Using scannow questions

[Carrie]

In my looking around online today, I came across instructions for using sfc/scannow to check Windows files.
I thought I'd try it, so printed out the directions.
First, it wouldn't open using RUN and putting in sfc/scannow (said it couldn't find the path to it)
I'd dabbled in dos a bit with WIN 98 but didn't think XP was the same, and had never tried it. I put comd.prompt in RUN and to my amazement a black dos box came up
I put sfc/scannow in, it started then a box came up saying to put in the WIN XP installation disc.
I never got one of those with my Dell XPS 400. It said the files are built in and can be restored that way without a disk.
In the directions about using the file check (though mine wouldn't open in RUN it seemed to be working from the dos box) it said this migh happen. And, one could go into the reg and point where it looks from the CD-ROM to the C drive where the files are.
To have it find i386 (which I had seen and knew I have)
The directions to do this said to go to the reg, to HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\Setup and it would lead to the CD ROM drive, and how to change it to C:\
Im not really an expert at this stuff (I'm a grandma (LOL) but I can follow directions when they are clear and precise.
Since I don't have a Win XP cd, I thought it might be good to change this to look on the C drive (default). Most installations give options where to look (which drive, CD, etc) but this one just said to put in the WIN XP cd.
I found the enteries in the reg no problem but when it got to current version all it has is EXPLORER and BROWSER HELPER>Objects. No link to a CD Rom drive or anything. Maybe because the cd (Win XP) didn't come with the pc, the link to the CD ROM drive wasn't set up?
I tried putting in C:\ in the dos prompt and also C:\i386 and that didn't work.
This isn't anything I really need (to scan the WIN files- and if I do, and it finds some, I don't know if I'd know how to replace it in dos.)
But, I was just wondering why it doesn't have setup and the CD Rom drive (or anything) like the directions said.
I just like to take every chance I can to learn.

 

[Andrew E.]

Youre in the correct area in regedit,the 2 settings to change,would be
source path,& installation resources.1 you can add to,the other must be
modified.

 

[JF]

*Bonjour Carrie * !

In my looking around online today, I came across instructions for using
sfc/scannow to check Windows files. I thought I'd try it, so printed out
the directions. First, it wouldn't open using RUN and putting in sfc/scannow
(said it couldn't find the path to it)

Windows try to find the file "sfc/scannow" which does not exist. Try
Start>Run>SFC /SCANNOW
with a space between the command SFC.exe and the switch /SCANNOW

I'd dabbled in dos a bit with WIN 98
but didn't think XP was the same, and had never tried it.

As any Operating System XP has commands
http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/bb491071(en-us).aspx
They look like DOS commands for historical reasons.
You have some support here ==>
Start>Run>HH ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm
Start>Run>HH ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds_shelloverview.htm

I put comd.prompt in RUN

?
Start>Run>command for a virtualized DOS (avoid it)
Start>Run>cmd for the good XP Console (type help)
CMD.EXE is the Windows command line interpreter
There is a link in Accessories.

and to my amazement a black dos box came up I put sfc/scannow in, it
started

In the CMD Console, it works without a space between the command and
the switch. If you have to use the Recovery Console, remember that the
space is necessary.

then a box came up saying to put in the WIN XP installation disc. I
never got one of those with my Dell XPS 400. It said the files are built in
and can be restored that way without a disk. In the directions about using
the file check (though mine wouldn't open in RUN it seemed to be working from
the dos box) it said this migh happen. And, one could go into the reg and
point where it looks from the CD-ROM to the C drive where the files are. To
have it find i386 (which I had seen and knew I have) The directions to do
this said to go to the reg, to
HKEY_LOCAL-MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\Setup and it
would lead to the CD ROM drive, and how to change it to C:\ Im not really an
expert at this stuff (I'm a grandma (LOL) but I can follow directions when
they are clear and precise. Since I don't have a Win XP cd, I thought it
might be good to change this to look on the C drive (default). Most
installations give options where to look (which drive, CD, etc) but this one
just said to put in the WIN XP cd. I found the enteries in the reg no
problem but when it got to current version all it has is EXPLORER and BROWSER
HELPER>Objects. No link to a CD Rom drive or anything. Maybe because the cd
(Win XP) didn't come with the pc, the link to the CD ROM drive wasn't set up?
I tried putting in C:\ in the dos prompt and also C:\i386 and that didn't
work.

Try these :
c:
dir
cd i386

This isn't anything I really need (to scan the WIN files- and if I do,
and it finds some, I don't know if I'd know how to replace it in dos.) But,
I was just wondering why it doesn't have setup and the CD Rom drive (or
anything) like the directions said. I just like to take every chance I can
to learn.

Explanations :
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900910