sfc /scannow

[Nick]

Hi
when i run sfc /scannow from run, it says i must insert
the windoiws xp pro sp1 cd. only 1 problem. i am running
xp home sp1. i am trying to run sfc /scannow because my
task manager wont work. when i try to run it, it will
sometimes appear for a second then disapear, then if i
run the cursor over its icon on the taskbar, it dissapeas
aswell. Why does it say the wrong OS on sfc /scannow?
Whys my task manager dead?
Thank you
From Nick

[Rich Barry]

It is looking for a WinXP CD with SP1 on it because when you installed SP1
it replaced alot of the system files.
I had the same problem and my only solution was to keep on hitting retry
many, many, many times. It finally took
hold and completed the file check. If that doesnt work do a Repair
Install. www.dougknox.com WinXPTips
left column last entry.
"Nick" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
> when i run sfc /scannow from run, it says i must insert
> the windoiws xp pro sp1 cd. only 1 problem. i am running
> xp home sp1. i am trying to run sfc /scannow because my
> task manager wont work. when i try to run it, it will
> sometimes appear for a second then disapear, then if i
> run the cursor over its icon on the taskbar, it dissapeas
> aswell. Why does it say the wrong OS on sfc /scannow?
> Whys my task manager dead?
> Thank you
> From Nick

[Taurarian]

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 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:\


"Rich Barry" > wrote in message
...
> It is looking for a WinXP CD with SP1 on it because when you installed
SP1
> it replaced alot of the system files.
> I had the same problem and my only solution was to keep on hitting retry
> many, many, many times. It finally took
> hold and completed the file check. If that doesnt work do a Repair
> Install. www.dougknox.com WinXPTips
> left column last entry.
> "Nick" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi
> > when i run sfc /scannow from run, it says i must insert
> > the windoiws xp pro sp1 cd. only 1 problem. i am running
> > xp home sp1. i am trying to run sfc /scannow because my
> > task manager wont work. when i try to run it, it will
> > sometimes appear for a second then disapear, then if i
> > run the cursor over its icon on the taskbar, it dissapeas
> > aswell. Why does it say the wrong OS on sfc /scannow?
> > Whys my task manager dead?
> > Thank you
> > From Nick
>
>