Re: SFC not working
- From: Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:46:25 -0400
Terry Pinnell wrote:
Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Terry Pinnell wrote:I've successfully used sfc /scannow may times in the past, includingI managed to get it to run on mine, just yesterday. This is what Windows
on this XP Pro (SP2) PC. But this time something very odd is
happening. After progressing for a few minutes I'm asked to insert the
CD. But then I get a message telling me it's the wrong one! I tried a
backup I have with same result. This is an OEM 'Recovery' CD (from
MESH UK), but as I say I've done this OK before. And the same was the
case on my previous PC, on which I ran SFC many times over several
years.
As a related question, I'm not clear why it needs the CD at all, as I
have copied all the entire folder to C:\I386. Why isn't SCF reading
the files from there please?
--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
was set to by default.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
ServicePackSourcePath E:
SourcePath E:
I changed the drive letter, to point to the hard drive that had the
i386 folder, and then it worked. (I changed it back to E: when
it was finished.)
Something strange I noticed, about the whole lengthy procedure,
is I ran the Performance plugin, and plotted disk byte writes
per second, and disk byte reads per second. The two plots were
almost identical, which implies the "sfc" thing just copies
the files ? I don't know what that means. I thought this was
supposed to be a check, in which case only the disk byte reads
graph should show activity.
Paul
Thanks Paul, appreciate your help. Just before seeing your post I
found these two entries.
Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
Values:
C:\I386
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MOVIE MAKER
C:\DOCS\DOWNLOADS\03.04.2008_IIYAMA_DRIVERS\IIYAMA DRIVERS\LCD
MONITOR\PROLITE E2403WS\PLE2403WS
D:\
(D is my CD drive.)
Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Value:
C:\I386
I'm puzzled by some of the entries in that first one (particularly
MovieMaker - what does that have to do with Windows installation
files?)
But C:\I386 is in both, so I'd have expected that to run OK ;-(
Does yours ask for the CD at all?
I'm stumped and I'm about to give up for tonight...
14 June 2009, 19:28 UK time
--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
I think you'd want to look at the
ServicePackSourcePath
SourcePath
entries, which you can see when you click the Setup key.
That is what worked for me. Apparently, the disk letter
is enough, to help it find i386 or whatever.
I do have one other key under setup,
Installation Source
which it appears a Logitech product left in there.
I don't think that is a very appropriate place for
some application to be littering.
Paul
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