sfc /scannow

[Guest]

I have xp pro. SP1a Installed and SP2. (up to date all up dates)
The problem is I run tool (sfc /scannow) It asks me for SP2 cd now.
My version is SP1a and has worked up till the last release (FEB.2006)
Now it asks for SP2 cd when I run the tool.
How can I get a latest copy of SP2? not the 2004 release.
The latest version with all up dates for SP2 up to FEB.2006.
or will 2004 release solve this? It has never asked for SP2 before.
Why I ask this is because last set of updates (FEB.2006)
The system has started asking for SP2 O/S cd when running the tool sfc
/scannow It asks for it 2 time's in the scan now. SP1a disk works for most of
the scan,
But about half way through it ask's for SP2 disk. I can skip and carry on
the scan.
So it can not restore (WPFS) without SP2 cd now.
sfc /scannow has worked with SP1a disk till last update.
Do you think someone can release an updated cd of sp2 up to FEB. 2006?
This is the best tool to solve slow boot problems it has allways worked for
me.
I would like to solve this without buying a new O/S to run this tool.
Thanks for you time.

 

[Peter]

You can slipstream SP2 with your original CD using "Autostreamer"... read
here:

http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

You can download SP2 here (disregard the for it specialists etc):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Or order the CD here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

You don't need to slipstream all the other updates as sfc only requires the
i386 files moved to C: drive in order to function without using the CD.

 

[Guest]

You can slipstream SP2 with your original CD using "Autostreamer"... read
here:

http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

You can download SP2 here (disregard the for it specialists etc):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Or order the CD here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

You don't need to slipstream all the other updates as sfc only requires the
i386 files moved to C: drive in order to function without using the CD.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HD, 2.0gb DDR

 

[MAP]

I have xp pro. SP1a Installed and SP2. (up to date all up dates)
The problem is I run tool (sfc /scannow) It asks me for SP2 cd now.
My version is SP1a and has worked up till the last release (FEB.2006)
Now it asks for SP2 cd when I run the tool.
How can I get a latest copy of SP2? not the 2004 release.
The latest version with all up dates for SP2 up to FEB.2006.
or will 2004 release solve this? It has never asked for SP2 before.
Why I ask this is because last set of updates (FEB.2006)
The system has started asking for SP2 O/S cd when running the tool
sfc /scannow It asks for it 2 time's in the scan now. SP1a disk works
for most of the scan,
But about half way through it ask's for SP2 disk. I can skip and
carry on the scan.
So it can not restore (WPFS) without SP2 cd now.
sfc /scannow has worked with SP1a disk till last update.
Do you think someone can release an updated cd of sp2 up to FEB. 2006?
This is the best tool to solve slow boot problems it has allways
worked for me.
I would like to solve this without buying a new O/S to run this tool.
Thanks for you time.

Look at step 2 here:
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

 

[Peter]

+ the comments at the very bottom. ;-)

 

[Guest]

So are you guys saying that if I point to C:\I386 all file's should be good
there and include the updates?
Is it possable that this file Can be corrupt?
or will this file (I386) allways be a good copy?
can I copy this I386 file to cd after say an up date and run check and put
this copy of I386 in instead?
Example D:\I386
Thanks for replys.

+ the comments at the very bottom. ;-)

 

[Peter]

The updates after SP2 have nothing to do with sfc so forget about that
perceived problem.
Once SP2 is slipstreamed with original CD then the i386 file is good. It
shouldn't become corrupted unless you've meddled with it.
--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 Fully Updated
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HD, 2.0gb DDR

So are you guys saying that if I point to C:\I386 all file's should be
good
there and include the updates?
Is it possable that this file Can be corrupt?
or will this file (I386) allways be a good copy?
can I copy this I386 file to cd after say an up date and run check and put
this copy of I386 in instead?
Example D:\I386
Thanks for replys.

 

[Guest]

I have made the disk with slipstream sp1a cd plus sp2 download that all went
fine but when I run the tool it still asks for sp2 cd. Two times durring the
scan using this new iso image.

Will I have to add every update after 2004 sp2 (winows
xp-kb835935-sp2-enu.exe) to this new iso image? please test what I am saying
so you can see it for your self.
Thank you for your time.

 

[Peter]

It shouldn't be if you've done this right.
Go to Start/Run enter regedit and press enter.
Go to Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Setup

Modify "Service Pack Sourcepath" to read C: (assuming your installation is
on C

Also modify "Sourcepath" to C:

Close registry editor and it should work.

 

[Peter]

...assuming you copied the entire i386 folder to your C: drive.

 

[Guest]

I have copyed the ISO (I386 folder) that I made to C:
I have copyed it to a cd and made change to souce path to D: and C:
I have tryed both ways it still prompts for sp2 cd.
Can anyone tell me what two KB's (updates)
need to be slipstreamed into my cd to get sfc /scannow to work?
sp1a has been slipstreamed with sp2 and still asks for sp2 cd.
I have done it right. man alive they need a full update
of sp2 to correct this problem.

 

[Peter]

I don't think you understand. You do NOT need any updates to make your
slipstreamed CD other than SP2. Repeat, you ONLY need SP2!! You do NOT
need to slipstream any other updates at all as SP2 included ALL updates
prior to its release! Any updates after that are irrelevant to using sfc
/scannow. You must have them installed on your machine of course, but as
far as this CD is concerned they don't matter at all.
In other words all you need is your original installation CD that came with
your computer and the SP2 download, you then slipstream both of those into a
new CD.
You then copy the i386 folder from the NEW CD to your system drive which
should be C:
Follow the instructions exactly as they are here to slipstream:

http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_autostreamer/using_autostreamer.html

or here:

http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/slipstream_sp2/slipstream_sp2.html

You then have to set your registry as shown here:

http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Making sure your "ServicePackSourcePath" AND "SourcePath" are both reset to
C:

 

[Peter]

P.S. You say you slipstreamed SP1a with SP2....that is wrong.
SP2 contains all updates from the day XP was released.
Ignore SP1a.
You slipstreamed CD should only incorporate your original CD that came with
your machine and SP2.

 

[Glen]

Has the op actually slipstreamed the service packs or has he just copied SP2
to the CD. sfc /scannow will only ask for a slipstreamed disc it wont ask
for anything else.

 

[Guest]

Ok I guess you dont under stand my origninal copy is a sp1a release OEM XP
Pro. I built the computer my self it's been running for 3 years. it has all
update's that you can get for sp2 installed (all update's). I used the
original CD and a downloaded copy of sp2 to do the stream like you posted. I
got all green checks. I burned the ISO image, I copyed the I386 from new ISO
to C:\I386, I changed the path to point to C:\ and also the servicepackfiles
path C:\servicepackfiles. It still asks for sp2 CD to replace unreconnized
..dll files. I don't know what else to say my friend I have tryed. It asks for
a sp2 cd two time durring the scan about half way through. It did this same
thing before the stream and after this did not start till the last set of
updates for FEB.2006.

 

[Peter]

i386 from the ISO? Not sure that would work correctly. You should find the
i386 folder on the new slipstreamed CD and copy it to C:
I just did a Start Search i386 on my CDRW drive which is J in my case.
Right clicked it and clicked "copy" then went to C: in Windows Explorer and
clicked "paste". You don't have to make a folder in advance.

 

[Guest]

Yes that's what I did copyed the i386 from the slipstream CD to C: I checked
all paths to make sure they point to the right location the scan gets half
way through and prompts for xp pro CD sp2. I can skip the first prompt then
it asks again I can skip the seconded prompt then it runs all the way through
and finishes. so as I said before this never did this until the last set of
updates FEB. 2006. I think that it may be I need to add the FEB. updates to
the stream it may fix the problem or not. I am not sure of what to do now. I
guess I could try another stream to see if the i386 was corrupted some how.
But I got all green checks. thank you for you help I would have never got
this far without it, Note: the scan works from the drive just like it was
when pulling it from the cd so I know the paths are right. I did have to
change the NT path as well it was pointing to D:\I386 I changed it to C:\ or
it would ask for xp pro sp2 cd at the get go.

 

[Peter]

It's weird that it still prompts. Something in your setup maybe is
different from the norm.
I wonder if you stick your slipstreamed (new) CD in at those prompts, what
it would do or say.
Later updates shouldn't have anything to do with this.
My slipstreamed CD was for my XP Home installation and sfc worked right
through 66 updates after SP2 with no problem & never once asking for the CD.
Now I'm on Pro I guess I have slipstreaming SP3 into my current CD to look
forward too, sometime next year.
Anyway, I'm lost at this point, so good luck!!

 

[Glen]

It should work as updates aren't added to slipstreamed discs. sfc should ask
for the updated disc and accept sp2 slip disc. You will have to do a repair
install.

Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm