The sfc /scannow command checks integrity of protected system files. If some of them is corrupted or missing, SFC will replace it with correct versions when possible. Also, the tool is able to detect when a file has been overwritten with a modified or older version. In this case, it will retrieve the correct version of the file from the Windows Component Store, and then replace the modified file.
DISM is another great tool to fix Windows 11 issues. DISM stands for Deployment Imaging and Servicing Management. If a Windows image becomes unserviceable, you can use the DISM command or its Repair-WindowsImage PowerShell counterpart to update the files and fix the problem.
You can start the sfc /scannow command in Windows 11 from any available console, such as the classic command prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Terminal. If Windows 11 doesn't start, you can go with a command prompt open at boot. The latter is also known as an offline scan. Finally, the check result will be written to a special file, CBS.LOG.
When performing a system file check under Windows (not offline scan!), the SFC tool adds entries to the C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log file. Using them, you will be able to find what has happened during the last scan. You can quickly fetch them in the command prompt or PowerShell.
This will filter the contents of the CSB file, and extract the lines related to the SFC tool to the sfc.txt file on your Desktop. Open it with Notepad and see its contents. It will help you to find what files are broken and were/weren't fixed.
DISM comes into play when the SFC tool fails to fix a serious corruption of the OS. It can use the Internet and Windows Update to retrieve actual file versions. Also, you can make it use a local (offline) install.wim/install.esd file from an ISO file or bootable media with Windows 11. However, before doing any repair procedure, you much check integrity of the Windows Component Store, i.e. to check its health.
Finally, If you have no Internet connect or your data plan is limited, you can make dism use an install.wim or install.esd file as a source of the system files for the Windows Component Store. Here's how to do it.
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I run Windows 10 Pro for Workstations on my desktop. Existing disks/volumes include a simple storage space consisting of 2 SATA SSDs ("Raid0") with one volume spanning the whole pool, which was formatted with ReFS.
The system booted fine from USB and I was guided through the normal initial / first boot setup procedure of windows 11 until I got to the normal desktop. All internal disks showed up normally in Windows 11 file explorer, including the storage space volume as well as various further NTFS formatted drives/volumes.
HOWEVER: when I booted my original windows 10 again, the ReFS partition showed up as "RAW" and Windows 10 always asked me to format the volume. Rebooted several times, no change, all files and folders remain "lost" for Windows 10. This only applied to the ReFS volume / storage space - all NTFS drives were normally accessible.
When booting up Windows 11 again everything also on the ReFS volume is still there and, for example, could be copied to different locations. So data is actually still there (hopefully, still have to run some tests).
It seems that the preview of Windows 11 Pro for Workstations "automatically modified" the Storage Space and/or ReFS volume in some way, which renders it incompatible with Windows 10 Pro for Workstations. There was no dialogue asking for permission nor could I find any information on this behavior.
I can only hope this is a bug - such behavior is in my view simply not acceptable for any software, in particular software wanting to be considered as "professional", and even more so for a filesystem that claims to be "secure" and "reliable"...
EDIT & UPDATE: just booted Win11, accessed the NTFS-Volume, booted Win10 again - no issue. So either it's related to ReFS or to the first time setup of Win11 (after preparing the system drive with dism). I did not install win11 again, just booted the exiting install.
Modern versions of Windows officially support two types of firmware: UEFI and BIOS. Users may want to boot Windows through the OCLP Bootpicker, but only UEFI Installations of Windows will show up in the OCLP Bootpicker.Many older Macs do not "officially" support UEFI Windows installations, leading to installation failures and strange behaviour, but OCLP can be used to prevent almost all of these issues.
If you plan to use the same hard drive for macOS and Windows, we recommend creating a dedicated partition just for OpenCore. This lets Windows have the ESP to itself and OpenCore can stay within it's own bubble.
Recommended size is 200MB and the partition format must be FAT32 for OpenCore to operate correctly. You will next want to install OpenCore onto the new partition, either moving from the ESP with MountEFI (opens new window) or rerunning the OpenCore-Patcher.app
Then open terminal and use the rsync command with the disk image set as the source and your USB drive set as the target. (Replace "CCCOMA_X64" with the mounted image's partition name, and replace "InstallWin10" with your USB Drive's name).
When you are prompted to select a drive, select your desired partition and delete it using "Delete". If you want to install Windows to an empty drive, erase every partition currently on the desired drive.After your drive/partition is erased, press "New" to create the Windows system partitions.
After the installer formats the partition, open up the Command Prompt by pressing SHIFT + F10. Then run the diskpart command, and list vol. This will produce a list of volumes in your system, make sure to keep track of the drive letters of the main Windows partition (largest, NTFS), the EFI partition (100MB, FAT32), and the Windows installer (Usually Drive D). Run exit to close diskpart
Now, get a list of available Windows editions by running dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\Sources\install.wim (substituting D with the Installer Drive Letter). This guide will use Option 6 for Windows 10 Pro.
You can now start the deployment process. Run dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:D:\Sources\install.wim /index:6 /ApplyDir:E:, replacing "D" with the Installer Drive Letter, "6" with the Windows edition option, and "E" with the Windows Partition Drive Letter.
After the boot files are created, DO NOT reboot if you are using a MacPro4,1, MacPro5,1, or Xserve3,1 system! A bug in the Windows bootloader exists that will completely brick the system if it is loaded through the stock bootpicker. See the "Installation: Removing the Windows option from the stock bootpicker" section for a workaround.
Removing the Windows boot option from the stock bootpicker is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED on MacPro4,1, MacPro5,1, and Xserve3,1 systems in order to prevent Secure Boot NVRAM corruption and bricking.
Next, enter the EFI Folder by running C:, substituting "C" for the EFI Partition Drive Letter. Then run cd EFI to enter the EFI Partition. Then, run rmdir Boot /S /Q to remove the boot files that can be detected by the stock Bootpicker. The OCLP Picker will still be able to detect and boot Windows.
If, for whatever reason, you are not able to remove the boot files from the Windows setup, shut down your system, boot into macOS, mount your EFI partition with MountEFI (opens new window), and remove the Boot folder (it should have a recent file modification date, and contain Bootx64.efi).
If you built OpenCore with Moderate or higher SMBIOS spoofing, you'll get an error when trying to install Boot Camp drivers. You can solve this by either rebuilding OpenCore with a lower spoof level, or running the installer from Drivers/Apple/BootCamp.msi.
Nedokžu pochopit, že jsou stle na trhu nov notebooky se 4 GB RAM a nějakm zoufalm 64-128 GB ložištěm. To fakt někdo kupuje? Už nejmň 5 let lidem vysvětluju, že podobn konfigurace je pro Win10/11 "lacin - 2x placen" pro naprosto kohokoliv, ale někdo to mus kupovat, jinak by jich tolik nenabzeli. 8 GB DDR3 jsou v bazarech za tak nzk ceny, že se ani nevyplat poslat poštou kvůli poštovnmu...
Sranda je, že ty 64-128GB notebooky maj často to ložiště i ve formě UFS a podle letm kontroly TO alza označuje jako SSD. Člověk si pak řekne že si tam d větš disk a ejhle, ono nen kam, protože disk je naletovan na desce. Bada tssss
Obvykle ty stroje maj M.2 slot na dodatečn disk.
Jinak je jedno zda je to NVMe nebo UFS, když to bude připjen, tak si to běžn user nevyměn tak jak tak. SSD to samozřejmě je nehledě na rozhran. Větš problm bv že to ložiště je pomalejš než běžn SSDčka na SATA.
SATA je nenormln SSD? A ano je třeba čst specifikaci a možnosti. Starš generace neměly PCIe linky na kter by se NVMe mohlo připojit. A vzhledem k celkovmu vkonu a určen těch strojů to je irelevantn. Novějš Alder Lake už podporuj NVMe disky.
To už vůbec nekomentuji tu kapacitu, běžn user se vejde i do toho out of box ložiště v pohodě, vesměs pr GB na disku vezme cache prohlžeče, možn pr GB nějak office. Svůj čel to pln dobře. Problm s tm maj leda ti, kteř maj nerealistick očekvn.
Ano. SATA v proveden M2 je dost let.
Dělaj to jen dva vrobci. Předražen WD a nespolehliv Verbatim. Zvolil jsem Verbatim 1TB za 1500Kč. V t době stt Crucial 999Kč. Už m prvn reklamaci za sebou. Samozřejmě ztrta dat :-(
Proč by investice 1500Kč do stroje za 4500Kc byla irelevantn? Lepš než extern USB, kter sežere jedin voln port.
Jestli je něco irelevantn, tak Alder Lake.
S cenou bude plně mimo. To už se d sehnat slušn bazar.