I386 Folder Files Question

February 21, 2008

Hi:

I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

running Win XP MCE(2005).

When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the XP

Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files (2,056

objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE (2005)

all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE (2005)

does not?

The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP MCE

(2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with these

files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

Thanks,

ColTom2

February 21, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

After reading your posting and checking my system I began to wonder why is

there no \ServicePackFiles folder on either of my systems; one with XP Pro

w/SP2 and all updates, the other with XP Home w/SP2 and all updates? What

did you different that I did not?

The Pro system was installed using an XP Pro w/SP2 slipstreamed CD, the Home

CD already had SP2.

"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

news:Of9V9$LdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Hi:

>

> I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

> running Win XP MCE(2005).

>

> When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the XP

> Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files (2,056

> objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

>

> However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE (2005)

> all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

>

> Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE

> (2005)

> does not?

>

> The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP

> MCE

> (2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

> ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with

> these

> files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

>

> If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

>

> Thanks,

>

> ColTom2

>

February 21, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

Hi:

From what I have been reading I think that by compressing the my XP MCE

(2005)ServicePackFiles\I386 folder that it deleted them. My question now is

how do I restore them after this compressing process?

I now recall compressing on the XP MCE (2005) files and not compressing the

files on XP Home.

I really did not need the space and would never have compressed the files

had I known all this was going to occur.

So how do I restore previously compressed files?

ColTom2

"Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

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After reading your posting and checking my system I began to wonder why is

there no \ServicePackFiles folder on either of my systems; one with XP Pro

w/SP2 and all updates, the other with XP Home w/SP2 and all updates? What

did you different that I did not?

The Pro system was installed using an XP Pro w/SP2 slipstreamed CD, the Home

CD already had SP2.

"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

news:Of9V9$LdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Hi:

>

> I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

> running Win XP MCE(2005).

>

> When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the XP

> Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files (2,056

> objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

>

> However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE (2005)

> all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

>

> Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE

> (2005)

> does not?

>

> The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP

> MCE

> (2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

> ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with

> these

> files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

>

> If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

>

> Thanks,

>

> ColTom2

>

February 21, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi:

>

> From what I have been reading I think that by compressing the my XP MCE

> (2005)ServicePackFiles\I386 folder that it deleted them. My question now

> is

> how do I restore them after this compressing process?

>

> I now recall compressing on the XP MCE (2005) files and not compressing

> the

> files on XP Home.

>

> I really did not need the space and would never have compressed the files

> had I known all this was going to occur.

>

> So how do I restore previously compressed files?

>

> ColTom2

>

> "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

> news:uWGPXcMdIHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> After reading your posting and checking my system I began to wonder why is

> there no \ServicePackFiles folder on either of my systems; one with XP Pro

> w/SP2 and all updates, the other with XP Home w/SP2 and all updates? What

> did you different that I did not?

>

> The Pro system was installed using an XP Pro w/SP2 slipstreamed CD, the

> Home

> CD already had SP2.

>

> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

> news:Of9V9$LdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Hi:

>>

>> I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

>> running Win XP MCE(2005).

>>

>> When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the XP

>> Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files (2,056

>> objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

>>

>> However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE

>> (2005)

>> all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

>>

>> Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE

>> (2005)

>> does not?

>>

>> The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP

>> MCE

>> (2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

>> ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with

>> these

>> files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

>>

>> If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> ColTom2

>>

>

It seems most unlikely that compressing files would wind up deleting the

files.

However, if the files are gone, then I can think of at least two ways:

1) Reinstall XP (not a pleasant thought to be sure)

2) Recover the files from your backup (you did make one didn't you?)

Jim

February 21, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

Jerry,

You've answered your own question. Think about it. There's no

Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on either computer since Service Pack 2 was

already integrated into the files used to install the operating system.

If you had used CDs that came with Service Pack 1 to install XP, you'd see a

Windows\ServicePackFiles folder when the system was updated to SP2.

Nepatsfan

"Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

news:uWGPXcMdIHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> After reading your posting and checking my system I began to wonder why is

> there no \ServicePackFiles folder on either of my systems; one with XP Pro

> w/SP2 and all updates, the other with XP Home w/SP2 and all updates? What did

> you different that I did not?

>

> The Pro system was installed using an XP Pro w/SP2 slipstreamed CD, the Home

> CD already had SP2.

>

> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

> news:Of9V9$LdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Hi:

>>

>> I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

>> running Win XP MCE(2005).

>>

>> When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the XP

>> Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files (2,056

>> objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

>>

>> However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE (2005)

>> all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

>>

>> Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE (2005)

>> does not?

>>

>> The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP MCE

>> (2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

>> ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with these

>> files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

>>

>> If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> ColTom2

>>

>

February 21, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

Hi:

Now that you mention it I think that you are right in that I used a

downloaded SP2 CD to install it rather than through Windows Update on my

laptop. Neither computer came with SP2 installed. The Sony I did through

Windows Update and like I say the SP2 CD on the laptop for whatever

difference this would make, which I am not at all sure.

But again if I had not had the SP2 files in the ServicePack Files\I386

folder how would one ever reinstall System Restore?

Thanks

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

news:u8ivjiNdIHA.5788@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Jerry,

You've answered your own question. Think about it. There's no

Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on either computer since Service Pack 2 was

already integrated into the files used to install the operating system.

If you had used CDs that came with Service Pack 1 to install XP, you'd see a

Windows\ServicePackFiles folder when the system was updated to SP2.

Nepatsfan

"Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

news:uWGPXcMdIHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> After reading your posting and checking my system I began to wonder why is

> there no \ServicePackFiles folder on either of my systems; one with XP Pro

> w/SP2 and all updates, the other with XP Home w/SP2 and all updates? What

> did

> you different that I did not?

>

> The Pro system was installed using an XP Pro w/SP2 slipstreamed CD, the

> Home

> CD already had SP2.

>

> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

> news:Of9V9$LdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Hi:

>>

>> I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

>> running Win XP MCE(2005).

>>

>> When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the XP

>> Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files (2,056

>> objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

>>

>> However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE

>> (2005)

>> all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

>>

>> Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE

>> (2005)

>> does not?

>>

>> The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP

>> MCE

>> (2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

>> ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with

>> these

>> files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

>>

>> If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> ColTom2

>>

>

February 21, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

Windows File Protection would have populated the /DllCache folder

with the latest Service Pack version of files. So even without the SP

folder in place the system would have limited recovery capabilities.

"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

news:uE9%231oNdIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Hi:

>

> Now that you mention it I think that you are right in that I used a

> downloaded SP2 CD to install it rather than through Windows Update on my

> laptop. Neither computer came with SP2 installed. The Sony I did through

> Windows Update and like I say the SP2 CD on the laptop for whatever

> difference this would make, which I am not at all sure.

>

> But again if I had not had the SP2 files in the ServicePack Files\I386

> folder how would one ever reinstall System Restore?

>

> Thanks

>

> "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

> news:u8ivjiNdIHA.5788@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Jerry,

>

> You've answered your own question. Think about it. There's no

> Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on either computer since Service Pack 2

> was

> already integrated into the files used to install the operating system.

>

> If you had used CDs that came with Service Pack 1 to install XP, you'd see

> a

> Windows\ServicePackFiles folder when the system was updated to SP2.

>

> Nepatsfan

>

> "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

> news:uWGPXcMdIHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> After reading your posting and checking my system I began to wonder why

>> is

>> there no \ServicePackFiles folder on either of my systems; one with XP

>> Pro

>> w/SP2 and all updates, the other with XP Home w/SP2 and all updates? What

>> did

>> you different that I did not?

>>

>> The Pro system was installed using an XP Pro w/SP2 slipstreamed CD, the

>> Home

>> CD already had SP2.

>>

>> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

>> news:Of9V9$LdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> Hi:

>>>

>>> I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

>>> running Win XP MCE(2005).

>>>

>>> When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the

>>> XP

>>> Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files

>>> (2,056

>>> objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

>>>

>>> However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE

>>> (2005)

>>> all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

>>>

>>> Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE

>>> (2005)

>>> does not?

>>>

>>> The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP

>>> MCE

>>> (2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

>>> ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with

>>> these

>>> files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

>>>

>>> If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>>

>>> ColTom2

>>>

>>

>

February 22, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

I can't speak to your experience with MCE since I've never worked on an XP

system running that version. That said, here's my take on your situation.

One of my computers has XP Home Edition installed on it. Like your Sony desktop,

there's a folder on it named Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386. It contains a single

empty folder named Lang. There are no files in either folder. Both the I386 and

Lang folders have a modified date of April 7, 2007. Note the date, I'll come

back to it later.

Here's the history of that computer. It's original installation was done with an

XP Home Edition CD that contained no service packs. Service Pack 2 was installed

using a CD obtained from Microsoft. A repair installation was done on April 7,

2007 using an installation CD that had SP2 slipstreamed into it. That's the same

date as the I386 and Lang folders were last modified. My guess was that the

repair installation deleted the files that were in the

Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386 folder but left the folders intact.

Out of curiosity, I ran a test to confirm this. I installed XP Home Edition with

no service packs on my test system. I then installed Service Pack 2. This

resulted in a ServicePackFiles\I386 folder that contained over 400 MBs of files.

I then did a repair installation using an XP Home CD that contained SP2. The

I386 folder now had no files, just an empty Lang folder.

One result of doing the repair installation was that in order to run System File

Checker, I had to put the XP installation CD with SP2 in the CD drive to

complete the process.

Getting back to your situation, I suspect a repair installation was done at some

point in time on your Sony Desktop using an installation CD that had Service

Pack 2 "slipstreamed" into the installation files. That would account for the

empty Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386 folder. If you haven't deleted them, take a

look at any $NTUninstallXXXXXX$ folders in your Windows folder. Compare the date

created for those folders to the date modified for the I386 and Lang folders.

They should be reasonably close to each other since a repair installation would

have wiped out hotfixes released after Service Pack 2.

To answer your original question, if you tried to use System File Checker on

your Sony to repair System Restore, it would have kept asking for an

installation CD that included Service Pack 2. That would have meant creating a

slipstreamed copy of your XP MCE installation CD. The only other alternative

would have been to run a repair installation using your original installation

CD.

Nepatsfan

"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

news:uE9%231oNdIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Hi:

>

> Now that you mention it I think that you are right in that I used a

> downloaded SP2 CD to install it rather than through Windows Update on my

> laptop. Neither computer came with SP2 installed. The Sony I did through

> Windows Update and like I say the SP2 CD on the laptop for whatever

> difference this would make, which I am not at all sure.

>

> But again if I had not had the SP2 files in the ServicePack Files\I386

> folder how would one ever reinstall System Restore?

>

> Thanks

>

> "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

> news:u8ivjiNdIHA.5788@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Jerry,

>

> You've answered your own question. Think about it. There's no

> Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on either computer since Service Pack 2 was

> already integrated into the files used to install the operating system.

>

> If you had used CDs that came with Service Pack 1 to install XP, you'd see a

> Windows\ServicePackFiles folder when the system was updated to SP2.

>

> Nepatsfan

>

> "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

> news:uWGPXcMdIHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> After reading your posting and checking my system I began to wonder why is

>> there no \ServicePackFiles folder on either of my systems; one with XP Pro

>> w/SP2 and all updates, the other with XP Home w/SP2 and all updates? What

>> did

>> you different that I did not?

>>

>> The Pro system was installed using an XP Pro w/SP2 slipstreamed CD, the

>> Home

>> CD already had SP2.

>>

>> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

>> news:Of9V9$LdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> Hi:

>>>

>>> I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

>>> running Win XP MCE(2005).

>>>

>>> When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the XP

>>> Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files (2,056

>>> objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

>>>

>>> However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE

>>> (2005)

>>> all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

>>>

>>> Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE

>>> (2005)

>>> does not?

>>>

>>> The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP

>>> MCE

>>> (2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

>>> ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with

>>> these

>>> files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

>>>

>>> If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>>

>>> ColTom2

>>>

>>

>

February 22, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

Hi:

I have reformatted my computer (Sony), but have never done a repair

installation with an XP SP2 CD. I have a Recovery CD that does not contain

SP2 that I used when I reformatted.

I downloaded SP2 and burned a CD of it. I can't recall if I used this CD

on the Sony in an effort to save time when it came up on Windows Update. I

did use the SP2 CD on either my Sony or Toshiba laptop, but can't recall

which one. I believe that I ran the normal Windows Update to install SP2 on

the Sony, but again I am not sure.

No one other than myself has ever worked on either of my computer's and I

do not have a Windows XP CD. I have Recovery CD's for both computers and

none of which contained SP2.

One reason that I think the Toshiba laptop, which had all the necessary

files to reinstall System Restore, is because I used the SP2 CD in lieu of

the Windows Update. Again I do not have a slipstreamed SP2 CD or any XP CD

per se for that matter. Not having a slipstreamed SP2 CD, but having the

files that I could burn and install on Sony was what allowed me to reinstall

System Restore.

Looks to me that MS should have left these files rather than delete them

because one cannot reinstall System Restore without them unless you acquired

a slipstreamed SP2 CD.

Thanks for all your input in this matter.

ColTom2

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

news:OYGZDCPdIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

I can't speak to your experience with MCE since I've never worked on an XP

system running that version. That said, here's my take on your situation.

One of my computers has XP Home Edition installed on it. Like your Sony

desktop,

there's a folder on it named Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386. It contains a

single

empty folder named Lang. There are no files in either folder. Both the I386

and

Lang folders have a modified date of April 7, 2007. Note the date, I'll come

back to it later.

Here's the history of that computer. It's original installation was done

with an

XP Home Edition CD that contained no service packs. Service Pack 2 was

installed

using a CD obtained from Microsoft. A repair installation was done on April

7,

2007 using an installation CD that had SP2 slipstreamed into it. That's the

same

date as the I386 and Lang folders were last modified. My guess was that the

repair installation deleted the files that were in the

Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386 folder but left the folders intact.

Out of curiosity, I ran a test to confirm this. I installed XP Home Edition

with

no service packs on my test system. I then installed Service Pack 2. This

resulted in a ServicePackFiles\I386 folder that contained over 400 MBs of

files.

I then did a repair installation using an XP Home CD that contained SP2. The

I386 folder now had no files, just an empty Lang folder.

One result of doing the repair installation was that in order to run System

File

Checker, I had to put the XP installation CD with SP2 in the CD drive to

complete the process.

Getting back to your situation, I suspect a repair installation was done at

some

point in time on your Sony Desktop using an installation CD that had Service

Pack 2 "slipstreamed" into the installation files. That would account for

the

empty Windows\ServicePackFiles\I386 folder. If you haven't deleted them,

take a

look at any $NTUninstallXXXXXX$ folders in your Windows folder. Compare the

date

created for those folders to the date modified for the I386 and Lang

folders.

They should be reasonably close to each other since a repair installation

would

have wiped out hotfixes released after Service Pack 2.

To answer your original question, if you tried to use System File Checker on

your Sony to repair System Restore, it would have kept asking for an

installation CD that included Service Pack 2. That would have meant creating

a

slipstreamed copy of your XP MCE installation CD. The only other alternative

would have been to run a repair installation using your original

installation

CD.

Nepatsfan

"ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

news:uE9%231oNdIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Hi:

>

> Now that you mention it I think that you are right in that I used a

> downloaded SP2 CD to install it rather than through Windows Update on my

> laptop. Neither computer came with SP2 installed. The Sony I did through

> Windows Update and like I say the SP2 CD on the laptop for whatever

> difference this would make, which I am not at all sure.

>

> But again if I had not had the SP2 files in the ServicePack Files\I386

> folder how would one ever reinstall System Restore?

>

> Thanks

>

> "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

> news:u8ivjiNdIHA.5788@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Jerry,

>

> You've answered your own question. Think about it. There's no

> Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on either computer since Service Pack 2

> was

> already integrated into the files used to install the operating system.

>

> If you had used CDs that came with Service Pack 1 to install XP, you'd see

> a

> Windows\ServicePackFiles folder when the system was updated to SP2.

>

> Nepatsfan

>

> "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

> news:uWGPXcMdIHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> After reading your posting and checking my system I began to wonder why

>> is

>> there no \ServicePackFiles folder on either of my systems; one with XP

>> Pro

>> w/SP2 and all updates, the other with XP Home w/SP2 and all updates? What

>> did

>> you different that I did not?

>>

>> The Pro system was installed using an XP Pro w/SP2 slipstreamed CD, the

>> Home

>> CD already had SP2.

>>

>> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message

>> news:Of9V9$LdIHA.5400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> Hi:

>>>

>>> I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home Edition and a Sony desktop

>>> running Win XP MCE(2005).

>>>

>>> When I open Windows Explorer and go to Windows\ServicePackFiles on the

>>> XP

>>> Home and open I386 folder it still has I suppose all the SP2 files

>>> (2,056

>>> objects) in it which includes the Lang folder.

>>>

>>> However, when I open the Windows\ServicePackFiles folder on XP MCE

>>> (2005)

>>> all it has is the Lang folder and no files.

>>>

>>> Why is there a disparity in XP Home having these files while XP MCE

>>> (2005)

>>> does not?

>>>

>>> The reason that I ask is that I had a corrupt System Restore on the XP

>>> MCE

>>> (2005) and I could not restore it until I transferred the I386

>>> ServicePackFiles from my Home XP. Had I not had another computer with

>>> these

>>> files how would I have ever restored my System Restore?

>>>

>>> If anyone has an answer to all this I sure would appreciate it.

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>>

>>> ColTom2

>>>

>>

>

February 22, 2008

Re: I386 Folder Files Question

The best answer that I have found for assistance in reinstalling System

Restore:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/reinstall.html

Everybody ought to bookmark this one!

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