Windows 10: Corrupted system files I think

My PC has recently been having issues with disk usage and is unable to complete windows updates. It’s just on a constant loop of update and restart. I ran sfc scannow and it said there were some corrupted files it could not fix. I think this resulted from me shutting down my PC in the middle of an update. How should I go about solving this issue? Factory reset didn’t work, I think because of the corrupted files. Is my only option to clean install windows? This is a prebuilt gaming pc.

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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 - Microsoft Support

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.

 

Corrupt system files

Hi,

Deleting the virus should have made your computer to be up and running smoothly. However, there could still be some files that got affected by the virus that's causing the issue. That said, let us isolate your concern by checking the steps on how to improve
PC's performance in Windows 10 through this article. You can also perform a maintenance tasks on your computer.
Here are the steps on how to do so:

• Go to Control Panel.
• At the upper right corner, search for Troubleshooter.
• Click on Troubleshooting.
• Under System and Security, choose Run maintenance tasks.
• Follow the process until finish.

We suggest to check if the performance of your computer improved after following the steps on the article and running the troubleshooter.

Note: You may skip the steps that you've already done on the article if needed be.

We're looking forward to your feedback.

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