Windows File System Troubleshooting

© Mike Halsey and Andrew Bettany 2015

Andrew Bettany and Mike HalseyWindows File System Troubleshooting10.1007/978-1-4842-1016-1_6

6. Troubleshooting the Windows File System

Mike Halsey¹  and Andrew Bettany²

(1)

Microsoft MVP, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

(2)

Microsoft MVP, York, North Yorkshire, UK

 

So far in this book, we’ve detailed the complexities of the Windows file system and some of the most common problems you can encounter with files, such as security and access permissions.

These actions would be performed on your user files and documents, however, so what would you do if Windows system files, or those for programs or drivers, were to become corrupt?

Fortunately, Windows provides a few ways to deal with this problem, either automatically or ...