Missing System Fonts

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I seem to be missing a few system fonts. I must have
accidentally deleted them somehow. I browsed the Windows
XP installation disk, but was only able to locate various
Arial fonts. Where can I find all of the system fonts so I
can re-install the deleted ones?

Thank you.
 
Hi

Try the following from Start>Run - you will need to have yor XP CD to hand:

sfc /scannow

Please note the space between the c and /.
 
Thank you for the reply. I am not familiar with this
command. What does it do and will it affect my service
pack 2 installation?

I started the process, but cancelled it. It seems to need
to do a very time consuming system scan. Is there no way
to just find the fonts online somewhere and install them?
This would probably take just a few minutes.

Thank you.
 
confused said:
Thank you for the reply. I am not familiar with this
command. What does it do and will it affect my service
pack 2 installation?
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It shouldn't do.

Basically all system files are digital signed by Microsoft, if something
modifies them or removes them, it obviously breaks the signature, this tool
scans for that.

Any it finds broken will be replaced by the "cache" of system files that
Windows makes (c:\windows\system32\dllcache) so this will be whatever your
system is current, SP2 files should be mirrored as a backup here too.
I started the process, but cancelled it. It seems to need
to do a very time consuming system scan. Is there no way
to just find the fonts online somewhere and install them?
This would probably take just a few minutes.
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I'm having a hunt over my Windows CD at the moment to see if I can just find
the location, you should be able to simply copy them out of the location I
mentioned above (just be very careful don't modify anything), I've had a
quick look in there and it just seems to store the basic system fonts there,
so you may need your CD anyway. If you change your view setting for that
folder so it lists them under their type it will be easier to find them.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

*Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by e-mail*
 
Hi

That command will have a look at the system files on your PC and then
replace any that are missing/corrupt. The process may take some time, but
could defer the necessity for a 'Repair' install of XP>
 
confused said:
Thank you for the reply. I am not familiar with this
command. What does it do and will it affect my service
pack 2 installation?

I started the process, but cancelled it. It seems to need
to do a very time consuming system scan. Is there no way
to just find the fonts online somewhere and install them?
This would probably take just a few minutes.

Thank you.
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See this link for info on the command:
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
 
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