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[Kevin Valentine]

I was running a virus check when a "windows file
protection" screen popped up stating
"files that are required for windows to run properly have
been replaced by unrecognized versions. to maintain
system stability windows must restore the original
versions of these files" it tells you to insert windows
XP home edition CD-ROM now. the choices are retry, more
information or cancel. when I hit more information it
states "you have installed the wrong CD' or the CD drive
is not functioning." WHATS UP WITH THIS??
my machine is now acting funny HELP!

 

[Taurarian]

Place the Win XP CD in the CD drive.
When Autoplay starts just click the X and close it.
Click Start button, select Run and type in "sfc /scannow" without the quotes
and the system should scan for missing/corrupt MS OS files and replace them
with the originals found on the disk.

NOTES -
The Windows File Protection is constantly checking whether important files
are missing or overwritten and restores them if so. Sometimes it can happen
that a file is corrupted anyway, but then one can use the util SFC.EXE with
the /SCANNOW option to do a full scan of the critical files and restore
those, which has become corrupted:
SFC /SCANNOW
Note this operation cannot complete without the install CD. Therefore it is
important to insert the install CD before launching the above command. If
the install path have changed since the original install, then you have to
change the source path so SFC can find the install files.

Note sometimes the WinXP Home will ask for the WinXP Pro CD, but this is not
problem as long the above condition have been met. Though it might require
that one press Retry several times before the System File Checking begins.

Note to see all options for the System File Checker:
SFC /?