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General Category => Software => Topic started by: Anonymous on October 22, 2002, 04:19:21 PM

Title: Windows 2K SFC /SCANNOW Over Network
Post by: Anonymous on October 22, 2002, 04:19:21 PM

In Windows 2000, is it possible to run SFC /SCANNOW (System File Checker) on a PC and have it look at a mapped network drive for the installation files?

If so, how do I do this?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Windows 2K SFC /SCANNOW Over Network
Post by: Tracky110XP on October 22, 2002, 04:29:50 PM

NO

it has to be the CD of windows 2000.

M$ did this because the files on the cd are not going to change.

Title: Windows 2K SFC /SCANNOW Over Network
Post by: The_Flames on October 22, 2002, 04:53:49 PM

If windows was installed from a network then it may be possable to do what you want, but if it\'s been installed locally from a hdd or cdrom then it unlikely to work!, you could always try changing the install path to the network path, if you can find it.

Title: Windows 2K SFC /SCANNOW Over Network
Post by: Anonymous on October 25, 2002, 10:36:30 AM

Thanks, I changed the SourcePath in the registry for Setup and it worked. You have to map the NetDrive first though.