Jackson
Fri Sep 28 06:13:02 CDT 2007
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:02:41 +1000, "TaurArian [MS-MVP]"
<taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote:
>You should find it in this article:
>
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
>
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>"OnlyMe" <xub1@beagle.com.au> wrote in message
>news:e08nUSWAIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>|I want to access the registry and point my computer to folder i386 on one of
>| my HDD's so it can find this folder and complete the sfc /scannow task __I
>| have done this before, but have a new computer and have lost the file
>| showing me how to change the settings___Thanks to all__Bill In OZ
Interesting. I had the same problem with sfc /scannow. I have a DELL
C521 with XP MCE, so I don't have MS CD's - just one CD from Dell.
When asked to insert the XP CD I put in the one from Dell and sfc
continued to run. After some minutes the program asked for XP CD #2 -
a thing I don't have.
Since my machine is under warranty, I called Dell. The techobabe that
took my call started guiding me thru various steps that I recognized
was going to reinstall all the software and reset my machine to the
condition it was in when delivered. I told her I did not want to do
that, I just wanted to run sfc. She told me that a complete
reinstallation was my only option.
There is no problem with my PC that I am aware of. Everything seems
to work okay except that I can not check my files with sfc.
I might try the registry change and set that pointer to c:\ instead of
the CD reader as described in the referenced article.
Anybody have thoughts on whether this is a good idea or not. I would
set a restore point first of course.
Jack