Can not run scannow

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herrbie

Hi,for some reason I can not run sfc /scannow,after putting the CD
(WIN XP PRO SP2) into the CD drive I get a message"The CD you
provided is the wrong CD.
Please insert the Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD in to
your CD Rom drive" The windows CD is a bought and paid for
legit copy. Would appreciate some help on this one.Thanks
 
Rich Barry said:
Take a look at Method 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=900910
Click to expand...


Tried method 2 but ended up with the same result,however have noticed
that my CD-ROM is not working correctly,which ever DVD you insert into
the
drive it will not auto run and you have to go into My Comp right click
the
CD-ROM, click open and then double click the TS folder to get the disc
to
play.I only mention this because when the SFC box pops up and you click
on
"More Infomation " it states that a possible cause of SFC not working is
a faulty CD-Rom,so it could well be a CD-ROM problem and not the SFC.
 
Try this for your Auto Run.
Good luck!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/AutoFix.exe

Tried method 2 but ended up with the same result,however have noticed
that my CD-ROM is not working correctly,which ever DVD you insert into
the
drive it will not auto run and you have to go into My Comp right click
the
CD-ROM, click open and then double click the TS folder to get the disc
to
play.I only mention this because when the SFC box pops up and you click
on
"More Infomation " it states that a possible cause of SFC not working is
a faulty CD-Rom,so it could well be a CD-ROM problem and not the SFC.
Click to expand...

Have a good day,
RScotti

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Hi Herrbie,
When you run this point it to your CD/DVD drive. You can only do this once than you will have to reboot to do another
drive.

On your SFC problem make sure you SourcePath is pointing to your C:windows\I386 folder and when it asks for the CD just
hit skip and continue. I have an OEM Version so I had to copy the I386 folder from Recovery Disk but afterward only had
6 files that were not found in Event Viewer.Clear the System Event Viewer first it will make it easier to see what it
missed. This SFC usually only fixes DLL files as far as I know.

I attaches an article don't know if it will get to you and I can't remember the address but if you don't get it I will
try to copy and paste the registry location.There are other fixes on this also.

Anyhow it now works for me.Hope this helps?
Tried method 2 but ended up with the same result,however have noticed
that my CD-ROM is not working correctly,which ever DVD you insert into
the
drive it will not auto run and you have to go into My Comp right click
the
CD-ROM, click open and then double click the TS folder to get the disc
to
play.I only mention this because when the SFC box pops up and you click
on
"More Infomation " it states that a possible cause of SFC not working is
a faulty CD-Rom,so it could well be a CD-ROM problem and not the SFC.
Click to expand...

Have a good day,
RScotti

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Hi Herrbie,
I sent this message to you but must have changed the title go to this message in this NG:
Sorry I don't have the web address.

Can not run scannow - scannow sfc - LEARN how to use SFC_EXE (system file checker) in this article!.htm

Tried method 2 but ended up with the same result,however have noticed
that my CD-ROM is not working correctly,which ever DVD you insert into
the
drive it will not auto run and you have to go into My Comp right click
the
CD-ROM, click open and then double click the TS folder to get the disc
to
play.I only mention this because when the SFC box pops up and you click
on
"More Infomation " it states that a possible cause of SFC not working is
a faulty CD-Rom,so it could well be a CD-ROM problem and not the SFC.
Click to expand...

Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.
 
RScotti said:
Hi Herrbie,
When you run this point it to your CD/DVD drive. You can only do this once
than you will have to reboot to do another
drive.

On your SFC problem make sure you SourcePath is pointing to your
C:windows\I386 folder and when it asks for the CD just
hit skip and continue. I have an OEM Version so I had to copy the I386
folder from Recovery Disk but afterward only had
6 files that were not found in Event Viewer.Clear the System Event Viewer
first it will make it easier to see what it
missed. This SFC usually only fixes DLL files as far as I know.

I attaches an article don't know if it will get to you and I can't
remember the address but if you don't get it I will
try to copy and paste the registry location.There are other fixes on this
also.

Anyhow it now works for me.Hope this helps?
Click to expand...
Hi,had to copy i386 from XP CD to C:\ then enter registry to point
SourcePath to look for C:\,tried
SFC and it worked so a big thanks for that.Didn't have much luck with
Kelly's-korner auto fix for
both my drives (D) & (E) DVD-ROM & DVD-REWRITER,suppose I'll have to wait
until I do a
clean install of O/S to get things back to normal.
 
I glad at least one of my suggestions worked for you. I had both problems and they both worked for me.
I don't know if it is really worth doing a clean install for Autorun where you can just go to the CD and hit the
program.

Hi,had to copy i386 from XP CD to C:\ then enter registry to point
SourcePath to look for C:\,tried
SFC and it worked so a big thanks for that.Didn't have much luck with
Kelly's-korner auto fix for
both my drives (D) & (E) DVD-ROM & DVD-REWRITER,suppose I'll have to wait
until I do a
clean install of O/S to get things back to normal.
Click to expand...

Have a good day,
RScotti

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