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Steg:
Ran your program sucessfully, but it still does not let me run SFC.
I get error Code 80073712 when running windows update.

Any help?

Boggin:
Did your computer come preinstalled with Win 7 Ultimate or did you upgrade it - in which case you will have an install disk ?

Steg:
I have the install disk. It's a VM in virtual box I don't want to have to start from ZERO again...

Boggin:
What I have in mind is for you to run a chkdsk /f which will show if there are any KBs in bad sectors and if that comes up clean and you are still unable to run a sfc /scannow is then to perform a repair install, but your install disk will need to include SP1 - unless you can uninstall SP1 first, as the install disk has to match the current install.

If the chkdsk /f does show bad sectors then you could run a chkdsk /r which may or not be able to recover files, but you would only be putting off the inevitable of having to change the drive.

If your install disk includes SP1 then you could also boot up with it to select Repair your computer and navigate to the Recovery Environment to perform an offboot sfc /scannow, but if it won't run in normal mode, then it's unlikely to be able to run outside of Windows - but that would need to be checked out.

This would check and repair files from an incorrupt source.

I assume the sfc /scannow is stopping after a certain % ?

There's one other tool you can use if the HDD doesn't have any bad sectors and that is to download the System Update Readiness Tool.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=3132

This is a 500MB download and can sometimes take a while to check the computer for updates, but when complete, its log can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\CBS then double click on the Checksur one which will open in Notepad.

Steg:
I've followed the instructions here - every step (similar to your suggestions, FYI):
http://www.infopackets.com/news/9620/how-fix-sfc-scannow-fails-wont-complete

and get nothing.
SFC terminates with the error:
Windows Resource protection cannot perform the requested operation.

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