Protect your system files

System files are heart of our PC; they must be protected and should be intact at any cost for proper functioning of system. With growing use of internet and use of various software tools and utilities download make our pc vulnerable to alteration of system files. It is good idea to check and verify system files periodically as health checkup.

System File Checker is a utility in Microsoft Windows that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files. This utility is available on Windows 98,Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Windows Vista, although in the Windows NT family of operating systems, scans files using Windows Resource Protection.

System file checker options are..

To check and repair any corruption use /SCANNOW option. This may ask for windows installation CD if cache is not set for system file protection.

C:\>SFC  /SCANNOW

This will check for any alteration of system files immediately and will restore the file if any alteration seems to happen.