Guest Jorge Bravo Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 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 Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 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 news:u1HS$MkHJHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >I lost (temporarily) IE, so I decided to do sfc /scannow. Soon after it >started it asked for the disk for XP Professional SP3. Problem is that my >system is XP Home and not Porfessional. Wen I inserted the Toshiba >Recovery Disk in he drive, SFC told me it was the wrong one... > > Anyone knows what is going on? Is this a common problem? > > Thank you >
Guest Jorge Bravo Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Re: SFC /scannow Thanks "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> escreveu na mensagem news:%23WnCESkHJHA.2272@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > When XP is originally installed there is a Registry Key that indicates > whether the source media was a CD-ROM. There is a hierarchy to > where XP searches when SFC is called. Depending on which level > Service Pack is applied, XP searches the \DllCache folder and the > \ServicePackFiles. Because of the CD-ROM install key value XP > will call for the CD-ROM even though it doesn't contain the latest > Service Pack modules. This is because it is trying to reach the i386 > folder which is the original source point. Unless your vendor put the > \i386 folder on the hard drive it's looking for a non-existent folder. > > Doing an SFC /Scannow isn't really a viable diagnostic tool. Windows > File Protection will automatically replace any "monitored" files that > are renamed/deleted or moved without any user action . Really all > you're doing is re-populating the \DllCache folder. > > "Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message > news:u1HS$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 Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Re: SFC /scannow "Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message news:u1HS$MkHJHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >I lost (temporarily) IE, so I decided to do sfc /scannow. Soon after it >started it asked for the disk for XP Professional SP3. Problem is that my >system is XP Home and not Porfessional. Wen I inserted the Toshiba >Recovery Disk in he drive, SFC told me it was the wrong one... > > Anyone knows what is going on? Is this a common problem? > > Thank you If your Toshiba Recovery Disk does an "image restore", it can't be used for sfc (or, generally, a repair install). If you insert the CD and it doesn't have an /i386 folder, it won't work. Instead, for sfc, you would find the i386 folder on your system and point sfc there. However, this may not help you fix IE, just as a repair install might not. sfc deals with the basic files, not with the registry, and if the problem is in the registry, as is often the case - it won't be addressed at all. HTH -pk
Guest Carrie Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Re: SFC /scannow "Jorge Bravo" <open@closed.com> wrote in message news:u1HS$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.
Guest Kelly Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 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. -- 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 "Carrie" <starchild@kingcon.com> wrote in message news:OWLKGblHJHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "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. > > >
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