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08-08-2025 12:50 PM
System: HP ProBook 450 G4 running Windows 10 Pro Build 19045.6093
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> dism /online /cleanup-image /CheckHealth
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.3636
Image Version: 10.0.19045.6093
The component store is repairable.
The operation completed successfully.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> dism /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.3636
Image Version: 10.0.19045.6093
[==========================100.0%==========================]
Error: 0x800f081f
The source files could not be found.
Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.
Found information on this site to execute a DISM repair by specifying a source:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-dism-command-line-utility-repair-windows-10-image
First downloaded MediaCreationTool_22H2.exe from Microsoft and created Windows_22H2.iso
Burned it to a DVD and mounted this DVD in DVD-drive of HP ProBook 450 G4
Then executed DISM /online /restoreHealth and specified Source: (F:-drive is DVD-drive)
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> dism /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth /Source:F:\sources\install.esd
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.3636
Image Version: 10.0.19045.6093
[==========================100.0%==========================]
Error: 0x800f081f
The source files could not be found.
Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077
The process seemed stuck at approx. 62.3 % and after a while went to 100%
It did not seem to access the DVD - no spin up heard.
There is only a install.esd in the *.ISO image - no install.WIM
What am I doing wrong here?
What does the /Online parameter to DISM mean?
The active running OS or a reference to be Online on the Internet?
Any advice is welcome
11-29-2025 03:44 PM
Hello @TheMonk-1
If this issue is anyway related to a corrupt OS, I recommend doing a clean reinstall of Windows via the HP Cloud recovery tool for best results- https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_4374279-4216685-16
Coming to your questions:
The /Online parameter tells DISM to target the running Windows installation on your PC — the currently active OS. It does not mean “online on the Internet.”
You’re telling DISM: “Repair the Windows image that’s currently installed on this computer.”
If you want to repair an offline image (like from a mounted WIM/ESD of another OS), you use /Image:<path> instead.
Hope this helps!
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