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Posted by westieben on May 8th, 2008



tryed to run above,asks for xp sp2 disc,i only have sp1 disc
so tryed copy file I386 from disc to c: , and changed reg key
source path to c:
still askes for disc,

where do i go next




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westieben

Posted by Andrew E. on May 9th, 2008


The source path should read the same as youre cdrom that has xp cd
installed in,plus the IstallationSources should have the same text..

"westieben" wrote:

Posted by westieben on May 10th, 2008



Andrew E.;3116831 Wrote:
I386 is on c: source path is on c:




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westieben

Posted by TaurArian on May 10th, 2008


Hi westieben, see if anything in these articles helps -

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

System File Checker
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382541.aspx

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747


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| tryed to run above,asks for xp sp2 disc,i only have sp1 disc
| so tryed copy file I386 from disc to c: , and changed reg key
| source path to c:
| still askes for disc,
|
| where do i go next
|
|
|
|
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| westieben


Posted by westieben on May 11th, 2008



ran again just kept clicking retry it appeared to work though to end
then
went of sceen, is this normal or should you get message, complete
succesfull
ect


QUOTE='TaurArian[_2_];3117701']Hi westieben, see if anything in these
articles helps -

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

System File Checker
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382541.aspx

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker
(Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747


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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Computer Maintenance: Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco

"westieben" westieben.26924dd@pcbanter.net wrote in message
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| tryed to run above,asks for xp sp2 disc,i only have sp1 disc
| so tryed copy file I386 from disc to c: , and changed reg key
| source path to c:
| still askes for disc,
|
| where do i go next
|
|
|
|
| --
| westieben




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westieben

Posted by TaurArian on May 11th, 2008


It's been awhile since I've ran SFC and I can't remember getting a message, it just did
it's thing and disappeared.
K

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http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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"westieben" <westieben.26c9aca@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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| ran again just kept clicking retry it appeared to work though to end
| then
| went of sceen, is this normal or should you get message, complete
| succesfull
| ect
|
|
| QUOTE='TaurArian[_2_];3117701']Hi westieben, see if anything in these
| articles helps -
|
| Introduction to using scannow sfc (system file checker)
| http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
|
| System File Checker
| http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382541.aspx
|
| Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker
| (Sfc.exe)
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747
|
|
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|
| TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services
| http://taurarian.mvps.org
| ======================================
| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
| Computer Maintenance: Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco
|
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|| tryed to run above,asks for xp sp2 disc,i only have sp1 disc
|| so tryed copy file I386 from disc to c: , and changed reg key
|| source path to c:
|| still askes for disc,
||
|| where do i go next
||
||
||
||
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|| westieben
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| westieben



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