XP Media Center, sfc cannot find files!

[Mike]

Trying to claen up viruses, malware, etc. off of a Compaq Presario desktop.
There is an I386 folder in the C drive & I have also created the recovery
media on one DL DVD, but when trying to run, it will get to a point, asking
for the CD & not find it!
I have changed the registry key pointing to SourcePath to C:\, C:\I386\,
E:\, about every possible combination I could think of, but it still keeps
asking for the CD!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Trying to claen up viruses, malware, etc. off of a Compaq Presario
desktop. There is an I386 folder in the C drive & I have also
created the recovery media on one DL DVD, but when trying to run,
it will get to a point, asking for the CD & not find it!
I have changed the registry key pointing to SourcePath to C:\,
C:\I386\, E:\, about every possible combination I could think of,
but it still keeps asking for the CD!

You likely will have to get your hands on actual true installation media
(Media Center? 2 CDs.)

 

[Mark Adams]

Trying to claen up viruses, malware, etc. off of a Compaq Presario desktop.
There is an I386 folder in the C drive & I have also created the recovery
media on one DL DVD, but when trying to run, it will get to a point, asking
for the CD & not find it!
I have changed the registry key pointing to SourcePath to C:\, C:\I386\,
E:\, about every possible combination I could think of, but it still keeps
asking for the CD!

It's not entirely clear what it is you are trying to do, but it sounds like
you have created a recovery DVD from a hidden partition and are attempting to
reinstall Windows with the recovery disk while Windows is running. It doesn't
work that way. You must set the boot order to boot from the DVD drive in
order to do this.

Also, this is a destructive install; make sure you have copied all of your
data to outside media before proceding, or you'll lose it.

Additionally, if you are trying to recover the machine because of viruses or
whatever, Why don't you use the recovery partition directly? That's what it's
for. Follow the instructions that came with the computer.

 

[Mark Adams]

You likely will have to get your hands on actual true installation media
(Media Center? 2 CDs.)

Gee Shenan, my copy of MCE came on 3 disks.

 

[Mike]

You likely will have to get your hands on actual true installation media
(Media Center? 2 CDs.)

It did not come with install media, just a program to create it, either on
15 CDs, 2 DVD or 1 DL DVD, which is the option I chose.
The I386 folder is on the DVD & I changed the source path in the registry to
look for it there.

 

[Mike]

It's not entirely clear what it is you are trying to do, but it sounds
like
you have created a recovery DVD from a hidden partition and are attempting
to
reinstall Windows with the recovery disk while Windows is running. It
doesn't
work that way. You must set the boot order to boot from the DVD drive in
order to do this.

Also, this is a destructive install; make sure you have copied all of your
data to outside media before proceding, or you'll lose it.

Additionally, if you are trying to recover the machine because of viruses
or
whatever, Why don't you use the recovery partition directly? That's what
it's
for. Follow the instructions that came with the computer.

I booted from the DVD & did the non-distructive restore.

 

[Mark Adams]

I booted from the DVD & did the non-distructive restore.

Was the original install done with Service Pack 2? If you have updated to
SP3, you may have to uninstall SP3 before performing the restore.

 

[Mike]

Was the original install done with Service Pack 2? If you have updated to
SP3, you may have to uninstall SP3 before performing the restore.

On my quest to create a Media Center CD slipstreamed with SP3...