[mcp6453]

How do I run SFC when the "disk" for XP is on a recovery partition?

[R. McCarty]

Most (?) OEM installs copy the source content folder i386 to
the hard drive. This is the 1st search point for SFC when no
stand-alone Service Pack has been applied. In that case the
search begins with ServicePackFiles, Then i386 or the source
CD-ROM disk. Check your drive for the presence of i386

NOTE: It's not the one which appears in the path containing
X:\Driver Cache\i386 - that's different content.


"mcp6453" <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> How do I run SFC when the "disk" for XP is on a recovery partition?

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

If the system was preinstalled and uses a recovery partition, it will often
have the original system files in a C:\I386 folder for your use. How to
chnage the sourcepath string in the registry to match this location for SFC
is described here:
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#I386

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"mcp6453" <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> How do I run SFC when the "disk" for XP is on a recovery partition?