Re: Sfc /scannow
- From: John John <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:16:16 -0300
It's the kind of thing where you go through troubleshooting steps and as you progress along if nothing seems to fix the problem you then move up the scale of possible fixes. If you are at the point in the troubleshooting and repair efforts where you think that you need to send the machine to a repair shop then you could certainly try running SFC, it won't hurt anything to try it! If running SFC doesn't fix things then you have to move up the scale of fixes again, at that point maybe a System Restore can fix things or maybe your options are getting scarce and you may have to resort to a repair install. There is no cut and dry answer to your question, all I can say is start with the obvious easy suggested fixes to the problem at hand, if the easy fixes don't work then try the more elaborate (or less palatable) fixes.
John
Roman wrote:
John,
You're absolutely right: $64K question.
Life is so much depending on computer, it is nice to know how to trouble shoot when problem starts.
There are all sort of problems associated with computers.
The problem could be caused by software, hardware, or overwriting system files.
To laymen, if we know the situation when we could fix certain problems simply by running sfc/ scannow, that could save time and money before bringing computers to shop.
That is my question.
Roman
"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ul70sCEEIHA.5980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
That is the $64,000 question! ;-)
If you get error messages telling you that dll's are missing you might want to run the command. If you are having problems and if Windows or Internet Explorer are not running properly you might want to run the command.
John
Roman King wrote:
How can you tell system files were overwritten or corrupted?
Roman
"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uhrdvjDEIHA.3980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you think system files have been overwritten or damaged or that they may be mismatched running SFC could fix things.
Description of the Windows File Protection feature
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193
John
Roman King wrote:
I would like to now under what situation I should use sfc/scannow.
When I had lots of problem with my computer, I could use sfc /scannow.
But I do not know what exactly sfc/ scannow does.
Please enlighten me. Thanks. Roman
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