Re: Finding out the original setup location
- From: "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 20:00:01 +1000
Where XP/NT expects to find the XP CD
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows NT \CurrentVersion]
Sourcepath=D:\I386
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion \Setup]
Sourcepath=D:\
D: - assumed CD Drive path.
More info about paths in this article
Introduction to using scannow sfc (system file checker)
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
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"Robert M Jones" <robert53newsgroups-ms@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| New to Windows XPHome SP2 installed using OEM XPHome CDROM
| I have just built a new XP Home system from scratch, and want to find
| out where XP thinks it was originally installed from - my CDROM drive
| letter has changed since I installed windows as I have installed
| removeable drives, and then added an older hard drive for file copying
| and I can't remember what the CD drive was when I installed Windows and
| other basic software as I
| had already put several partitions on the hard disk - I think it was H
| or J but I am not sure.
| I then plan to use the Disk management tool to assign a set letter to
| that drive to keep it static.
|
| I have had problems on older systems trying to run setup programs to
| uninstall stuff, that didn't like the fact that they couldn't "find" the
| original CD drive they had been installed with - so I thought I would
| try and sort this "before the event".
|
| So - my question is - apart from trying to uninstall something - how do
| I find out what drive letter Windows XP thinks it was installed from? Is
| it in the
| registry somewhere?
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