Re: System file checker is asking for pro CD when I have home

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Thanks everyone,

I found my problem maybe it will solve yours too.

After installing XP home I changed the drive letter of my CD drive. So I
went into the registry at:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\windows\currentVersion\setup and I changed the
sourcePath from D:\ to my current CD ROM drive letter and all went well after
that. Since I had the WinXP home CD in the drive at the time I was never
prompted again to insert the WinXP pro SP2 Cd. I don't know why it asks for
the pro disk when I have home but apperently it found what it was looking for
on my home disk. I also made this change in the middle of the SFC scan when
it was stopped asking me for the pro cd. When it was done I ran the scan
again because i clicked cancel a few times when it was looking for the pro
cd. This time i didn't get prompted once to insert the pro CD.

Tbrox

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> I have a slightly different problem, similar though. I have to sit there
> while sfc.exe runs and I keep clicking on Retry when I get a similar
> message. It runs, but I have to be there to keep clicking, clicking and
> clicking. So I don't run it very often.
>
> I have XP Pro and I uninstalled SP2. I think SP2 left too many things
> behind. ;-(
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In ote8e.16256$H_5.4124@trnddc01">news:ote8e.16256$H_5.4124@trnddc01,
> bumtracks <visiting@xxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> > I get the same thing,
> > winxp home slipstreamed sp2 cd is windows install
> > and even with slipstreamed cd in the drive at start of sfc, sfc asks you
> > to insert xp-pro sp2 cd at times as well as asks at times to insert
> > xp-home cd,,, over and over.
> > I wonder exactly what sfc does when you click retry - Does it skip the
> > file or actually grab it from cd?
> >
> > "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:eSdbcSrQFHA.2132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> If you have XP Home and it asks for your XP Pro CD, stick the CD in the
> >> drive *first* and then type the command.
> >>
> >> Start | Run | Type: sfc /scannow | OK
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> >>
> >> Wes
> >> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> >>
> >> In news:FEC7F260-7105-4B9B-B8E2-D2A83686A3C9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> >> tbrox <tbrox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> >>> I just did a clean install of Windows XP home SP2. The original CD came
> >>> with SP2. When I perform a SFC /scannow It keeps asking for the Windows
> >>> XP pro SP2 CD. If I insert the original CD or even an XP home CD with
> >>> SP2 on it I keep getting the message that It can't find the files and I
> >>> have to click cancel.
> >>>
> >>> By the way, is there any way short of reboot to stop SFC?
> >>> --
> >>> Tbrox
>
>
.

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