Windows System File Check

Last Modified

Mon Nov 05 11:54 GMT 2018

Description

  • How to run sfc /scannow when Windows system file corruption is suspected.
  • Windows system file corruption may manifest it's self in many different ways, such as system errors when installing an N-able N-central agent as seen in Windows Event logs

Environment

  • N-able N-central

Solution

  • Perform System File Check (SFC):
  1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator
    1. Select Start > search for: cmd
    2. Right-click cmd.exe > select Run as Administrator
     
  2. Type sfc /scannow> press Enter
  • NOTE: It may ask for Windows installation DVD to fix and to enable SFC to make more than minor repairs. Some files saved on your computer might get deleted when fixing corrupted files.