Windows 10: Absolutely can not Repair via DISM because it "can not find source" Even though, I specify...

I've tried sfc /scannowand corrected whatever it asked to repair. It finished repairing.When i run Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealthI get, "The Component Store is repairable".Ok...I try: Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:c:\wim\install.wim <--- this is exactly where i placed the install.wim, I converted the exact WIM file and index of the OS that i am currently running on my machine, and did a check during the conversion. Specifically something similar to this: dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:6 /DestinationImageFile:install.wim /Compress

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DISM command /RestoreHealth unable to find source files

I am unable to perform SFC Scan or DISM Restore Health Successfully.

Windows 10 Pro Version 21H1 Build 19043.1083.

• sfc /scannow finds corruption its unable to fix.
  
• DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
  
  • Results in "The component store is repairable
    
• DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
  
  • Results in "The component store is repairable"
    
• DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
  
  • Results in "The Source files could not be found"
    

I've downloaded what I believe to be the correct .iso file for the version of Windows I am running/needing. See below:





Mounting the .iso file to F: and pointing DISM to use its install.wim file is also failing.

• DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:F:\Sources\install.wim
  
• Results in "The source files could not be found".
  

Could anyone help me decipher the log files?

Log File of DISM command without source specified:
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Log File of DISM command with source specified:

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Use DISM to Repair Windows 10 Image


Hello Joanne,

You can use the command below from step 5 option one to do so unless DISM is unable to repair the Windows image from the default source.

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth


Since it says it can't find the specified source using step 6, your ISO may have been created with .esd instead of .wim. If so, give step 7 a try to see it works.

 

Source to use for DISM on Windows 10

This is not completely true. The suggestion is to download the Techbench version and use DISM to apply to install.wim directly. However, you can also use the version download from MCT except it will involve an extra step as follows:

1. Use the latest version of 7-Zip to extract the content of install.esd. For example: to a folder xxx on the desktop
2. From Admin command prompt:
   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\xxx\windows /LimitAccess

See screen shot, the contents of install.wim and install.esd are exactly the same.