Windows 10: Corrupt System Files?

Greetings fellow reader.

For the past month now I've been having issues with corrupt files on my pc. Sometimes it'll cause a certain window to close, my web browser, and most commonly Discord. At it's worst I'll get a blue screen of death where it collects data from the crash, but never successfully restarts my computer. Sometimes my computer will restart successfully, and other times I have to manually hold down the power button and reboot.


I've tried many different solutions to fixing this error, and I'm at my wit's end. I'm not sure what else to do at this point. I've tried running command prompt in administrator mode and running the command sfc /scannow, and when it does complete sometimes it refuses to even do a full scan, saying there was an error in the process it usually ends up giving me the message: Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.

For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at
windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For offline
repairs, details are included in the log file provided by the /OFFLOGFILE flag.

I've located said log file, but I don't know nearly enough about computers to begin understanding anything about the text within, so I've attempted a few other repairs including the following: dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth in command prompt, which gets to 62.3% and then no farther. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers, and even went as far as to reset my pc, only to do the sfc scan and be told my files are still corrupt. I tried resetting through cloud files, only for me to be told that there was an error in the process after the "download" completed. I've tried resetting using the media tool only to have multiple errors there also. I wouldn't be posting this if I knew of any other potential fixes, and I'm quite desperate at this point.


Please help!

:)

 

Corrupted file RAR

If the archive has been created using WinRAR, why don't you try WinRAR itself? It has a built-in repair feature for repairing corrupted archive (ZIP as well as RAR). Follow the steps given below:

• Open WinRAR application in your system.
• Now click on File tab > Open or simply press Ctrl+O.
• A small window "Find Archive" will pop up. Locate the corrupt RAR archive from your system directory and select it.
• Now click Open button.
• Click Tools tab > Repair archive or simply press Alt+R.
• Again a small window "Repairing File name.rar" will pop up.
• Now click Browse to select a location to save the repaired archive.
• Check the box "Treat the corrupt archive as RAR" and click OK.
• WinRAR will start repairing of corrupt RAR archive. Once it gets completed click Close.

I hope the above steps will help you repair the corrupted RAR archive.

Thanks.

 

Corrupt file - Can't fix. [Fixed]

Hi Vincent,

Thank you for posting your concern here in Microsoft Community.



Before proceeding, please check if the same issue occur when logged in through a different user account.

Ref: Add or remove accounts on your PC

Please perform the below steps and see if it helps to resolve the issue.

This issue may happen due to system file corruption. I suggest you to run System file checker. System File checker (SFC) scan is done to check if there are any corrupted system files that could be causing this issue. Kindly follow
the below given steps:

• Press Windows key + X, select
  Command prompt (Admin) to bring up elevated Command prompt.
• In Command prompt type sfc/scannow and press enter.
• Restart the computer.

If no corrupted system files were found in the previous state, then I suggest you to try the following steps:

• Open command prompt by pressing Windows key + X and selecting “Command prompt admin”.
• In command prompt, type the following commands and press Enter after each command:

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

• Close the command prompt and restart the PC and check if it works.

Hope this information helps. Please post us if you need any further assistance with Windows.

Thank you.

 

App's and system file corruption

Hi Nassin,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I can understand how frustrating it could be when things go unusual. I will certainly help you.



Please follow the methods mentioned below and check if it helps:

Method 1:

I suggest that you reset the Windows Store cache as per the below mentioned steps and check:

• 
  Press Windows key and R key together
  to open the Run Window.
  
• 
  Type wsreset.exe and press Enter key for the command to execute.
  

Method 2:

You may try to run the in-built Windows Store app troubleshooter and check. Follow the steps:

• 
  Press Windows Key + X.
  
• 
  Click on Control Panel.
  
• 
  Select Troubleshooting.
  
• 
  On the left pane, click on View All.
  

Click on Windows Store apps to run the troubleshooter.



Method 3: Run
SFC scan.

System file check is a utility built into the Operating System that will check for system file corruption
SFC /Scannow command (System File Check) scans the integrity of all protected operating system files and replaces incorrect, corrupted, changed, or damaged versions with the correct versions where possible.

To perform SFC scan, follow the link below:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833



Method 4:

Please try creating a new user profile and check.

Refer to the steps below to create a new User Account:

• Go to Settings.
• Choose Accounts and then select Other User Accounts towards the left.
• Go to Family & other users.
• On the right side select other users. Follow the on screen command.

Please refer the below link:

Create a user account in Windows



Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you.