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HOW TO - Check & Repair Windows Installation

Authored by Caleb Scharf February 1st, 2022 1623 views 0 likes KB956131

Description

Ansys and other applications rely on Windows components to run properly.  While not a common cause of Ansys errors, a corrupt or unhealthy Windows installation can cause problems with Ansys software such as applications not opening properly, windows crashing, blue screens, problems with windows updates not installing, application hangs or other hard to troubleshoot errors. The following procedure will check and resolve issues with a corrupt Windows Installation and/or Windows update mechanism.  

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A pre-requisite of Ansys software is a healthy Windows installation. This article (based on this Microsoft article) will help identify and fix corrupt system files that may be causing your issue.  These steps may require help from you're IT Department.


Solution

Screen Shot Any Errors

Screen shot any errors you receive while running the steps below.

Step #1 - Run Windows Updates

Windows updates contain OS fixes that can resolve issues you may be experiencing or if they fail, can tell us of a potentially deeper problem with OS system files.

  1. Windows Search > search and select Check for Updates > select Check for Updates
  2. Install all Windows Updates and restart if necessary.
  3. If you experience problems or errors while updating Windows, please see HOW TO - Troubleshoot Windows Update Errors
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Step #2 - Run Windows Check Disk

  1. Open a Administrator Command Prompt‍ and run the following command (You can use this same command prompt windows to perform all the commands in this article):
    1. chkdsk c:
    2.  
  2. If this step detects errors run the following command to schedule a repair.
    1. chkdsk c: /r
    2. Machine generated alternative text:
Administrator. Command Prompt - Chkdsk c: /r 
C: Chkdsk c: /r 
he type of the file sys em IS 
Cannot lock current drive. 
s. 
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) Y 
Type "Y" and then 
press Enter
    3. Restart your computer and allow the repair process to occur.
    4. Insure this was successful by Re-Running "chkdsk c:" as you did the steps above and insure there are no errors.

Step #3 - Verify Windows Installation Health

  1. This process is comprised of several commands that are run sequentially.
  2. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
    1. Administrator: Command Prompt 
: \Windows\system32 DISM /Online /C1eanup -Image /ScanHea1th 
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool 
ersion: 10.0.19041.844 
Image version: 10.0.19042.928 
1------------------------==100. 
he operation completed successfully. 
No component store corruption detected.
  3. Whether there are errors or not in the previous step, run the following command in an elevated command prompt.  If there are errors in this step, please contact support.  
    1. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
    2. Administrator: Command Prompt 
: DISM /On1ine /C1eanup-Image / RestoreHea1th 
eployment Image Servicing and Management tool 
ersion: 10.0.19ø41.844 
Image version: 10.0.19042.928 
The restore operation completed successfully. 
he operation completed successfully. 
Windows
  4. Finally, run the following command to complete this process.   If this process finds and fixes errors, that is a good sign that this may have been the cause or contributing factor to the problems you were experiencing and your issue may be resolved.   If no problems were fixed, you can be confident that your Windows installation is healthy and is not likely a contributing factor.  
    1. SFC /scannow
    2. Administrator: Command Prompt 
: \Windows\system3 sfc / scannow 
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time. 
Beginning verification phase of system scan. 
erification 100% complete. 
indows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

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