Windows 10: DISM sources not found windows update not working issue

I have noticed on a brand new laptop a windows update not working, i seem to have tried every step in the book for windows update fixes and no luck. Troubleshooting is disappointing Iv tried to fix things with sfc /scannow and DISM / ect.... But i keep getting "sources cannot be found" and it wont complete successfully. There must be an issue somewhere if it wont complete a DISM command


Im on windows 10 home index1 and version 10.0.18363.693


Iv have downloaded a creation tool on usb and iv tried dism through that but still shows up as "sources not found" hmmm?


Anyone able to help getting all this fixed? Thanks in advance!

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Source to use for DISM on Windows 10

This is not completely true. The suggestion is to download the Techbench version and use DISM to apply to install.wim directly. However, you can also use the version download from MCT except it will involve an extra step as follows:

1. Use the latest version of 7-Zip to extract the content of install.esd. For example: to a folder xxx on the desktop
2. From Admin command prompt:
   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\xxx\windows /LimitAccess

See screen shot, the contents of install.wim and install.esd are exactly the same.

 

Source to use for DISM on Windows 10

hmm...

I assumed they were the same all along so I tried simply COPYING the .esd AND the .wim out, and tried to use them but that didn't work either. Now that you mention EXTRACTING it out, that maybe makes more sense.

I thought the .esd version was encrypted. Does 7-zip take care of that?

 

How to get damn DISM to work?

Thx guys, I'll compress this data into a blog post. For all the so called guides I've read, not a single one mentioned it has to be WIM file (some listed even ESD which clearly doesn't work) or that certain ISO images don't work with DISM.

After I've done DISM thingie, SFC also managed to repair stuff. Which is what I've needed here.