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Windows system integrity checks

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Here are some useful commands to check windows system integrity. First of all, launch a command prompt with privileged permissions:

  • Click Start
  • Type cmd
  • Right click on “cmd” and
  • Select “Run as Administrator”

First of all, lets run System File Checker:

sfc /scannow

Next lets run Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. Let’s check first:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Next commands are for repairing. If you have your installation ESD or WIM file – that’s even better. Here’s how you can check and restore from ESD and WIM images accordingly:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:esd:D:\install.esd:1
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\install.wim:1

To prevent DISM from using Windows Update for online images, you can run these (ESD and WIM):

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:esd:D:\install.esd:1 /LimitAccess
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\install.wim:1 /LimitAccess

That’s it for now.