Running SFC with no install disk...

[Mike]

I am trying to run SFC on an HP Presario, but don't have the install media.
When it asks for the disk to copy the files from, what can I do?
I tried XP Pro & Home disks that I have, but it wouldn't work.

 

[ju.c]

You need a Windows disc of the same version and service pack
when using the "System File Checker" utility.

"it wouldn't work" must mean that you got an error about
an incompatible service pack version.

You need to create a new Windows CD slipstreamed with the
version of service pack that the target system is.


TUTORIALS:

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP3 Final
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd_final.htm

Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 3
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_slipstream.asp

Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Creating Your Own Custom XP Installation CD/DVD
http://techysm.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/creating-your-own-custome-xp-installation-cddvd/


FILES:

WinXP SP3 Installation Package 316MB
Info: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en
Download: http://download.microsoft.com/downl...2ce3edf42d/WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe

WinXP SP3 ISO CD Image File 545MB
Info: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CE-B5FB-4488-8C50-FE22559D164E&displaylang=en
Download:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...15/xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd.iso

The SP3 CD by mail
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/sp3/default.mspx
Look below for the "Order the Windows XP SP3 CD" drop box
that says, "Please select your preferred language". Just
select a language and click "Go" to begin the download.

AutoStreamer 844 KB (Freeware)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562
Alternate Download Link:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Autostreamer.shtml


ju.c

 

[noone]

You need a Windows disc of the same version and service pack
when using the "System File Checker" utility.

Are you suggesting that every user that has a pre-installed OS, with
only a recovery partition, can't run SFC?

 

[GTS]

Are you suggesting that every user that has a pre-installed OS, with only
a recovery partition, can't run SFC?

As absurd as it sounds, that is basically the case. Initially sfc may
find required files in the i386 folder (on some OEM installations). If not,
and always once a service pack has been applied, the user can RUN sfc but if
it asks for a Windows media and the user does not have one with the proper
version and service pack level, sfc will not be able to complete. Most
OEMs (Dell being a notable exception) do not even provide a real Windows
media so that a user could (if he had sufficient skill) could make a
slipstreamed update.

Techs, like myself, have to maintain large collections of OS media of
different types and versions and service pack levels to deal with this.