Windows 10: How to repair crosslinked files. chkdsk, DISM restorehealth, and scf /scannow do not fix them

I am trying to backup Win 10 drive using Paragon. I get an error that there are crosslinked files that need to be cleaned up with the OS tools before a backup can be performed. No tools chkdsk /f /r nor DISM restorehealth, nor sfc /scannow has produce any diagnostic notes or helped. Reboot after every tool. McAfee real time scanning turned off.

Ideas?


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Win backup will not backup the OS drive anymore. STATUS_WAIT_1 error code 0x81000037. Tried dozens of fixes over 6 weeks. Decided to try Paragon.


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I migrated the computer to a new hard drive about two weeks ago (which made no difference). Win 10 was restored from the last successful backup. The Win backup will not run on the new hard drive either.


I decided to migrate to the new hard drive as the old drive had some "found" files after chkdsk. The smart boot diagnostic advised that there were abnormal parameters for the old drive. Weekly backups were failing.


Thanks,


Brian

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Why is my machine acting like this?

Code: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth[/quote] should work without pointing to the source files. It's fetched the files through Windows Update in the past for me.

Edit: Could try this for easier use at the command prompt.
https://www.eightforums.com/perform...-dism-restorehealth-repair-corrupt-files.html

 

windows 10 professional post installation corruption not fixed by sfc scannow or dism restorehealth

Greg,

The troubleshooting for problems with corruption found by sfc /scannow and dism/ online /cleanup-image /restorehealth were related to the upgrade from windows 7 pro to windows 10 pro. The source for the windows 10 pro upgrade was the Microsoft web site.

It impacted some upgrades but not all upgrades. It is unclear why it impacts some and not all.

The source for the windows 10 pro dvd was hp for licensed HP or Compaq PC.

The problems with sfc / scannow and dism restorehealth corruption have been fixed.

sfc /scannow now displays: windows resource protection did not find any integrity violations

dism restorehealth now displays: the restore operation completed successfully. The operation completed successfully.

These were problems with the windows 10 pro operating system downloaded from the Microsoft web site and/or installed from the dvd.

When dism restorehealth finds corruption that it does not fix I don't understand how to guide it and find the source files that it is missing. In case there is corruption in the future please list the steps to use the windows 10 pro dvd to supply the dism
restorehealth command with the sources to fix the corruption.

 

chkdsk c: /F

It might be an error on the drive. We suggests that you follow the troubleshooting steps below:

• Run Disk Cleanup utility to clear your junk files.
• Open an elevated CMD type sfc /scannow and hit Enter to run the System File Checker.
  
• Once the scan is completed, restart your computer. Remember to exit ChkDsk
  during boot.
• Next, again open CMD as admin type
  Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and hit Enter to repair the Windows image.
• Now see if ChkDsk able to complete the scan.

Note: Before doing the steps, make sure you save a back up of your files.

Let us know how it goes.