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Why does sfc /scannow keep finding corrupted files?

No matter how many times I run sfc /scannow it keeps finding corrupted files. I'll reboot and it still finds bad files. Is there any way to resolve this?
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could  be your  hard  drive  is faulty and causing  issues or  that  have a virus  that  is manuplating  around  with  the  os  files.
try  running  chkdsk/f  or even  better  run  the  scandisk from windows  with autofix and  surface checked
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i suggest testing the disk with the manuf's utility; pick the one you need from :
    http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287
It could also be an issue with service packs


I hope this helps !
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Could you elaborate on the service pack issue?

It's not the drives... could be a virus though.
why is it not the drives? can you explain ?
Yes, it could be a new virus which still not detected by anti virus scanners, suggest clean installation of OS.
well the sfc usually looks for the origianll stalled files, but it has problems detecting service packs and changes caused by them.

So when you run it and it restores files, you may need to instal lthe latest service pack after since it tends to  install the original  files before new SPs are applied.

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Well i just did a fresh install and after applying the first round of patches sfc said it found corrputed files but could not fix them - then I applied sp1 and ran sfc again - ths time it found no corrupted files
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