Re: SFC/scannow - help please?

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:53:22 -0500

Hi,

You should keep the one under C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles, as well as
maintain the CD directory. These are the two locations that the system will
look in when you run the scan. It knows which versions it is looking for.

By the way, I hope that's "24.9 Gb with 8Gb free".

Unless you plan on uninstalling an update, you can delete the uninstall
directories to conserve space, they serve no other purpose. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Len Dolby" <lsdolby@ignore.ntlwor.com> wrote in message 
news:ZARGd.72$3I2.26@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
> WinXP,HE,SP2 plus latest updates - C:\partition is 24.9 Mb with 8Mb free
> space. Virus, spy-adware free, defragged.
>
> http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc (Learn how to use SFC/Scannow)
>
> Have read this (along with "Help - DWORD in XP, to get
> definition/clarification of what a Dword is).
> Also gone into Regedit to view my own system settings.
>
> PROBLEM  The only relevant entries under Winlogon for SFC/Scannow in my
> registry are -
>
> SFCDisable (REG_DWORD) 0x00000000 (0)
> Sfcquota      (REG_DWORD) 0xffffffff (4294967295) which, if bytes, is a
> larger number than my HDD actually has. Example shown in article indicates
> this should read something like "(50MB)" - why is mine different?
>
>
> PROBLEM - I want to "point" to the "i386" folder for drivers/dlls, rather
> than XP CD, since my source CD is over 3 years old. If my understanding is
> correct, "i386" directory on the HDD has latest drivers/dll's provided by 
> XP
> Automatic updates, and is therefore a more appropriate target..  (I did 
> take
> the precaution of moving the SP2 download to (2nd partition) Drive D on 
> the
> HDD, to a folder called SP2.)
>
> However, "Search" for folder "i386" gives the following -
> C:\Windows\Driver Cache - folder containing just 5 files (incl SP1.cab and
> SP2.cab) - 109 Mb
> C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles - folder containing 2192 files, 440Mb
> C:\Windows|System32\ReinstallBackups\00**/Driver files - 19 folders.
> The "00**" is a non-contiguous list from 0001 to 0023 (19 of them) AND -
> TOTALLY CONFUSING - the file Folder dates are NOT in chronological order, 
> as
> one might expect in a numeric sequence (random dates vary between 2003 and
> 2005)
>
> Just to confuse me even more - the SP2 directory on D; has an i386 
> directory
> with 2900+ entries PLUS subdirectories.
>
> I should perhaps mention that I have never deleted any "$ntuninstall$"
> files - should I have done?
>
> QUESTION - would it be sensible to copy ALL the i386 files/drivers from 
> the
> various directories into ONE directory - assume the System 32/i386 folder 
> ?
>
> Object of the exercise - to stabilise my system. SFC/Scannow is suggesting 
> I
> have problems, wants XP CD.
>
>
>

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