{"id":6967,"date":"2014-02-07T15:10:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T20:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2014-02-07T15:10:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T20:10:48","slug":"is-system-file-checker-sfc-really-necessary-in-windows-8-and-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/is-system-file-checker-sfc-really-necessary-in-windows-8-and-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Is System File Checker (SFC) Really Necessary in Windows 8 and 8.1?"},"content":{"rendered":"

K C has more questions about SFC (System File Checker)
\n<\/strong>SFC \/scannow tells me there are errors that it cannot fix. Refresh tells me there are missing files that it can replace if I insert my windows installation or recover media. However, the Win 8 disk I made when I downloaded Win 8 is not accepted, probably because the system has been upgraded to 8.1 Pro through MS Store. So then, how do I provide the needed installation or recovery media?<\/p>\n

Our answer
\n<\/strong>SFC \/Scannow is great for users of XP, Vista, and Windows 7 because it provides a way to restore missing, corrupted, or damaged Windows System files without reinstalling Windows and thus losing everything that isn’t backed up.<\/p>\n

Sometimes SFC can repair all of the damaged files, but sometimes it can only repair some of them — anything it fixes is better than not fixing anything. Windows SFC also generates a complete log of what was fixed and what was not fixed and notifies users at the end of the SFC \/SCANNOW sessions in which missing or corrupt files were repaired or where was attempted but failed, where they can find the log file.<\/p>\n

On Windows 8 and 8.1 SFC \/SCANNOW is a bit outdated since Windows 8\/8.1 users have at their disposal Windows System Refresh which allows Windows 8 and 8.1 users to “Refresh” their computers at any time. Refresh is like reinstalling Windows without losing any personal files, settings or Windows Apps – you will need to reinstall your desktop applications.<\/p>\n

System Refresh is superior to SFC \/SCANNOW because it reinstalls Windows — thereby replacing any missing \/ damaged files.<\/p>\n

It’s my fault for not mentioning this in the original article about SFC \/SCANNOW. While great for Windows XP users (who have a Windows XP SP3 installation disk), Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, it’s not a good choice for Windows 8 or 8.1 users; System Refresh is a better choice.<\/p>\n

If you upgraded to Windows 8.1 through the Windows store, System Refresh will reinstall Windows 8.1 — and leave all your personal files and folders and settings intact — but you’ll need to reinstall your desktop programs (Windows apps are not affected).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

K C has more questions about SFC (System File Checker) SFC \/scannow tells me there are errors that it cannot fix. Refresh tells me there are missing files that it can replace if I insert my windows installation or recover media. However, the Win 8 disk I made when I downloaded Win 8 is not accepted, probably because\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6968,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6967\/revisions\/6968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}