sfc /scannow question

XP Pro, was SP1, I installed SP2. I did some basic tune up type of stuff (virus/malware scans, defrag, cleaned junk/temp files, etc) and now I'm running sfc.... it asked for the XP Pro CD at one point, so I put in a XP Pro SP2 CD, it said Retry. I clicked Retry a few times and then tried a XP Pro SP1 CD with the same result. Since the partition is formatted FAT32, I thought maybe XP was installed as an upgrade from Win98/ME, so I tried a SP2 XP Pro upgrade CD, and still I'm getting Retry over and over... is this normal?? I've seen the same type of thing before, but sooner or later the Retry goes away and everything 'kicks in' until it's done..... what's up???? THANX!

hd2k

 

You knows i have xp pro SP1 and i never able to make this command to work i try many thing and it does not work...

at the end i just give up.....

If you found a solutions i will be very interested.....

 

Try this next time

sfc /purgecache

then

sfc /scannow

Studio T

 

More often than not, its an incorrectly set key in the registry. Pretty easy to fix, let me know if the /purgecache doesnt work.

Pretty sure we had this convo before hooper

 

Don't know this one can you post the offending key?

Studio T

 

Sure, let me steal my cousin's windows machine. Will post momentarily.

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

values of interest here: SourcePath and ServicePackSourcePath

ServicePackSourcePath points to the repository of SP1 or SP2 files. If its located in C:\i386, then you simply type C:. i386 is already implied.

Same with SourcePath, which is most likely the broken value. It needs to point to the path of the XP files. So if you are using your D:\ drive to read the CD, you type D:.

Do not include i386, its implied.

This is most often the cause of the sfc failures. If the SourcePath key is wrong, then you get the insert disk over and over problem.

 

Woot ? Adrynalyne you're a hoot!



Studio T

 

Gotta give a hand of applause to Microsoft for this one. Whenever the source installation drive changes a letter, for whatever reason, it doesnt update this registry value and breaks SFC.

I don't think a lot of thought went into that one.

The Woot title is courtesy of Kodo

 

okay i have this in the registry

ServicePackCachePath = c:\windows\ServicePackFiles\ServicePackCache

I don't even have that directory ??? Servicepackfiles

ServicePackSourcePath = D:\ This is the DVD-ROM

I think i found it, it should be this right ???

ServicePackCachePath = c:\windows\Driver Cache\I386

 

Cache path has nothing to do with sources.

I'm not sure what you are referring to??

I only mentioned two keys. None of the CachePath keys.

SourcePath should point to the drive reading your installation CD.

If its D:, then it should only say D:

ServicePackSourcePath should point to the directory where the backup servicepack files are. If you installed it from the web, its on your hard drive.

If you installed SP2 from CD, then it should point to the same path as SourcePath.

 

Of course if the pc in questions has 2 or more cd drives and you put the cd disk into the wrong one.........

Normaly companies which produce this sort of sloppy programming are soon lost in oblivion.

Studio T