Hello John,
There is a separate copy of the what are considered the boot critical
files
that can be repaired with SFC while offline.
These are in the \windows\winsxs\backup, but the number of files there are
limited.
Mounting the wim file from the DVD and manually copying the files from the
mounted location to the OS location is the only way to replace a corrupted
file that cannot be repaired with SFC.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|> Thanks for the clarification. I was relying on the book Windows Vista
|> Inside/Out page 824. "It might prompt you for Windows Vista
distribution
|> media in order to carry out its repairs"
|> Given the way it is now installed I didn't see how, but without
mounting
the
|> disk, I thought there might be a separate folder of critical system
files.
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|> |> > Hello John,
|> > In Windows Vista, SFC /scannow will not prompt for the disk for
files.
|> > If the Microsoft Press books state that they are incorrect.
|> > Thanks,
|> > Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|> > |> Are you saying you ran sfc /scannow and it did not ask for the
Vista
|> > |> distro. Some Microsoft Press books say it should, though I
haven't
|> > |> experienced the need to.
|> > |>
|> > |>
|> > |> |> > |> > SFC works fine, and according to the log (Windows/Logs/CBS) it
found
|> > |> > corrupted files.
|> > |> >
|> > |> > Some were automatically repaired, but apparently others could
not
be.
|> > What
|> > |> > do I do next?
|> > |> >
|> > |> > Also, does SFC ever run automatically in the background?
|> > |> >
|> > |> > Thanks
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