Windows 10: Both SFC /scannow and dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth Fail

Hi Everyone

In late 2017, I purchased a new Lenovo core i5 desktop with Win10 Home edition with 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD. The OEM HDD has 6 partitions with partition #3 being the C drive at 909GB. I'm sure all the other 5 partitions are being used by Lenovo and Microsoft for OEM factory reset containing Win10 and god knows what else!

With Lenovo's bad reputation installing both motherboard firmware and malware, I don't know what came over me to buy something designed by an unethical company?!

Anyway, once a year I've always reformattd or reset to OEM with all my devices. Sorta spring cleaning.

I have never been able to run SFC /scannow right after each OEM reset on this Lenovo machine! It always stops at 53% with the following error message:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 53% complete.

Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.

So I ran C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth but now get a new error message:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.18362.900

Image Version: 10.0.18363.900

[===========================63.0%==== ]
Error: 4448

The WOF driver encountered a corruption in the compressed file's Resource Table.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

I took a look at the keyword "error" in the dism.log and don't see anything that I understand or makes sense to me.

I've googled and found a ton of noise that doesn't resolve the issue. Any ideas or help is appreciated.

Thanks!

:)

 

sfc /scannow and DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth.

Hi, PatM.YV.

these are the commands, you have to enter line by line.

Open Start, type: CMD

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

Type in at the prompt OR Copy and Paste these one at a time : (Hit enter after each)

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Also run the System File Checker utility:

Open Start, type: CMD

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

At the Command Prompt, type: sfc /SCANNOW

This will check for any integrity violations

Restart your system

 

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

You already have spaces in the command written.

In windows 10, CMD supports Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V so you can directly paste this.

FYI, the spaces are in between

• DISM and Online
• Online and Cleanup-Image
• Cleanup-Image and RestoreHealth

Hope it helps.

 

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.