Windows 10: DISM Restore Health "source files not found"

Forgive the redundancy with other threads on this topic, many of which I have read, with no solution...

1. Mounted the ISO from which 1703 Pro was installed. Converted the \sources\install.esd file to a .wim file.
2. Placed install.wim in D:\.
3. From an elevated CMD C:\> prompt, ran...
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:\install.wim:1 /limitaccess

Is the syntax to install.wim incorrect? The installed build is 15063.138 Because the ISO was downloaded just after the 1703 debut, subsequent updates may have upped the build # suffix. Is that an issue?

What am I missing here? Thanks.

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OK. I ran

Check Health -- no corruption found

Scan Health -- component store is repairable

Restore Health -- Error 0x800f081f The source files could not be found.

Now what?

 

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I tried the DISM Restore Health command but it didn't work for me, it couldn't find source file. Can you post the link you used for the DISM solution. Thanks.

 

Nothing, really. As you've already read the other threads you'll have gathered this appears to be a 'bug' in DISM introduced in 1703. You may not have spotted this post that shows using 1703's DISM for an offline repair does complete successfully.
Use DISM to Repair Windows 10 Image

As the offline repair finds no problems on my system, while an online repair fails with 'source not found' I'm assuming there's nothing that actually needs repairing. I'm expecting a fix from Microsoft in (hopefully) the next cumulative update.

You can actually use the .esd file directly, no need to convert to .wim. See the command line in the above post. One point to check in your command line - the index you used. The index :1 is for Pro in my .esd. Check you are using the right one...
Code: C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /get-imageinfo /imagefile:d:\x64\sources\install.esd Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 10.0.15063.0 Details for image : d:\x64\sources\install.esd Index : 1 Name : Windows 10 Pro Description : Windows 10 Pro Size : 15,278,163,599 bytes Index : 2 Name : Windows 10 Home Description : Windows 10 Home Size : 15,099,341,449 bytes Index : 3 Name : Windows 10 Home Single Language Description : Windows 10 Home Single Language Size : 15,102,384,056 bytes Index : 4 Name : Windows 10 Education Description : Windows 10 Education Size : 15,096,909,438 bytes The operation completed successfully.[/quote]

Others have reported that on a clean install of 15063.0 (which is what my .iso will install) DISM reports no corruption and an online /restorehealth works. It's only after any updates have been installed that the problem appears, lending credence to the theory that it's an MS-created fault.

 

Thanks for chiming in Bree. Yes, the index (1) is correct for PRO.

You refer to "see the command line in the above post." Yet there is no post prior to my initiation of this thread. What is the OFFline command that succeeds in this situation?

And you're likely correct that nothing needs fixing. SFC /scannow is clean. Take care.

 

Sorry, by 'above post' I meant the post I had provided a link to. The command line it contains is:

Code: DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:ESD:\x64\sources\install.esd:2 /ScratchDir:C:\Scratch[/quote] Which I used successfully on my system (Home) (apparently Brink thinks the 'ScratchDir' option may be unnecessary).

BTW: there's a new post on that thread with a link to this...
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ge=2#LastReply
...which goes some way to explaining what causes the apparent 'error'.

 

No luck with the command line below, where INDEX.esd was on D:\. "Error occurred while accessing temporary directory."
DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:ESD*Biggrin:\install.esd:1 /ScratchDir:C:\Scratch

Likely the command still isn't quite right for an offline test?? But, from the look of the referenced posts, it's not a concern.

 

Yes, I got that the first time I ran it. Then I realised I had to create C:\Scratch myself before DISM could use it *Smile

 

Well, all right! Forgive my ignorance, but how did you do that and what's the correct command line - to reference the D:/ drive install file? ^_^

 

Create the C:\Scratch folder before you start, DISM can't create it for you. Then boot to a Command prompt with the install media, a recovery drive or Advance Start up. The command I used successfully was:
DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:ESD:\x64\sources\install.esd:2 /ScratchDir:C:\Scratch

That command was for Home. Change 'esd:2' to 'esd:1' for Pro. You can confirm the index number you need to use with dism /get-imageinfo /imagefile:d:\x64\sources\install.esd

Change the /source path to suit where your install.esd is to be found (drive letter, path, x86 or x64 as appropriate.)

 

Thanks for the feedback enlightenment.*Wink