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  1. Robert Willemsen
    September 8, 2021 @ 10:45 am

    After starting the sfc command, I got the message:

    Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation.

    What can I do now ??

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    • lakonst
      September 9, 2021 @ 3:26 pm

      Ensure that you 're using a Windows Installation Media according to the Windows Version and Edition you try to repair.

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  2. Francesco
    December 18, 2020 @ 12:01 pm

    Thanks, thanks, thanks….
    You saved my day, month, year and life!

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  3. Noah
    September 19, 2019 @ 9:46 am

    Great tutorial but everything I've tried when I input any other SFC command except for SFC /scannow just replies back with all the possible options almost like if I typed /?. Any ideas?

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    • lakonst
      September 19, 2019 @ 6:05 pm

      Something in the command you are writing is wrong or missing

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      • Jessiah
        September 20, 2019 @ 4:18 pm

        Happened to me, i used backslash instead of forward slash. Misspell Any command and you will get that.

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  4. Cemil Iskender
    August 13, 2019 @ 1:12 pm

    Thanks, it is great, worked flawless. I recommend to everyone. Just follow instructions carefully.

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  5. Kazem
    April 3, 2019 @ 7:30 am

    I LOVE YOU.

    YOU SAVED MY LIFE AND TIME. THANKS A LOT

    With this method you wont need to reinstall the windows. It will just fix corrupted files

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  6. volker01
    February 14, 2019 @ 6:48 pm

    WHY?
    your example:
    sfc /SCANNOW /OFFBOOTDIR=D:\ /OFFWINDIR=D:\windows
    But in your example, the Windows Bootmanager is on C:
    for that, isn't it correct?:
    sfc /SCANNOW /OFFBOOTDIR=C:\ /OFFWINDIR=D:\windows

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    • lakonst
      February 14, 2019 @ 7:20 pm

      @volker01: Yes, the Windows Boot Manager is on drive C: but the Windows FOLDER is at drive D:, so the command "sfc /SCANNOW /OFFBOOTDIR=D:\ /OFFWINDIR=D:\windows" is correct.

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  7. Mitch Turner
    January 24, 2019 @ 5:05 pm

    Helpful if SFC works. But when it says there are corrupt files, but logging doesn't work for offline scenarios, how do I find which files are corrupt?

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    • lakonst
      January 25, 2019 @ 3:16 pm

      @Mitch Turner: Before running the sfc command, give the following commands in order (replace the drive letter "D:" with the Windows drive letter)
      mkdir D:\Temp
      set WINDOWS_TRACING_LOGFILE=D:\TEMP\CBS.log

      After running the SFC command you 'll find the CBS.LOG file at D:\TEMP\ folder.

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  8. Scott Simpson
    August 30, 2018 @ 8:51 pm

    Windows resource protection could not start the repair service?

    This is what I got

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    • lakonst
      September 5, 2018 @ 10:12 am

      @Scott Simpson: Make sure that you 're using a Windows Installation Media according to the Windows Version and Edition you try to repair. This means that if you want to repair a Windows 10 64Bit installation, then you have to boot your system from a Windows 10 64bit installation media

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  9. Sergio from Brazil
    February 3, 2017 @ 7:01 pm

    Great! Very useful.

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