Windows 10: SFC not working, will not run or could not repair corrupt file

The System File Checker or SFC is a system tool that can allow users to scan for and restore corrupt Windows system files. It is […]

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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.

 

SFC reports corrupt files that cannot be repaired

My Surface Pro 4 does not appear to have any problems. But I periodically run System File Check. SFC now reports corrupt files that it cannot repair. I've tried running DISM using the basic restorehealth options. This never has worked without downloading
a fresh .iso copy of Windows, which is no longer available for download. I even tried the DISM from the repair environment. It ran successfully, but SFC still reports corrupt files that it cannot repair. What should I do? I don't want the Windows OS files
on my Surface to be corrupt. From the number of posts on this forum, this must be a common problem. None of the threads I've read suggests anything that I haven't already tried. As I said above, most of the suggestions involve running DISM without referring
to an ISO file. That's strange, since I've never seen that work.

 

SFC reports corrupt files that cannot be repaired

Hi Jay,

For to better assist you with the SFC reports issue, we'd like to know the following:

• Have you installed any Windows updates prior to this issue?
  
• Please provide us a CBS logs for us to determine what is the file that cannot be repaired.
  

To get the logs, please follow the steps below:

• Open a Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• Copy and paste findstr /c:”[SR]” %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >”%userprofile%\Desktop\sfclogs.txt”, then hit
  Enter. (This will create a sfclogs.txt file on your desktop).
  
• Open the sfclogs.txt and check the result of SFC scan.
  

Note: SFC cannot always fix corrupted files.

We're looking forward to your reply.