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SFC /SCANNOW=Lost 800MB?
Name: El Klandero Date: March 26, 2005 at 18:07:11 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home SP2 CPU/Ram: P4@2.8GHz/512MB
Comment:
After running SFC /SCANNOW, I looked at my HD and found free space went from 20.5GB to 19.7GB. Where did this 800MB go and how can I get it back? I tried Disk Cleanup and Defrag with no luck. Thanks
Name: Ry Spy Date: March 26, 2005 at 21:19:50 Pacific
Reply:
Maybe you meant you gained 800MB. Some applications or virus/spyware may have altered numerous system files on your system; that's why sfc reverted them back to the original state which is bigger.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sandman Date: March 26, 2005 at 21:27:29 Pacific
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Check this folder %windir%\system32\dllcache
When you run sfc /scannow it restores all of the original Windows files into this folder. You can remove them by running sfc /purgecache
Hope this helps, Sandman
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Response Number 3
Name: El Klandero Date: March 27, 2005 at 06:15:25 Pacific
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I'm virus/spyware free, and dllcache was over 500MB, but none of the files in there had been modified since January. Does running purgecache have any negative repercussions?
No time for love, Dr. Jones!
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Response Number 4
Name: Sandman Date: March 27, 2005 at 10:24:57 Pacific
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As long as you have an Xp cd it won't cause any problems. When a system file gets corrupted or goes missing Windows looks in the dllcache folder for the replacement. If it cannot find it there it will ask for an Xp cd. Any files sfc needs will be in the i386 folder on the Xp cd.
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