SFC /scannow

[Guest Jorge Bravo]

I lost (temporarily) IE, so I decided to do sfc /scannow. Soon after it

started it asked for the disk for XP Professional SP3. Problem is that my

system is XP Home and not Porfessional. Wen I inserted the Toshiba Recovery

Disk in he drive, SFC told me it was the wrong one...

 

Anyone knows what is going on? Is this a common problem?

 

Thank you

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: SFC /scannow

 

When XP is originally installed there is a Registry Key that indicates

whether the source media was a CD-ROM. There is a hierarchy to

where XP searches when SFC is called. Depending on which level

Service Pack is applied, XP searches the \DllCache folder and the

\ServicePackFiles. Because of the CD-ROM install key value XP

will call for the CD-ROM even though it doesn't contain the latest

Service Pack modules. This is because it is trying to reach the i386

folder which is the original source point. Unless your vendor put the

\i386 folder on the hard drive it's looking for a non-existent folder.

 

Doing an SFC /Scannow isn't really a viable diagnostic tool. Windows

File Protection will automatically replace any "monitored" files that

are renamed/deleted or moved without any user action . Really all

you're doing is re-populating the \DllCache folder.

 

"Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message

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>I lost (temporarily) IE, so I decided to do sfc /scannow. Soon after it

>started it asked for the disk for XP Professional SP3. Problem is that my

>system is XP Home and not Porfessional. Wen I inserted the Toshiba

>Recovery Disk in he drive, SFC told me it was the wrong one...

>

> Anyone knows what is going on? Is this a common problem?

>

> Thank you

>

[Guest Jorge Bravo]

Re: SFC /scannow

 

Thanks

 

 

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> escreveu na mensagem

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> When XP is originally installed there is a Registry Key that indicates

> whether the source media was a CD-ROM. There is a hierarchy to

> where XP searches when SFC is called. Depending on which level

> Service Pack is applied, XP searches the \DllCache folder and the

> \ServicePackFiles. Because of the CD-ROM install key value XP

> will call for the CD-ROM even though it doesn't contain the latest

> Service Pack modules. This is because it is trying to reach the i386

> folder which is the original source point. Unless your vendor put the

> \i386 folder on the hard drive it's looking for a non-existent folder.

>

> Doing an SFC /Scannow isn't really a viable diagnostic tool. Windows

> File Protection will automatically replace any "monitored" files that

> are renamed/deleted or moved without any user action . Really all

> you're doing is re-populating the \DllCache folder.

>

> "Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message

> news:u1HS$MkHJHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I lost (temporarily) IE, so I decided to do sfc /scannow. Soon after it

>>started it asked for the disk for XP Professional SP3. Problem is that my

>>system is XP Home and not Porfessional. Wen I inserted the Toshiba

>>Recovery Disk in he drive, SFC told me it was the wrong one...

>>

>> Anyone knows what is going on? Is this a common problem?

>>

>> Thank you

>>

>

>

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: SFC /scannow

 

 

"Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message

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>I lost (temporarily) IE, so I decided to do sfc /scannow. Soon after it

>started it asked for the disk for XP Professional SP3. Problem is that my

>system is XP Home and not Porfessional. Wen I inserted the Toshiba

>Recovery Disk in he drive, SFC told me it was the wrong one...

>

> Anyone knows what is going on? Is this a common problem?

>

> Thank you

 

If your Toshiba Recovery Disk does an "image restore", it can't be used for

sfc (or, generally, a repair install). If you insert the CD and it

doesn't have an /i386 folder, it won't work. Instead, for sfc, you would

find the i386 folder on your system and point sfc there.

 

However, this may not help you fix IE, just as a repair install might not.

sfc deals with the basic files, not with the registry, and if the problem is

in the registry, as is often the case - it won't be addressed at all.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Carrie]

Re: SFC /scannow

 

 

"Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message

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>I lost (temporarily) IE, so I decided to do sfc /scannow. Soon after it

>started it asked for the disk for XP Professional SP3. Problem is that my

>system is XP Home and not Porfessional. Wen I inserted the Toshiba

>Recovery Disk in he drive, SFC told me it was the wrong one...

>

> Anyone knows what is going on? Is this a common problem?

>

> Thank you

 

This happens for me, too.

I don't have SP3 yet but sfc/scannow (which some have recommended I do for

various reasons) won't work. It wants the cd which I don't have.

I had directions for going into the reg and changing the path to look in

the i386 files instead, but when I followed it, the enteries that were

supposed to be there (to change) weren't there.

[Guest Kelly]

Re: SFC /scannow

 

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

 

In the right pane, double click SourcePath and change it to: C:\

 

Save, reboot and then try sfc again.

 

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"Carrie" <starchild@kingcon.com> wrote in message

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>

> "Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message

> news:u1HS$MkHJHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I lost (temporarily) IE, so I decided to do sfc /scannow. Soon after it

>>started it asked for the disk for XP Professional SP3. Problem is that my

>>system is XP Home and not Porfessional. Wen I inserted the Toshiba

>>Recovery Disk in he drive, SFC told me it was the wrong one...

>>

>> Anyone knows what is going on? Is this a common problem?

>>

>> Thank you

>

> This happens for me, too.

> I don't have SP3 yet but sfc/scannow (which some have recommended I do for

> various reasons) won't work. It wants the cd which I don't have.

> I had directions for going into the reg and changing the path to look in

> the i386 files instead, but when I followed it, the enteries that were

> supposed to be there (to change) weren't there.

>

>

>