How to repair missing or corrupt system files: When using you computer, does Windows give you errors, or is it just not functioning the way it should? have you had Malware on the system and after removing the infected files you are now getting system file errors .sys files .dll files maybe your getting errors saying your files are missing or corrupt or getting BSOD Blue Screen of Death, all these types of files are critical to Windows and need to be running correctly, but all is not lost, let’s try and run sfc /scannow to try and fix or repair these operating system files.
1. Windows 7 : Go to Start Button and type cmd in Search Box now Right Click cmd and Run as Administrator press Enter.
2. Windows 8: Go to Charms Bar and Click on Search, now type cmd
Now on the left of the screen right click Command Prompt then at bottom click Run as Administrator
Now type sfc /scannow
It will now run a scan on all your system files to see if they are missing or corrupted, if it finds errors with system files it will attempt to fix or replace them.
Scan is now complete, you should see details of what the scan found on the screen.
I am no techie, but have enjoyed your content on youtube for the last 6 months or so, and figured this was a good way to say thanks for all the great info you give in your own inimitable fashion (even though some of the viruses you describe scare the living daylights out of me !). Keep up the great work Brian.
PS. Malwarebytes rocks !
Thanks for the support Glenn
Hi,
I’ve been working in IT for some time now, and I’m sure you’re aware that you forget things if you haven’t done them for some time. You videos have refreshed my memory on some of these things.
Thanks.
I have just run scannow on my partner’s machine and it stopped after 18%. The log file of errors is enormous. Manual fixing is out of the question. Is it better to reinstall the Win 7 or wait until next week for win 10?