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Many times it happens that windows 10 disk image you download might be corrupted and you may not be able to install windows from it. If you are in one of those situations, then you are at the right place. Here, in this post today we will show you how you can repair your corrupted disk using DISM commands in Windows command prompt. We will show you how to use commands like DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and how you can use it.

Microsoft has comprised few managerial and useful tools at the disposal of the end user if there is any need. Corruption incurred while installing windows 10 is always a difficult task to remove. In order to solve this a tool called DISM (Deployment Imaging and Servicing Management tool) has been introduced which helps to repair your OS’s installer image. Before we start it is recommended to full backup so that if anything goes wrong you can bring back changes.

Steps to repair Windows 10 images:

Here are the exacts steps you can follow to use these commands to repair your disk image file of windows 10.

STEP 1: Open the start menu by clicking on the windows button on the screen or straight away click the window button in keyboard or press Windows key +X.

STEP 2: Type CMD and right click on command prompt.

STEP 3: There are various ways DISM can be used to repair the windows image i.e. CheckHealth, ScanHealth, and RestoreHealth.

1. Using DISM with CheckHealth option:

This command helps to verify whether any corruption has been incurred. It does not perform any repairs on its own. In order to verify for corruption, type the following command and press enter. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

2. Using DISM with a ScanHealth option:

This command helps to scan the windows image and find if there is any corruption. ScanHealth switch can take around 10 minutes to complete the scan. In order to scan for corruption, type the following and press enter. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

3. Using DISM with RestoreHealth option:

DISM command with RestoreHealth helps to scan the windows image for the presence of any corruption and also perform a repair automatically by itself. But unlike ScanHealth switch, RestoreHealth switch can take around 20 minutes to complete its process. In order to scan for corruption, type the following command and press enter. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

While running this process of DISM by RestoreHealth or ScanHealth you can observe that the process seems to stuck in-between 20% and 40%. But don’t panic, it’s a normal action.

When you try to run the command mentioned above, DISM will attempt to replace the damaged files using Windows Update. But when there is a problem with the windows update components, then you have to specify the good files that you know in order to repair the image.

4. DISM with source option and RestoreHealth:

By using Source switch alongside RestoreHealth you can determine a new location for known good files. Now type the following command and press enter. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:repairsource\install.wim or in order to avoid DISM using windows for online images, enter DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth/Source:repairsourse\install

5. DISM with an install.ESD file:

In order to repair the windows image with an install.ESD file, enter the following command. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ResearchHealth /Source:C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\Install.esd for limited action of windows update

The DISM tool will always create a file at %windir%/Logs/CBS/CBS.log when any problem has been captured or fixed. At last reboot your system in order to give effect to the actions.

We hope you understood how you can repair your windows image file using these DISM commands. Share this post with your friends and help them to repair their disk image file. Comment on this post if you have any doubts.

The problem of ‘Not enough storage is available to process this command’ or ‘Not enough quota available’ is a common occuring issue in Windows server only when the value of registry has been set incorrectly or after some re-installations and resets the configurations are not set valid.

This error has been officially acknowledged by the Microsoft and is also a bit old. All the fixes which it registers are quiet simple as it just instructs a user to make some changes in the registry key to a defined value. If this error still exists even after doing this work then there is no other option left other than the system restore.

Quick Fix 1: Change in registry value

This method is the official way to curb this issue as it is proved working for many users who were facing this problem. You need to allow this solution an administrator access. The registry key will be changed to some defined value by us. If in case the key is absent and we will create one manually and set the value as per the requirements.

Note: The “IRPStackSize” must be changed in the computer whose files are being tried to browse by you.

Warning: Registry is a powerful tool. unknowingly changing the keys which you don’t have any idea may lead to some serious problem with your PC. Ensure to have a back up with your registry before following the solution:

1. Press Windows + R, then type “regedit” and press the Enter switch to launch the Registry Editor.
2. Once you get into the registry editor, navigate the following file path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/LanmanServer/Parameters

3. Watch for the key “IRPStackSize“. Now just check that the value is set correctly or not.

Note: The values may range from 0*1 to 0*C. All these values are equivalent to 1 to 12 in decimals.

Quick Fix 2: Block UI app’s fork

We have found an interesting method which have suggested a solution to this error. If in case an important application runs out of space then you must restart it. The error will be automatically disappear but for a short period of time because of the change in location of the memory.

However, the window station’s desktop heap will encounter many memory issues again. In order to permanently fix this problem, all you need is to configure the abcservice.exe which runs out of memory to shun the UI application forks which are in session 0. Hence, to solve this issue you just have to configure the service which is in the question not making the forks UI application in session 0. And your error of not enough quota will be solved.

Also read : How to use DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestireHealth command?

Quick Fix 3: Removing the temporary files

This is another method in which you have to delete some of your temporary files because it contains many system configurations which are occasionally used by the system. You always have the option of backing up the files somewhere where you think the place is safe.

1. Press Windows + R, then type “%temp%” in the dialogue box and press Enter.
2. Press Ctrl + A in order o select all the entries and then click on Delete.
3. After finishing the above step, navigate to local disk C, open the temp folder and delete all the content in there too. Now restart you computer and check whether the problem is faded or still there.

Quick Fix 4: Close all sessions in the Windows 2003 Fileserver

This is a specific solution for Windows 2003 Fileservers where they were facing connectivity issues with the shares.

In most of the cases, it is a scenario in which the users are not logged out of the servers. One should close all the old sessions which will definitely allow you to access the shares without an issue. Ensure that all the progress is being saved by you in the old session before you close it.

You should also try the methods mentioned above before this:

1. Right click on the “Computer” and click on “Manage“.
2. Now select the “Shared Folders” and after that select “Sessions“.
3. Now close all the old sessions and see whether if you are able to access the shares successfully or not.

We hope by following these solutions you got your problem solved of “Not enough storage or quota to process this command”. Keep following our blog for more solutions to windows problems and tricks or tips. If you are getting blue screen error, then follow our guide to “critical process died” error solution. Comment below if you are getting any problem.

You were using your Pen drive or memory card normally and one day suddenly an error comes saying,”windows was unable to complete the format“, and you might worry if your pendrive is safe or not. We at live for tech have come today with fix of this error you can use to format your sd card or usb stick. In addition to above error you might be getting errors like windows cannot format this drive, failed to format the device or the format did not complete successfully, use our methods to format disk in windows 10. Read the whole post to format your usb drive successfully.

Reasons For “Windows unable to format” Error

Possible reasons for this error you maybe getting while formatting your USb stick, sd card or any other storage media can be from one of the below :

Disk may be write protected

Some disks are write protected and hence you can not modify or delete data any data inside it. This may be one of the scenarios when you are not able to format the disk.

Memory card/ SD card infected by malware or virus

There is a chance that your usb pendrive or sd card is infected by virus. To overcome this, scan your drive with good antivirus to make sure there is no virus in the usb stick or sd card. If there is any malware, it can be removed by using malware bytes software.

Disk is physically damaged/corrupted

This might be one of the reason that your disk may be physically damaged or it may be corrupted, in this case it can not be recovered unless repaired. If this is the case, you have to forget this sd card or pendrive and buy a new one.

Also read : Windows 10 blue screen error solution

Fix For “windows was unable to complete the format”

So, as you know all about the error and reasons for which it might have occured, below are some methods through which you can fix your error and format the pendrive or sd card successfully.

Method 1 : Format through windows disk management

Follow the below steps to fix unable to format disk in windows.

• Right click on “My computer” or ‘This PC‘.
• Click on Manage.
• Now go to “Disk management“. Alternatively, you can go to disk management by typing DISKMGMT.MSC in run.
• Now find the drive which is your usb stick or sd card you want to format and right click on it.
• Now select format.
• Select File system as FAT32 or Ex-FAT.
• Click on OK.
• That’s it, your pendrive or sd card is ready to use.

Method 2 : Use command prompt to format sd card or usb drive

If the above method didn’t work for you then try this method to format via command line.

• Go to run.
• write cmd and press enter.
• A new command prompt window will open.
• Type format d:/fs:ntfs (d: is the drive letter of partition that you want to format) and press “Enter”.
• It may take some time.

That’s it, we hope that you have formatted your usb drive or sd card by now and it may be working now. We hope you liked this post, Share this post on social media to make people aware of this solution so that they can fix their usb drive too. This method works for failed to format the device and the format did not complete successfully errors too. If you have any doubts or problems, you can post them in comments below.