Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files it is unable to fix.

AsdfNinja

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My PC was freezing a lot lately, and somewhere on the internet I read it may be due to corrupt files, and it should be inspected by using the "sfc /scannow" command in cmd. I did that, and it said that it found files but couldn't fix some of them, and that I could check out a really long error report (...I guess?) which I've included. Anyways, after that I wrote "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" and after some 5-10 minutes it displayed me with an error (0x800f081f) saying that "The source files could not be found, use the source option to specify location of the files that are required to restore the feature." and also another error report thingy, which I've also included. I know I can't really choose right now, but I would prefer a solution that doesn't involve formatting my hard drive, because since we can no longer upgrade to windows 10, I would be stuck with 8.1 'till the end of days.

P.S. I am yet to find a way of uploading the reports without freezing pastebin, so instead I uploaded them trough dropbox.
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Have you got the latest windows update? it might fix your error for you. Its essentially a new copy of win 10 so might be all you need to correct the corruption., Its a bit of a gamble though. If you don't have it yet, try using media creation tool to upgrade current install (see link below).

Since you don't want a reinstall, we have to use this

Download a copy of the Win 10 media creation tool and use it to make an ISO of win 10

Mount that ISO in File explorer (see: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3579-iso-img-file-mount-unmount-windows-10-a.html)

copy/paste this exactly into a command prompt with admin rights (replace X with drive letter of ISO):

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth...

Colif

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Have you got the latest windows update? it might fix your error for you. Its essentially a new copy of win 10 so might be all you need to correct the corruption., Its a bit of a gamble though. If you don't have it yet, try using media creation tool to upgrade current install (see link below).

Since you don't want a reinstall, we have to use this

Download a copy of the Win 10 media creation tool and use it to make an ISO of win 10

Mount that ISO in File explorer (see: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3579-iso-img-file-mount-unmount-windows-10-a.html)

copy/paste this exactly into a command prompt with admin rights (replace X with drive letter of ISO):

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /source:WIM:X:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess

Where "X" is the drive letter where the ISO is located. Simply change the "X" to the correct drive letter

this came from: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows_10-update/system-file-check-sfc-scan-and-repair-system-files/bc609315-da1f-4775-812c-695b60477a93

BTW, you can use that Media creation tool to create a Win 10 installer on USB or DVD, you not stuck on 8 at all. :)
 
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