"scannow sfc"

Hello. I have two questions.
1. I can't run "scannow sfc" after writing it in the msconfig box. What is
"scannow sfc" for?

2. What is the point in backing up the boot .ini?

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! - Mary


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"Mary Rushing" wrote:

Hello. I have two questions.
1. I can't run "scannow sfc" after writing it in the msconfig box. What is
"scannow sfc" for?

2. What is the point in backing up the boot .ini?

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! - Mary


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http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

You got it wrong way round. The command is sfc /scannow, type in sfc/? to
see the options it stands for "system file checker" but you may need you CD.

Neil
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Hello. I have two questions.
1. I can't run "scannow sfc" after writing it in the msconfig box. What is
"scannow sfc" for?

2. What is the point in backing up the boot .ini?

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! - Mary


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Go to Start Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
In the resulting Command Prompt window type:
SFC /SCANNOW and hit enter. Have your Windows XP
CD available as it may be required to be inserted in the CD
drive.

Description of Windows XP System File Checker (Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

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"Mary Rushing" wrote:

| Hello. I have two questions.
| 1. I can't run "scannow sfc" after writing it in the msconfig box. What is
| "scannow sfc" for?
|
| 2. What is the point in backing up the boot .ini?
|
| Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! - Mary

Your use of italics somehow makes the forward slashes (/) invisible in your
post.

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In ,
neil (remove_s) hunted and pecked:
You got it wrong way round. The command is sfc /scannow, type in
sfc/? to see the options it stands for "system file checker" but you
may need you CD.

Neil
"Mary Rushing" wrote in message
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Hello. I have two questions.
1. I can't run "scannow sfc" after writing it in the msconfig box.
What is "scannow sfc" for?

2. What is the point in backing up the boot .ini?

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! - Mary


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Question 1: You have it reversed. Type "sfc /scannow' (less Quote
Markers] instead in either the "Run" box or any other "Command Prompt" box.
Question 2: The Boot.ini File is your Windows boot path. If you intend
to make any changes to it, back it up first since it is a vital file.

Mary Rushing wrote:
Hello. I have two questions.
1. I can't run "scannow sfc" after writing it in the msconfig box. What is
"scannow sfc" for?

2. What is the point in backing up the boot .ini?

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! - Mary

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote in message
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Go to Start Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
In the resulting Command Prompt window type:
SFC /SCANNOW and hit enter. Have your Windows XP
CD available as it may be required to be inserted in the CD
drive.

And what do you recommend I do if I do as you say and it asks for my (in
this case) XP Pro SP2 CD and I insert it (the one I created using
instructions to *integrate* SP2 with my XP Pro CD files) and it keeps
repeating itself asking for the CD.

I've even tried using an actual XP Pro SP2 CD.

Thanks in advance!
Don

Hi,
Not sure what you mean. I wasn't using italics, well they are not in Outlook
Express Newsreader anyway. I responded by saying the command is "sfc
/scannow" which looks fine to me.

Neil
"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
Your use of italics somehow makes the forward slashes (/) invisible in
your
post.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
neil (remove_s) hunted and pecked:
You got it wrong way round. The command is sfc /scannow, type in
sfc/? to see the options it stands for "system file checker" but you
may need you CD.

Neil
"Mary Rushing" wrote in message
...
Hello. I have two questions.
1. I can't run "scannow sfc" after writing it in the msconfig box.
What is "scannow sfc" for?

2. What is the point in backing up the boot .ini?

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! - Mary


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Windows XP asks for wrong Installation CD
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Oper..._20934518.html

Introduction to using scannow sfc (system file checker)
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Prompted for CD-ROM When You Run System File Checker
While Correct CD-ROM Is in Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;263499

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"Don 'Bear' Wilkinson" wrote:

| And what do you recommend I do if I do as you say and it asks for my (in
| this case) XP Pro SP2 CD and I insert it (the one I created using
| instructions to *integrate* SP2 with my XP Pro CD files) and it keeps
| repeating itself asking for the CD.
|
| I've even tried using an actual XP Pro SP2 CD.
|
| Thanks in advance!

| Don

Neil,

Then it's me. For some reason OE-QuoteFix is showing ...sfc /scannow, type
in sfc/? as ...scannow, type in sfc? Only in italics. Hmmm.

Not your problem.

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In ,
neil (remove_s) hunted and pecked:
Hi,
Not sure what you mean. I wasn't using italics, well they are not in
Outlook Express Newsreader anyway. I responded by saying the command
is "sfc /scannow" which looks fine to me.

Neil
"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
Your use of italics somehow makes the forward slashes (/) invisible
in your
post.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
neil (remove_s) hunted and pecked:
You got it wrong way round. The command is sfc /scannow, type in
sfc/? to see the options it stands for "system file checker" but you
may need you CD.

Neil
"Mary Rushing" wrote in message
...
Hello. I have two questions.
1. I can't run "scannow sfc" after writing it in the msconfig box.
What is "scannow sfc" for?

2. What is the point in backing up the boot .ini?

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! - Mary


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In message , "Carey Frisch
[MVP]" writes
Go to Start Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
In the resulting Command Prompt window type:
SFC /SCANNOW and hit enter. Have your Windows XP
CD available as it may be required to be inserted in the CD
drive.

Description of Windows XP System File Checker (Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

As a matter of interest, what happens when SP2 has been installed on
top of XPHome? Should I be inserting SP2 or the original XPHome disk?
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