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In Vista, it's possible to go: start, search, "cmd", right click to

run with Administrator priveledges, then enter "sfc /scannow" for the

Windows File Protection (WFP) utility. This is awesome, implying that

it's possible to boot to safe mode with command prompt, in Vista, and

run the SFC.

 

Can the same be done from XP? I know that the registry can be

modified so that the SFC looks for the dll's in the recovery

partition.

 

 

 

 

thanks,

 

Thufir

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Re: running SFC from the command line (no GUI)

 

 

"Thufir" <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> In Vista, it's possible to go: start, search, "cmd", right click to

> run with Administrator priveledges, then enter "sfc /scannow" for the

> Windows File Protection (WFP) utility. This is awesome, implying that

> it's possible to boot to safe mode with command prompt, in Vista, and

> run the SFC.

>

> Can the same be done from XP? I know that the registry can be

> modified so that the SFC looks for the dll's in the recovery

> partition.

>

 

Yes it can be run in a command window.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193/EN-US/

 

Mark

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Re: running SFC from the command line (no GUI)

 

On Sep 19, 4:17 pm, "Mark F." <reply2gr...@nospam.com> wrote:

> "Thufir" <hawat.thu...@gmail.com> wrote in message

[...]

> > Can the same be done from XP? I know that the registry can be

> > modified so that the SFC looks for the dll's in the recovery

> > partition.

>

> Yes it can be run in a command window.

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193/EN-US/

>

> Mark

 

Thank you, Mark. Also, <http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html>

describes how to redirect WFP. If there's a recovery partition on the

D drive, or some sort of sony backup on C drive, would that be

useful? The DLL cache is corrupt, so I'm not seeing the point of

redirecting sfc.

 

 

-Thufir


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