Problem using SFC /SCANNOW to repair OS

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Susan Rice said:
I ran at a DOS command prompt the command SFC /SCANNOW
It says some of the operating system files are corrupted
and need to be replaced, and asks me to insert my
Windows XP CD, which I do.

But then it keeps coming up with the message "Please
insert your Windows XP CD" (not exact wording), which
is already in there, and I click "Retry". It seems to
be happy for a moment, but it appears every time it comes
across a file that needs to be repaired it asks me to
insert the Windows XP CD, even though it's already in there,
so I ended up repeatedly clicking "Return" over and over,
(thinking I should get one of those bobbing bird toys that
Homer Simpson used to repeatedly press a key on his keyboard).

And after it finally finished it apparently didn't work, as
when I ran the SFC program again it still complained just as before
that OS files were corrupted.

I also tried putting the Windows XP CD in the other CD drive,
but that didn't make any difference.

One point is my Windows XP CD is SP1, while I have SP2 installed.

So how can I get this system fixed? The computer runs OK, except the
only thing it can't do is a file search. If I click
"Search" in Windows Explorer, and set it up to search for a file,
when I click the go button (also labeled "Search") the CPU jumps
to 100% and the computer becomes unusable. Takes a couple of
minutes to kill the process, or sometimes I just have to press and
hold the power button to switch off the computer.

I booted into safe mode, and it did a file search OK there, then I
went back to regular boot, and it file searched fine for awhile,
then the problem came back.
Click to expand...

For the search problem see:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
Why doesn't Search Work

As an alternative you could use the excellent free search tool Agent Ransack
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

For info on running SFC see this link:
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Lastly, there is no DOS in XP. There is a command interpreter which is what
you ran SFC from but it's not DOS.
 
I ran at a DOS command prompt the command SFC /SCANNOW
It says some of the operating system files are corrupted
and need to be replaced, and asks me to insert my
Windows XP CD, which I do.

But then it keeps coming up with the message "Please
insert your Windows XP CD" (not exact wording), which
is already in there, and I click "Retry". It seems to
be happy for a moment, but it appears every time it comes
across a file that needs to be repaired it asks me to
insert the Windows XP CD, even though it's already in there,
so I ended up repeatedly clicking "Return" over and over,
(thinking I should get one of those bobbing bird toys that
Homer Simpson used to repeatedly press a key on his keyboard).

And after it finally finished it apparently didn't work, as
when I ran the SFC program again it still complained just as before
that OS files were corrupted.

I also tried putting the Windows XP CD in the other CD drive,
but that didn't make any difference.

One point is my Windows XP CD is SP1, while I have SP2 installed.

So how can I get this system fixed? The computer runs OK, except the
only thing it can't do is a file search. If I click
"Search" in Windows Explorer, and set it up to search for a file,
when I click the go button (also labeled "Search") the CPU jumps
to 100% and the computer becomes unusable. Takes a couple of
minutes to kill the process, or sometimes I just have to press and
hold the power button to switch off the computer.

I booted into safe mode, and it did a file search OK there, then I
went back to regular boot, and it file searched fine for awhile,
then the problem came back.
 
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