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Subject: System File Checker (SFC)

Original Message

Name: sky42 (by geno1)
Date: January 24, 2007 at 14:52:11 Pacific
Subject: System File Checker (SFC)
OS: WinME
CPU/Ram: 8GB/500
Model/Manufacturer: Compaq

Comment:

Is it possible to download/acquire SFC as a single integrated tool without having to extract the individual files from Win98? I want to run the file checker utility in ME without having to install each indivdual SFC file into the Windows\System folder!

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Response Number 1

Name: jboy
Date: January 24, 2007 at 16:19:23 Pacific
Subject: System File Checker (SFC)

Reply: (edit)

That does not make a great deal of sense - care to rephrase? Is it your intention to try and use SFC from WinME?
WinME doesn't use SFC, but System File Protection (files are extracted via msconfig)

... lost your password again, Geno?
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter

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Response Number 2

Name: sky42 (by geno1)
Date: January 25, 2007 at 05:29:28 Pacific
Subject: System File Checker (SFC)

Reply: (edit)

Yes, it is my intention to use SFC in ME. SFC, however, is not available in ME, therefore you have to obtain and install the individual files. The half dozen or so individual files can be obtained from W98 and then have to be individually installed in ME - all six of them. My question, again, is: can SFC be obtained and installed as a bundled application without having to install the individual files?

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Response Number 3

Name: jam
Date: January 25, 2007 at 07:43:41 Pacific
Subject: System File Checker (SFC)

Reply: (edit)

If adding SFC to WinME was feasible, don't you think someone would have devised a way to do it a LONG time ago?

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Response Number 4

Name: Derek
Date: January 25, 2007 at 11:38:27 Pacific
Subject: System File Checker (SFC)

Reply: (edit)

SFC would have to be written around the operating system for which it was intended. The file extract feature, for example, is obviously programmed to know where files are located, which varies from system to system.
I agree with not importing files and registry entries from W98 because it might well wreck ME. SFC didn't always get things right on 9x either (see my collation etc):
SFC CAN GET IT WRONG
DerekW

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Response Number 5

Name: jboy
Date: January 28, 2007 at 19:00:55 Pacific
Subject: System File Checker (SFC)

Reply: (edit)

It's a fool's errand, as there is no compelling need or incentive to use SFC in WinME
In ME, file extraction from the CABs is done via msconfig
System File Protection monitors and replaces improperly altered or deleted files in real time, rendering Win9x SFC both obsolete & unnecessary
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter

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