does it a good idea to run sfc scannow from time to time ?

[sosolola]

to check if there is any damaged files and repair them ?
will it mess with drivers ?

 

[sfootie]

Don't run it every day, but it is not a bad idea to use it from time to time (say every month or so) just to check for damaged files. As for drivers, I've never had any experience of it messing with drivers so it should be fine.

Hope this helps.

 

[sosolola]

thank you
but what proplem will I get if I run it everday for example ?

 

[NZTinker]

Running it daily would be a waste of your time, really. Why would you want to unless you are having a problem?
It shouldn't hurt anything and minor fixes are done on the fly by SFC.

As an aside I am still trying to sort my problem and when running SFC it found 4 corrupted/damaged files and couldn't fix them as the samme files were also damaged at the source. I am not sure where the source is however? Is it the hidden system partition or is it online at windows update. Don't know.

Using the manual and long winded process via elevated command and SFC remove and repair functions, I replaced the files with new ones I got of a recently purchased new laptop. Now all is well.

Cheers
NZTinker

 

[sfootie]

Running it daily would be a waste of your time, really. Why would you want to unless you are having a problem?
It shouldn't hurt anything and minor fixes are done on the fly by SFC.

As an aside I am still trying to sort my problem and when running SFC it found 4 corrupted/damaged files and couldn't fix them as the samme files were also damaged at the source. I am not sure where the source is however? Is it the hidden system partition or is it online at windows update. Don't know.

Using the manual and long winded process via elevated command and SFC remove and repair functions, I replaced the files with new ones I got of a recently purchased new laptop. Now all is well.

Cheers
NZTinker

Good to hear it fixed everything. As you said above, it would be a waste of the OP's/anybody's time to use it every day, but it wouldn't do the system any damage as far as I am aware. It would more be a time issue than it causing problems.