Backstory: Hi, I have been having an issue for a long time with my C:/ drive filling up to the point of having 3GB spare of 111GB.
I know not to delete random files, especially from the windows siles as they are essential. However I don't know how to tell the difference between old windows files that are taking up space for no reason and Windows files I need to keep.
Fast forward and I have a program called PC Cleaner which I was using to optimise hard drives. I then found the 'clear duplicate items' button and I thought.. Oh that's going to be really helpful. I can definitely delete duplicates of stuff I don't need on my C drive.
My computer carried on running completely fine except that some but not all Exe files stopped running. I looked into this and realised my mistake was that some windows files need duplicates I order to work properly.
I had already deleted all my duplicates thinking I wouldn't need them and I do t have a backup restore point.
I have tried running /sfc scannow which returned with some files are corrupted and Windows was unable to fix them.
I then went down a rabbit hole of trying to run /chkdsk /f /r (without knowing it would take about 5 hours for it to scan a 1TB SSD), managed to stop it but only because I had a completely black screen so the drive wasn't being scanned. I thought I'd try a /chkdsk overnight instead which I haven't done yet.
I also tried to put the Computer in safe mode but ended up in several hours of the screen not working but windows was loaded and having to learn to use the text to speech navigator to search through settings and uncheck boxes.
When I finally managed to load normal windows on a screen that worked I am back to square 1 of needing to replace missing windows files.
My question is: can I download missing windows 10 system files that the sfc scannow cannot fix?
I beleive I'm missing .sys .dll, and .ocx files.
I have the Sfc scannow CBS log if needed which would allegedly tell me which files are missing/damaged but I don't know who to interrpret this information.
I know not to delete random files, especially from the windows siles as they are essential. However I don't know how to tell the difference between old windows files that are taking up space for no reason and Windows files I need to keep.
Fast forward and I have a program called PC Cleaner which I was using to optimise hard drives. I then found the 'clear duplicate items' button and I thought.. Oh that's going to be really helpful. I can definitely delete duplicates of stuff I don't need on my C drive.
My computer carried on running completely fine except that some but not all Exe files stopped running. I looked into this and realised my mistake was that some windows files need duplicates I order to work properly.
I had already deleted all my duplicates thinking I wouldn't need them and I do t have a backup restore point.
I have tried running /sfc scannow which returned with some files are corrupted and Windows was unable to fix them.
I then went down a rabbit hole of trying to run /chkdsk /f /r (without knowing it would take about 5 hours for it to scan a 1TB SSD), managed to stop it but only because I had a completely black screen so the drive wasn't being scanned. I thought I'd try a /chkdsk overnight instead which I haven't done yet.
I also tried to put the Computer in safe mode but ended up in several hours of the screen not working but windows was loaded and having to learn to use the text to speech navigator to search through settings and uncheck boxes.
When I finally managed to load normal windows on a screen that worked I am back to square 1 of needing to replace missing windows files.
My question is: can I download missing windows 10 system files that the sfc scannow cannot fix?
I beleive I'm missing .sys .dll, and .ocx files.
I have the Sfc scannow CBS log if needed which would allegedly tell me which files are missing/damaged but I don't know who to interrpret this information.