System File Checker

[Tony]

Hi All,
On rare occasions I have had to run SFC to recover or
repair a system file. I am running Win XP Home, SP-1. I
run SFC from a command prompt with the /scannow switch,
all goes well for a period of time and then I get a
dialogue box asking "Please insert Windows Professional
Service Pack 1 into your CD Drive and press OK" I find
this request unusual as I'm using XP Home not XP Pro and
I don't have a Service Pack 1 CD anyway. The SP-1 was
installed from a magazine cover disk. If I cancel the
request, SFC continues on further but keeps repeating the
request several times during the scan. Any ideas how to
overcome this quirk ? I'm never sure if SFC has completed
its job successfully or not as I'm not able to comply
with its requests.

Tony ...

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

It's a mistake. Just insert your Home CD.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Tony" > wrote in
message ...
> Hi All,
> On rare occasions I have had to run SFC to recover or
> repair a system file. I am running Win XP Home, SP-1. I
> run SFC from a command prompt with the /scannow switch,
> all goes well for a period of time and then I get a
> dialogue box asking "Please insert Windows Professional
> Service Pack 1 into your CD Drive and press OK" I find
> this request unusual as I'm using XP Home not XP Pro and
> I don't have a Service Pack 1 CD anyway. The SP-1 was
> installed from a magazine cover disk. If I cancel the
> request, SFC continues on further but keeps repeating the
> request several times during the scan. Any ideas how to
> overcome this quirk ? I'm never sure if SFC has completed
> its job successfully or not as I'm not able to comply
> with its requests.
>
> Tony ...

[Tony]

Thanks Kent, will try that next time i use sfc ...
>-----Original Message-----
>It's a mistake. Just insert your Home CD.
>
>--
>Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
>"Tony" > wrote in
>message ...
>> Hi All,
>> On rare occasions I have had to run SFC to recover
or
>> repair a system file. I am running Win XP Home, SP-1.
I
>> run SFC from a command prompt with the /scannow
switch,
>> all goes well for a period of time and then I get a
>> dialogue box asking "Please insert Windows
Professional
>> Service Pack 1 into your CD Drive and press OK" I find
>> this request unusual as I'm using XP Home not XP Pro
and
>> I don't have a Service Pack 1 CD anyway. The SP-1 was
>> installed from a magazine cover disk. If I cancel the
>> request, SFC continues on further but keeps repeating
the
>> request several times during the scan. Any ideas how
to
>> overcome this quirk ? I'm never sure if SFC has
completed
>> its job successfully or not as I'm not able to comply
>> with its requests.
>>
>> Tony ...
>.
>

[Kenny]

One way round this is to make a bootable XP CD with SP1 slipstreamed into it
and use that, also saves time and trouble if you ever have to re-install XP.
I may be wrong but if you use SFC after SP1 is installed it may replace
newer files with older ones.
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstream_nero_procedure.htm

--

Kenny


"Tony" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks Kent, will try that next time i use sfc ...
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It's a mistake. Just insert your Home CD.
> >
> >--
> >Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
> >
> >
> >
> >"Tony" > wrote in
> >message ...
> >> Hi All,
> >> On rare occasions I have had to run SFC to recover
> or
> >> repair a system file. I am running Win XP Home, SP-1.
> I
> >> run SFC from a command prompt with the /scannow
> switch,
> >> all goes well for a period of time and then I get a
> >> dialogue box asking "Please insert Windows
> Professional
> >> Service Pack 1 into your CD Drive and press OK" I find
> >> this request unusual as I'm using XP Home not XP Pro
> and
> >> I don't have a Service Pack 1 CD anyway. The SP-1 was
> >> installed from a magazine cover disk. If I cancel the
> >> request, SFC continues on further but keeps repeating
> the
> >> request several times during the scan. Any ideas how
> to
> >> overcome this quirk ? I'm never sure if SFC has
> completed
> >> its job successfully or not as I'm not able to comply
> >> with its requests.
> >>
> >> Tony ...
> >.
> >

[Taurarian]

More information for you:

Place the Win XP CD in the CD drive.
When Autoplay starts just click the X and close it.
Click Start button, select Run and type in “sfc /scannow” without the quotes
and the system should scan for missing/corrupt MS OS files and replace them
with the originals found on the disk.

Note this operation cannot complete without the install CD. Therefore it is
important to insert the install CD before launching the above command. If
the install path have changed since the original install, then one have to
change the source path so SFC can find the install files.

Note sometimes the WinXP Home will ask for the WinXP Pro CD, but this is not
problem as long the above condition have been met. Though it might require
that one press Retry several times before the System File Checking begins.

Note to see all options for the System File Checker:
SFC /?

If you need to change the install path
You can change where NT expects to find the NT CD, to do this edit the
registry.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows NT \CurrentVersion]
Sourcepath=D:\I386

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion \Setup]
Sourcepath=D:\


"Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> It's a mistake. Just insert your Home CD.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
> "Tony" > wrote in
> message ...
> > Hi All,
> > On rare occasions I have had to run SFC to recover or
> > repair a system file. I am running Win XP Home, SP-1. I
> > run SFC from a command prompt with the /scannow switch,
> > all goes well for a period of time and then I get a
> > dialogue box asking "Please insert Windows Professional
> > Service Pack 1 into your CD Drive and press OK" I find
> > this request unusual as I'm using XP Home not XP Pro and
> > I don't have a Service Pack 1 CD anyway. The SP-1 was
> > installed from a magazine cover disk. If I cancel the
> > request, SFC continues on further but keeps repeating the
> > request several times during the scan. Any ideas how to
> > overcome this quirk ? I'm never sure if SFC has completed
> > its job successfully or not as I'm not able to comply
> > with its requests.
> >
> > Tony ...

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

No, it keeps track of SP1 files in C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Kenny" > wrote in message
...
> I may be wrong but if you use SFC after SP1 is installed it may
replace
> newer files with older ones.
> http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstream_nero_procedure.htm

[Kenny]

Thanks for the info, I was never sure about that.

--

Kenny


"Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> No, it keeps track of SP1 files in C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
> "Kenny" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I may be wrong but if you use SFC after SP1 is installed it may
> replace
> > newer files with older ones.
> > http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstream_nero_procedure.htm
>