March 27, 2008

How to check integrity of all protected Windows system files ?


Inside Windows OS there is one built in command-line tool called 'SFC' to check and repair all protected system files. SFC scans the integrity of all protected system files and replaces incorrect version.

Example on command prompt type "c:\>sfc /scannow" to verify and repair all protected systemfiles .

SFC Options

/SCANNOW - Scans integrity of all protected system files and repairs files with problems when possible.

/VERIFYONLY - Scans integrity of all protected system files. No repair operation is performed.

/SCANFILE - Scans integrity of the referenced file, repairs file if problemsare identified. Specify full path

/VERIFYFILE - Verifies the integrity of the file with full path . No repair operation is performed.

/OFFBOOTDIR - For offline repair specify the location of the offline boot directory

/OFFWINDIR - For offline repair specify the location of the offline windows directory

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Why does our SFC cmd help-screen claim there is NO "verify only" options at all???