Guest Kenny Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Using XP Pro/SP3. Had this before but can't remember how to get round it. Trying to run SFC it looks for XP CD but can't find it. Tried original XP, XP/SP1, XP/SP2, and XP/SP3 discs. My optical drives are Y & Z and I remember previously changing something so SFC will look for the disc in one of these rather than D. Can someone please tell me how to do this. -- Kenny Cargill
Guest Martin Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: SFC looking for CD in wrong place? On 6 Jul, 10:05, "Kenny" <m...@privacy.net> wrote: > Using XP Pro/SP3. > Had this before but can't remember how to get round it. > Trying to run SFC it looks for XP CD but can't find it. Tried original XP, > XP/SP1, XP/SP2, and XP/SP3 discs. > My optical drives are Y & Z and I remember previously changing something so > SFC will look for the disc in one of these rather than D. > Can someone please tell me how to do this. > > -- > Kenny Cargill Have you got TweakUI installed? If so then look on the My Computer tree > Special Folders. Choose Installation Path and TweakUI will display the path where it expects to find the XP setup files/CD-ROM. You should be able to change it to a valid path to your XP CD-ROM. Martin.
Guest Gerry Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: SFC looking for CD in wrong place? Kenny You will need your Windows XP CD. You may encounter problems if your CD does not include SP3 as seems likely. Read this link as it contains a way forward if you have no CD http://ask-leo.com/i_dont_have_an_installation_cd_for_windows_xp_what_if_i_need_one.html If you need to point to a folder choose I386. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kenny wrote: > Using XP Pro/SP3. > Had this before but can't remember how to get round it. > Trying to run SFC it looks for XP CD but can't find it. Tried > original XP, XP/SP1, XP/SP2, and XP/SP3 discs. > My optical drives are Y & Z and I remember previously changing > something so SFC will look for the disc in one of these rather than D. > Can someone please tell me how to do this.
Guest David H. Lipman Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: SFC looking for CD in wrong place? From: "Kenny" <me@privacy.net> | Using XP Pro/SP3. | Had this before but can't remember how to get round it. | Trying to run SFC it looks for XP CD but can't find it. Tried original XP, | XP/SP1, XP/SP2, and XP/SP3 discs. | My optical drives are Y & Z and I remember previously changing something so | SFC will look for the disc in one of these rather than D. | Can someone please tell me how to do this. | -- | Kenny Cargill In the Registry find... HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup Look at; SourcePath It should point to the i386 folder and the i386 folder should be slip-streamed to the Service Pack level of the OS. So if the OS is at SP3 level, the i386 folder should be slip-streamed to SP3 level. If the folder is C:\i386 SourcePath = C:\ If it is C:\windows\i386 SourcePath = C:\windows -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
Guest Kelly Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: SFC looking for CD in wrong place? Hi Kenny, Change your source path: Copy /i386 to your hard drive. Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion. In the right pane, change SourcePath to reflect your settings. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "Kenny" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:url8Le03IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Using XP Pro/SP3. > Had this before but can't remember how to get round it. > Trying to run SFC it looks for XP CD but can't find it. Tried original > XP, XP/SP1, XP/SP2, and XP/SP3 discs. > My optical drives are Y & Z and I remember previously changing something > so SFC will look for the disc in one of these rather than D. > Can someone please tell me how to do this. > > -- > Kenny Cargill > > > > >
Recommended Posts