Re: OEM Restore CD
anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/21/04
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:49:10 -0700
Call Gateway? That's all of the Almighty MVPness you have
to offer?
You have no idea if Windows has anything that could be
used to track down a missing file, do you?
>-----Original Message-----
>EMachines was purchased by Gateway. Call them.
>--
>Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging &
Hardware)
>www.coribright.com
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>"clyde barrow" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:a68101c4871e$66750450$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> The files on the "Restore CD" of some OEMs (but not all)
>> can be copied. I have an eMachines (they no longer
answer
>> my queries) and I suspect that it's one that uses an
image
>> of the O/S. Some files/folders can be copied, but not
the
>> system files. I used Find "i386" (Drive E:) and found
>> nothing. I need the original i386 folder copied to the
>> hard disk from the CD so that I can direct SFC to the
>> address from which corrupted/deleted system files can be
>> replaced. eMachines places a folder called Drivers
(mostly
>> device drivers) on the hard disk, but it isn't by any
>> means all at which SFC needs to look.
>>
>> Incidentally, SFC doesn't offer a browse feature; and
>> doesn't identify the bad file it detected.
>>
>> I'm aware of the fact that I could use a copy of the
i386
>> folder from a retail Windows XP Home CD, but I don't
>> really know anyone who would burn it for me.
>>
>> Is there an applet, systems program, report -
anything! -
>> that I could use to identify the bad file? That seems to
>> be my only hope.
>>
>>
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