DISM source files could not be found

Try3 said:

Bob,

I think that error msg means Dism just does not know what to do at all [assuming you were connected to the internet at the time].
I have never seen that form of the command claim that it could not find anything.
I do wonder if your %path% variable might be corrupted but don't know how that might be related to the inner workings of Dism. It's just something I'd check if it was my computer.

I have no idea why you are talking about mounting anything. I suggested you do what the SFC tutorial says to do in the event of irreparable errors.
The form of the suggested command, the form you used, does not use anything "with it". It is independent of other objects.

I suggest you move straight to ChkDsk and then a Repair install.
Drive Error Checking - TenForumsTutorials




Best of luck,
Denis

The mounting thing was related to the first post by SIW2 who noted that mounting the image might be more reliable.

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zbook said:

Please run:

https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...p_plus_log.bat

Post a share link into this thread using one drive, drop box, or google drive.


If source files are not found using dism then perform an in place upgrade repair.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

I ran the .bat file and attached the log

First scannow:

Code:

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.

Second scannow:

Code:

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Restorehealth:

Code:

Error: 0x800f081f

The source files could not be found.

Chkdsk:

Code:

12 KB in bad sectors.

1) Run:
HD Tune: (free or trial version)
HD Tune website
Post images or share links into this thread displaying results for these tests:
a) Health
b) Benchmark
c) Full error scan


2) Run:
Sea Tools for Windows:
Long generic test > post images or share links into this thread

How to use SeaTools for Windows | Support Seagate US
https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/...ndowsSetup.exe


3) Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:

Chkdsk /b /v

Plan to run these chkdsk switches overnight as they may take significant time.


Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.2251]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /b /v
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)


Type: Y

Reboot as needed.


4) After completing chkdsk run:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...kfromevent.bat

Post a share link into this thread using one drive, drop box, or google drive.



5) These steps / tests can run overnight:
a) HD Tune full error scan
b) Sea Tools for Windows long generic test
c) Chkdsk /b /v


HD Tune full error scan and Sea Tools for Windows long generic tests can run simultaneously.


6) After completing the drive tests, if there are no failures, then perform an in place upgrade repair.

7) To increase the likelihood of success with the in place upgrade repair please uninstall these non-Microsoft software:
a) Antivirus
b) Firewall
c) Drive encryption



8) If there are any problems with the in place upgrade repair then:

a) run the net framework repair tool:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=30135

b) run setupdiag:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...s/download.png

zbook said:

First scannow:

Code:

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.

Second scannow:

Code:

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Restorehealth:

Code:

Error: 0x800f081f

The source files could not be found.

Chkdsk:

Code:

12 KB in bad sectors.

1) Run:
HD Tune: (free or trial version)
Post images or share links into this thread displaying results for these tests:
a) Health
b) Benchmark
c) Full error scan


2) Run:
Sea Tools for Windows:
Long generic test > post images or share links into this thread

How to use SeaTools for Windows | Support Seagate US
https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/...ndowsSetup.exe


3) Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:

Chkdsk /b /v

Plan to run these chkdsk switches overnight as they may take significant time.


Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.2251]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /b /v
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)


Type: Y

Reboot as needed.


4) After completing chkdsk run:
https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...kfromevent.bat

Post a share link into this thread using one drive, drop box, or google drive.



5) These steps / tests can run overnight:
a) HD Tune full error scan
b) Sea Tools for Windows long generic test
c) Chkdsk /b /v


HD Tune full error scan and Sea Tools for Windows long generic tests can run simultaneously.


6) After completing the drive tests, if there are no failures, then perform an in place upgrade repair.

7) To increase the likelihood of success with the in place upgrade repair please uninstall these non-Microsoft software:
a) Antivirus
b) Firewall
c) Drive encryption



8) If there are any problems with the in place upgrade repair then:

a) run the net framework repair tool:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=30135

b) run setupdiag:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...s/download.png

Oh i already know my OS drive has some issues despite only having a couple weeks of use as shown by a hdtune error scan i ran recently. I've already had seatools fail on this drive. I just wanted to see if clearing out this error would allow me to image the drive on macrium before i RMA it but it looks like i still can't due to a Read/CRC error.

Does Reliability History have entries covering the problem and are there any flags in Device Manager ?

joeandmarg0 said:

Does Reliability History have entries covering the problem and are there any flags in Device Manager ?

Neither to both. I haven't actually had any noticeable errors other than bad block errors in event log "The device, \Device\Harddisk1\DR1, has a bad block.". Infact, hard drive sentinel and crystaldisk are showing the drive as at 100% health.

The only real "issue" i've seen is that imaging apps such as macrium/acronis seem to be unable to image the drive due to read errors from bad clusters. I'm feeling a bit uncertain how long this drive is going to last though so i figured i may as well nip the issue in the bud so to speak.

I do kind of wonder if it was my mistake for trusting the 100% health thing and not running a full surface test before installing windows on it.

If you cannot use imaging software without error messages and codes then plan one or more of these options:

a) Custom install:
Custom Install Windows 10
How to Restore Files from Windows.old Folder in Windows 10

b) Manually backup files to another disk drive or the cloud

c) Backup drivers or install fresh drivers with the new installation
Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 10


With the custom install the Windows.old can be restored onto the clean Windows installation on the new new disk drive.

zbook said:

If you cannot use imaging software without error messages and codes then plan one or more of these options:

a) Custom install:
Custom Install Windows 10
How to Restore Files from Windows.old Folder in Windows 10

b) Manually backup files to another disk drive or the cloud

c) Backup drivers or install fresh drivers with the new installation
Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 10


With the custom install the Windows.old can be restored onto the clean Windows installation on the new new disk drive.

Yeah i'll definitely keep that as an option. I'm going to see if it's possible to fix the drive enough to get past Macrium's Error Code 23 - Data error (cyclic redundancy check) first.

If the disk drive has a cable then consider swapping to see if makes any difference.

Hard disk case: communication errors

zbook said:

If the disk drive has a cable then consider swapping to see if makes any difference.

Hard disk case: communication errors

I've finally moved to a second drive, and can confirm that the original drive in question still has the same bad sectors spotted by hdtune, and that's running off USB, so completely different connection. Does this mean that the drive is somewhat DOA?

Isn't this the drive that had failed the Sea Tools short and long generic tests?

If so, then request a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA).


Back up files manually or by custom install to create a Windows.old.

Files are then restored from the manual backup location or from Windows.old.
How to Restore Files from Windows.old Folder in Windows 10