System file checker questions.

[BGC]

Hi,
I have questions about XP's system file checker.

1.) How can you run it so it just checks the files but doesn't change
anything?

2.) How does it take account of all the updates that have been installed
since the initial install
of XP so you aren't restoring older files?

3.) I had a few bad sectors on my hard drive that were repaired(replaced)
with the Seagate diagnostic program.
I want to make sure that none of my OS files were using any of these
bad sectors.
Does SFC actually read each file to see that it is intact?

Thanks,
BGC

 

[DL]

IMO if you have bad sectors the drive should be replaced immediately.

 

[Popeye]

Hi,
I have questions about XP's system file checker.

1.) How can you run it so it just checks the files but doesn't change
anything?

2.) How does it take account of all the updates that have been installed
since the initial install
of XP so you aren't restoring older files?

3.) I had a few bad sectors on my hard drive that were repaired(replaced)
with the Seagate diagnostic program.
I want to make sure that none of my OS files were using any of these
bad sectors.
Does SFC actually read each file to see that it is intact?

Thanks,
BGC

Run chkdsk /i Unlike chkdsk /f this won't change anything. There is
also a nice free disk checker called "Disk Check " Don't know the URL
so I'm afraid you'll have to Goggle it. The nice thing about Disk
Check is that the information stays on the screen so it can be read.
Popeye

 

[BGC]

All drives have spare sectors to replace bad ones. This thing could have
been this way from the beginning for all I know.

If I sent it in for a warranty replacement, I'd get a refurb that has
basically gone through the same process I just did with
the Seatools diagnostic program. Of course, now that I've discovered a few
bad sectors I'll rescan it regularly and if more
bad sectors develop then I'll send it in.

Anyone else help with the SFC?

BGC

 

[BGC]

My question was regarding the System File Checker, not ChkDsk. Thanks
anyway.

BGC

 

[Jim]

All drives have spare sectors to replace bad ones. This thing could have
been this way from the beginning for all I know.

Of course they all have spare sectors. Of course there are bad sectors from
the very start.
However, the drive electronics disable sectors on the manufacturer's bad
sector list so that
the drive appears to be perfect.
In addition, there are lots of spare sectors which the drive electronics
uses to replace bad sectors as they develop.
The drive still appears to be perfect so long as there are enough spare
sectors.
Eventually, though, the spare sectors get all used, and the drive
electronics can no longer replace bad sectors.
At this time, the drive electronics report bad sectors to the operating
system.
This is the place that your drive is operating at now.
Nobody knows how long it will be before the drive becomes worthless, but
that time is coming.
Jim

 

[db]

1) basically, you can see the options
available by going to start > run > cmd > sfc /?

2) basically,sfc was designed exclusively
for the operating system files and nothing
to do for third party program.

if your genuine files were replaced
by counterfeits then they will
be replaced by the cd. they will be
updated next time you download
"updates". The sfc is a process that
functions from within the o.s.

If a third party program created the counterfeit
system file, then the program will
likely no longer function.

if the genuine files were corrupted, then your
o.s. would likely be crashing as well. so at
this point, a repair installation via the
windows setup cd would be the
option to replace system files.
The repair install is a process that
functions before the o.s. loads.


3) if you have/had bad sectors, don't
worry because whatever was on them became
bad as well, like spilt milk.

additional read:
http://support.microsoft.com/search...spid=1173&query=sfc.exe&adv=&mode=r&cat=False


Hi,
I have questions about XP's system file checker.

1.) How can you run it so it just checks the files but doesn't change
anything?

2.) How does it take account of all the updates that have been installed
since the initial install
of XP so you aren't restoring older files?

3.) I had a few bad sectors on my hard drive that were repaired(replaced)
with the Seagate diagnostic program.
I want to make sure that none of my OS files were using any of these
bad sectors.
Does SFC actually read each file to see that it is intact?

Thanks,
BGC

 

[Poprivet]

IMO if you have bad sectors the drive should be replaced immediately.

Your opinion is incorrect. IFF NEW bad sectors are appearing, and continue
to appear over time, THEN there is an impending failure. If some appear
once and never more over time, it's not a problem, just worth keeping track
of for a couple months.

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