Windows 10: SFC errors. Should I worry?

Hi
I ran sfc scan now and there were problems it could not resolve. I looked at the CBS log but it made little sense to me.
However, the PC seems to running perfectly fine so should I bother addressing the SFC problems?

:)

 

should I run SFC and DISM or not?

I got into administrator command prompt.

I ran chkdsk c: /f no problems.

I ran sfc /scannow

It ran through verification but then said windows resource protection could not perform the requested operation

I have windows 10 version 1607. It did some updates today.

So what does that mean?

I also ran:

Dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

I got / online id not available in the pe version

Cleanup-image is unknown

Restore health is unknown.

This system was originally 8.0 then updated to 8.1 then updated to 10. If I have to run a reset will it be able to reset with Windows 10?

There were no specific changes. It was just getting worse over a period of time while I was waiting for the creators update to become available.

 

should I run SFC and DISM or not?

If your system is "messed up" and you don't know where to begin to fix it, the smart thing to do is either (1) show the computer to a professional; or (2) backup your personal files and do a clean install.

The thing not to do is to keep trying whatever you can think of in the hope of hitting on something that will work. That's a waste of time, in my view, and could make things worse.

For the future, the best thing to do is to backup your computer every day, so when it does get messed up - something at which I am expert - all you have to do is restore a backup made before the trouble started.

 

You should ignore it - there are often false positives given by sfc and dism and it they are only really worth running I you have an issue in the first place.

If you want to make analyzing SFC errors a hobby though (which is OK) then delete the whole C:\Windows\Logs\CBS directory and run it again.

Then run Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
then run Sfc /Scannow again.

You can then check the new logs and see if the errors reported are correct (i.e. a Microsoft error) or not (i.e. a error due to NVidia or some other company). There are lots of people who will help analyze the logs if you want - just upload them here.

 

OK, thanks, I'll try that.

 

If the above works the troubleshooting is complete.
If the above fails to fix sfc /scannow then you can relatively easily perform an in place upgrade repair:
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade Installation Upgrade Tutorials

 

While you can, my point was there is no need.

To do a repair install to fix a error report from sfc /scannow is pointless if everything is working.

In 3 months (and every subsequent 6 months) Microsoft will force another upgrade which will do the same thing as a in-place upgrade anyway.

If all is working, why bother?