Using Offline sfc /scannow on Windows 8.1 - Remains at "Beginning system scan" and does not proceed

TheMadMardigan

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Hi All,

I'm trying to run sfc /scannow off a Windows 8.1 bootable USB drive. I enter the following command in the CMD prompt:

sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /offwindir=c:\windows

I use "c:" because checking the partitions, that's the drive letter assigned to the partion with the OS I want to repair.

I get the message "Beginning system scan. This process will take some time."

And it just sits there. It never says "beginning verification" or whatever the next step is.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
 

TheMadMardigan

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Thanks for the suggestion. This a laptop. I was using the USB 3.0 port. Switched to USB 2.0 port, but same issue unfortunately. I do appreciate your trying to help, though.