Windows 10: Undetectable File Corruption Following Blue Screen

Today whilst opening a chrome tab I got a blue screen of death that cited FAULTY_HARDWARE as the source. I rebooted as I have before shrugging it off as a normal error but following the restart I noticed my audio wasn't working, with the troubleshooter claiming that Windows Audio Services weren't working. I opened services.msc and tried restarting but got the error:


"windows could not start the windows audio service on local computer error 0x80070005"


After messing about a little bit I managed to get audio services to start by changing the Log On properties to Local System Account rather than the "This Account" option. Please note I have absolutely no idea of what the repercussions of this may be. This allowed windows to think my audio was now working but no audio was coming out and if I ran the troubleshooter then it returns the issue that the audio services are not responding.


This was not the only issue, however, and I was originally concerned about a possibility of malware as I received a prompt that my firewall was down. Upon trying to open the firewall section of the control panel through windows search bar I was greeted by the error


"File System Error -2144926975"


I have since got my McAfee firewall back up using their own fix tool however I am still unable to access this section of the control panel.


I have used "sfc /scannow", DISM and chkdsk and I've even run them in safe start but they always return that there is no detectable file corruption. As far as i can tell i have corrupted windows files but i can't get the system to detect and repair them. I've tried updating windows to 2004 but I apparently can't as they haven't yet allowed it for my current system settings.


Is there a way I can fix windows without a full wipe and reinstall as I have lots of apps and data on my system that I don't want to lose?


Looking forward to hearing any ideas;


Thanks,

Tom





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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.

 

Startup Blue Screen

Hi Jon,

Startup blue screen error(s) can occur if a problem causes your PC to shut down or restart unexpectedly. It could be due to the following:

• Outdated device software drivers
• Corrupted Windows update system files
• Software/Security conflicts

We would like to know some information:

• Did you get any blue screen stop error codes?
• Have you tried booting in Safe mode?

We suggest that you check this
article about troubleshooting blue screen errors and follow the troubleshooting steps provided there.

We will wait for your response

 

Error. Blue Screen

Hi,

In addition to the above mentioned solutions by Community members, I would like to add the following:

Before we proceed I would like you to answer the following question:

• 
  What is the make and model of your computer?
  
• 
  Did you make any changes prior to the issue?
  

The issue might occur due to Viruses, or something changing/deleting in Registry Files, a failure during Bootup, or a corrupt file which could be due to age of a computer or viruses or somebody tampering with files.

I suggest you to follow the step below:

Step

I suggest you to refer the article below and check if it helps:

Troubleshoot blue screen errors

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/troubleshoot-blue-screen-errors

Please get back to us with updated status, we will be happy to assist you.