[SOLVED] Windows 10 21H2 SFC/DISM Corruption issues

Thanks for the clarification Maxstar!

Latest run of SFCFix completed successfully without any errors. Attached is SFCFix.txt

DISM continues to complain about corrupted files. Latest CBS log attached.
 

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And the next fix, please post the result of DISM in your next post, so I can see the percentage when it fails and if we make any progress.

Step 1.
Warning: This fix was written specifically for this system. Do not run this fix on another system.
  • Save any work you have open, and close all programs.
  • Download the attachment SFCFix.zip and save it to your desktop.
  • Drag the SFCFix.zip file over the SFCFix.exe executable and release it.
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  • SFCFix will launch, let it complete.
  • Once done, a file will appear on your desktop, called SFCFix.txt.
  • Post the logfile (SFCFix.txt) as attachment in your next reply.


Step 2. Run the following DISM command and post the result. If it fails attach a new copy of the CBS log.
Code: 
DISM /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth
 

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Sigh. Definitely does not feel like we are making progress - seems to be going backwards.

Latest SFCFix.txt attached.

DISM failed again. Latest CBS log (18 files!) attached.

Also attaching dism.log - is that you meant by result of DISM? Please note I've sanitized some paths for privacy purposes.
 

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In this stage, I think an in-place upgrade could be the best option?

Windows 10 Repair Install
This will reinstall and update the operating system and fix any corruptions, without removing any file or program. But make always a backup of all your important data!
  • Go to this Microsoft page and under the title Create Windows 10 installation media press on Download tool now.
  • Save the tool on your Desktop and double click to run it.
  • On the License terms page, if you accept the license terms, select Accept.
  • On the What do you want to do page, select Create installation media (USB....) and then select Next.
  • Choose the ISO file option. Once the download is complete, right click the ISO and select the option Mount.
  • Open the Windows File Explorer and open mounted ISO, and run the setup.exe file.
  • Follow the instructions and click on the option Change what to keep.
  • Select the option Keep personal files and apps and click next.
  • Windows Setup will now start the in-place upgrade installation to repair Windows.
 
I actually did an in-place upgrade quite early on to try and resolve the issue, but it did not seem to help.

I can try again, but it will be a few days before I can update what happens. It's after 10 PM here and I'm not going to be near this PC for the next couple of days.
 
That is a pity, that an in-place upgrade failed earlier. The latest CBS log reports missing files we have allready replaced so something is going badly wrong.

Another thing we could try is to run DISM with the ISO of Windows mounted. (replace X:\ with the correct driveletter).
Rich (BB code): 
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
 
Maxstar said:
That is a pity, that an in-place upgrade failed earlier. The latest CBS log reports missing files we have allready replaced so something is going badly wrong.

Another thing we could try is to run DISM with the ISO of Windows mounted. (replace X:\ with the correct driveletter).
Rich (BB code): 
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
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At this point, I'm willing to believe this PC is cursed.

I used Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to download a fresh ISO, moved this to a USB and reinstalled Windows 10 from scratch.

Waited for drivers to install, run sfc /scannow and it failed. Ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and guess what, that failed as well.

Here's the CBS log attached. But frankly I'm out of ideas at this point.
 

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Maxstar said:
Hi,

These kind of corruptions after a clean installation usually indicates a hardware problem, most likely a bad hard drive or RAM issues.

1. HDD test - Hard Drive (HDD) Diagnostics (Sea Tools for DOS) & SSD Test
2. RAM test - Test RAM with memtest.org MemTest86+
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Thanks for the reminder. I did a check of the HDD (both CHKDSK and SMART test) and it was fine.

The RAM Test on the other hand had tons of failures. I was going to give up when I remembered that in the BIOS, the RAM was set to overclock via XMP to 3600 Mhz. I disabled the overclock in the BIOS and just like that, the RAM stopped failing Memtest. I did another clean install of Windows 10 and this time sfc /scannow completed successfully!

I will still need to RMA the RAM since it's meant to support an overclock but atleast I have a stable system till I complete the RMA.
 
Hi,

That explains a lot why there were so many corruptions, good to hear that the system is stable with the default settings for the RAM modules.
I'll mark this thread as solved.
 
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