Sfc scan now found corrupted files and doesn’t fix after reboot

Anonymous
2025-05-08T21:46:09+00:00

I ran a sfc scannow and it ran it and said that it found corrupted files and successfully removed them and then says it will make changes after next reboot and when I reboot I ran the sfc scannow again to see if it removed it or not and it did the scan again and it says the same message I did it again and it’s just a loop at this point.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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Francisco Montilla 31,825 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-05-08T23:28:01+00:00

Hello,

You must repair the underlying Windows image with DISM before running SFC again. Open Command Prompt as administrator and type

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

then press Enter. Wait for it to reach 100 percent (it may take 10–20 minutes). When it finishes, reboot, open an elevated Command Prompt again and now you can run again:

sfc /scannow

This will let SFC repair using the now-healthy image instead of looping on the same corrupted components. If DISM reports that it can't access the repair source, let me know and we’ll point it to a local Windows install or install media.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-11T18:15:01+00:00

    i found a video that made it work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-voThp_df8w

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-11T08:10:44+00:00

    I don’t understand

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  3. Francisco Montilla 31,825 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-05-10T00:46:32+00:00

    Okay. Then you'll need to tell DISM exactly where to pull uncorrupted system files from rather than relying on Windows Update.

    First, download a matching build Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft site and double click it to mount it (you will see a new drive letter, for example E). Then open an elevated Command Prompt and type the following, replacing "E" if your mounted ISO drive is different.

    DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:WIM:E:\Sources\install.wim:1 /LimitAccess

    Press Enter and let it run to 100 percent. When it completes successfully, reboot once more, open an elevated Command Prompt, and run:

    sfc /scannow

    Because you've pointed DISM at a clean Windows image on the ISO, SFC should now have intact versions of any corrupted files to restore. If you still see "found corrupted files", let me know the exact DISM output and we'll move on to an in-place repair install.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-09T01:40:07+00:00

    Did what u said and ran after the 2nd reboot still says it found corrupted files etc.

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