Is there a way to force SFC /SCANNOW command to run even if there is a system repair "flag" set ? I keep getting "There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart ..." . The problem is that i cannot boot into windows normally and keeps reseting, and giving me the option to boot normally or start a system repair , which can't do a thing. I tried Safe Mode and it hangs up and resets at CLASSPNP.SYS . I disabled autoreset and i get a BSOD with an error concerning the verification of a "KnownDLL" that ended with failure. Tried running Repair > CMD > SFC from Repair disc, tried running from ERD commander > CMD , or the SFC shortcut with same result. I've installed the hdd on another system , booted with the Win7 of that computer and tried running SFC /Scannow /Offbootdir=xxx /offwindir=xxx , and got same message.

The command cannot repair system until you boot into the system. In general situations, if we cannot boot into Windows 7, we can try: 1. Run Startup Repair in WinRE. 2. Boot into Last Known Good configuration. 3. Boot in WinRE, run Repair > System RestoreArthur Xie - MSFT

Hello D3xt3r, Is there a pending.xml file present on this system? ( c:\windows\winsxs\pending.xml) If so what is in that fileThanks, Darrell Gorter This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Volume Activation documentation on TechNet http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd197314.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd996588.aspx VAMT - Volume Activation Management Tool - Download link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ec7156d2-2864-49ee-bfcb-777b898ad582&displaylang=en

Hello D3xt3r, Is there a pending.xml file present on this system? ( c:\windows\winsxs\pending.xml) If so what is in that file Thanks, Darrell Gorter No pending.xml on the system I am trying to troubleshoot, but a reboot.xml. Since the date is from much earlier (12/01/2010), I am thinking this may be a file to keep. Anyhow, I have an issue with a Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit system as well, which seems to spin cycles. Is there any chance to remove the repair flag and force the system to run a sfc /scannow ? I really would love to save this system and avoid a complete reinstall (with Windows Virtual machines, etc.) if possible. However, these semi-automatic and never functioning Microsoft repair attempts are driving me nutsville. Where are the good old .ini days?

This is a really good q, the answer would fix my problem but it seems there is no answer, is that because in fact there is no answer could I please ask? I have deleted the pending and reboot files from winsxs but still told the WinRE won't run due to a pending reboot (which doesn't reset no matter how many boots one does), is there somewhere else to look, or an ability to force SFC to run regardless of the pending boot?

aha, Found a method! If I boot to Win7 64bit Ultimate cd the second screen selecting Repair gets a few choices, one of which is Command Prompt, do this. When I run SFC /SCANNOW I get the system repair pending error, but put in the following and it runs: SFC /SCANNOW /OFFBOOTDIR=C:\ /OFFWINDIR=C:\Windows However sadly that doesn't fix my actual problem as SFC still reports an issue with WMPDMCCore.dll which is what I am trying to sort out to get SP1 to load and I figured I might get a result off the boot disc rather than just out of a normal operation SFC. Oh, I just realised the OP tried this without any luck, drat!