How do I analyze the 'CBS.log' file generated by the 'sfc' command to detect corrupt files in Windows 7?

Question

I have some problems with my Windows 7 system so I've ran sfc /scannow. I'm getting this message:

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and was unable to fix some of them...

I also searched the folder of the log file to find the cbs.log. I then ran this command to pull out the actual problems/corrupt files:

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt"

This command created an sfcdetails text file (download).

Can someone help me analyze this file? I haven't found a detailed article about it so far.

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intika · Answer 1 · 2020-04-26T14:20:05.650

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Answer :

You can manually make search for those text :

"corrup"

"repair"

"Repairing corrupted file"

"Cannot repair member file"

"Repaired file"

"[SR]"

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Use the application "Read and analyze Cbs.log"

Update (as of 2020): warning the official download link for this application is dead, proceed with caution.

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Additional details on the Microsoft's documentation

edited Apr 26 '20 at 14:20

answered Jun 12 '15 at 01:30

intika

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@NothingToSeeHere answer updated... – intika Apr 26 '20 at 14:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 26 '12 at 19:47

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your log is clean, no corrupt files were found,

2012-08-26 21:25:12, Info CSI    00000359 [SR] Repairing 0 components

answered Aug 26 '12 at 19:47

Moab

Tnx man but how can that be? - according to this there is something "....found corrupt files and was unable to fix..." – energydream2007 Aug 26 '12 at 19:53
I don't know, it should have logged the corrupt files in that log, but did not. – Moab Aug 26 '12 at 19:54
interesting - il try to run the command in winpe and see what il get – energydream2007 Aug 26 '12 at 19:57
I just ran the command "sfc /verifyonly" and my log looks just like yours, verify only does not repair anything, it said no integrity violations found at the end of the scan. – Moab Aug 26 '12 at 19:58
very interesting, cause i did ran it in scannow switch as always.. – energydream2007 Aug 26 '12 at 20:00
rename your cbs log file to CBS.log.BAK, rerun SFC /scannow – Moab Aug 26 '12 at 20:22
Ya its the same as delete the file as i did. same results – energydream2007 Aug 26 '12 at 20:38