if you like.Ĥ Open the sfcdetails.txt file created on your desktop to see only the SFC scan details from the CBS.log file.
Substitute in the command above with the offline boot directory (ex: recovery partition around 500 MB) drive letter (ex: "E") from step 4. Sfc /scannow /offbootdir=:\ /offwindir=:\Windows (see screenshot below)ģ Copy and paste the list volume command into the command prompt at boot, and press Enter.Ĥ Make note of the offline boot directory (ex: recovery partition around 500 MB) drive letter (ex: "E") and Windows 11 drive letter (ex: "C").ĥ Copy and paste the exit command into the command prompt at boot, and press Enter to exit diskpart.Ħ Type the command below into the command prompt at boot, and press Enter. OPTION TWO Run SFC /SCANNOW command in Command Prompt at BootĢ Copy and paste the diskpart command into the command prompt at boot, and press Enter.
If still not, then you could reset Windows 11.
If still not, then you could do a repair install of Windows 11 without losing anything.
If still not, and you would like to get help with your SFC issue before continuing with more drastic measure below, then you could upload and attach your sfcdetails.txt file created using OPTION THREE below in a reply post in this tutorial. You may need to repeat doing a system restore until you find a older restore point that may work. If still not, then do a system restore using a restore point dated before the system file problem occurred to fix it. If not, then run the Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth (requires Internet connection) command to repair any component store corruption, restart the computer afterwards, and try running the sfc /scannow command again. Sometimes it may take running the sfc /scannow command up to 3 times with Fast Startup turned off and restarting the computer after each time to completely fix everything it's able to. Run the command again to see if it may be able to the next time. If you get a Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.
(see screenshot below)ģ When the scan is complete, hopefully you will get a Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations message indicating you do not have any missing or corrupted system files. You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.ġ Open an elevated Windows Terminal, and select Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell.Ģ Copy and paste the sfc /scannow command into the elevated terminal, and press Enter. OPTION ONE Run SFC /SCANNOW command in Windows 11