Windows 10: Bad Image: Stuck on SFC Scannow and DISM RestoreHealth

I came back from 3 weeks out of town and got a blue screen of death. Then the computer got hung up trying to install updates. I'm not really sure the cause, or if there's a virus I still need to eradicate, but at any rate I was getting a bunch of class not registered messages and it seems most every .dll file is broken. I republished all .dll files to no avail. Did a chkdsk and it took forever, so I assume it accomplished something. Then I tried a sfc /scannow and it would fail at 13%. So I did a DISM checkhealth which stated the component store was repairable and operation completed successfu

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SFC Scannow or DISM/RestoreHealth using Image

This worked for me: How to repair your system files using Dism and Sfc in build 10041 - Windows 10 Forums

You need to run dism against the wim in your iso like this (replacing the X with the drive of your ISO).

So...

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess

then:

sfc /scannow

 

windows 10 professional post installation corruption not fixed by sfc scannow or dism restorehealth

Greg,

The troubleshooting for problems with corruption found by sfc /scannow and dism/ online /cleanup-image /restorehealth were related to the upgrade from windows 7 pro to windows 10 pro. The source for the windows 10 pro upgrade was the Microsoft web site.

It impacted some upgrades but not all upgrades. It is unclear why it impacts some and not all.

The source for the windows 10 pro dvd was hp for licensed HP or Compaq PC.

The problems with sfc / scannow and dism restorehealth corruption have been fixed.

sfc /scannow now displays: windows resource protection did not find any integrity violations

dism restorehealth now displays: the restore operation completed successfully. The operation completed successfully.

These were problems with the windows 10 pro operating system downloaded from the Microsoft web site and/or installed from the dvd.

When dism restorehealth finds corruption that it does not fix I don't understand how to guide it and find the source files that it is missing. In case there is corruption in the future please list the steps to use the windows 10 pro dvd to supply the dism
restorehealth command with the sources to fix the corruption.

 

DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth and sfc /scannow doesn't work

Did you run those commands as the Admin?

To do that, you right click on the far left Windows icon in the Taskbar and from the list that is presented select > Command Prompt (Admin).

How to Run "SFC /SCANNOW" Command at Boot or in Windows 8 and 8.1"

SFC /SCANNOW Command - Run in Windows 8

Read this Section there in conjunction with the rest of the information they give in above link.


Note

If SFC could not fix something, then run the command again to see if it may be able to the next time. Sometimes it may take running the
sfc /scannow command 3 times restarting the PC after each time to completely fix everything that it's able to.

If not, then run the
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
command to repair any component store corruption,

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -ScanHealth

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth

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If that also fails the next step is Refresh:

"How to Refresh Windows 8 and Windows 8.1"

Refresh Windows 8


Note

Which Settings will be Preserved

• All user accounts.
• Files in all users' C:\Users\(user-name) folders. (ex: Desktop, My Documents, My Music, etc...)
• Wireless network connections
• Apps from the Windows Store will be kept.
• Mobile broadband connections
• BitLocker and BitLocker To Go settings
• Drive letter assignments
• Personalization settings such as lock screen background and desktop wallpaper
• Choices you made during Windows Welcome, such as computer name and user accounts, will not change.
• Network, Libraries, and Windows Update settings will not change.
• Customer Experience Improvement Program settings will not change.
• Windows Error Reporting settings will not change.
• Some drivers may or may not be removed.

Which Settings will be NOT be Preserved

• File type associations
• Display settings
• User settings
• Windows Firewall settings
• App settings
• All installed 3rd party desktop programs (not Store apps). A list of removed apps will be saved on your desktop after the refresh is finished to let you know which programs were removed.
• You PC settings will be changed back to their defaults.
• Installed Windows Updates will be removed.
• Some drivers may or may not be removed.

Cheers.