Hi Abraxas, Thanks for your response. XP help only provides info on "Window File Protection ", and it is all about sfp. Nothing about "sfc...
Zephyr, There isn't any info on FSC in the XP help section, just FSP. There is no info in my Windows ME complete reference book for FSC. The...
The Win 98 SFC utility when called would/will compare a data file with the same characteristics of the installed system files and determine if...
Hi Zephyr, M$ discontinued SFC beginning with the ME O/S. I worked with the 98 SFC and found it to be a very useful utility and somewhat...
There is no SFC feature included with any O/S after 98 Win. I used SFC to extract a clean version of a system file from a cab or if necessary the...
Mike, I will research past posts for another perspective and a better understanding of the situation. The two file systems with different...
NTFS backup I recently installed a CD-burner with Nero software. My expectation was to burnin a C-drive backup. The software is the latest...
What is puzzling is that Abraxas has correctly isolated the problem to the registry entries, and the entries can be correctly rebuilt by deleting...
Very interesting problem. Has the problem been isolated to SP1?I had an identical situation with icons after installing SP1. Uninstalled and...
Wouldn't restoring system files and registry to a date preceeding the problem be a temporary fix?
I had problems after installing SP1. I uninstalled and followed the procedures outlined by Mike, and it was a successful installation and no...
Thanks for the interesting info. You are correct. I may have made some incorrect assumptions based on an incomplete verification procedure....
I agree in regard to NTFS. But the interaction with the primary partition via 98SE boot disk enables one to some repair and or reinstall XP....
Zephyr, I quess what I was attempting to do was to tie the O/S configuration I have into a possible explanation in response to your comment....
Recently from the Dell factory the PC I rec'd has 31 MB basic FAT, EISA configuration, on the primary partition. The other partition is basic...
Zephyr, As I understand it, NTFS offers better security, compression, etc. and cannot use a DOS boot disk, but XP using the FAT32 file system...
Alice, Thanks for the response and clarification to my misreading (may need glasses) of the Kill Bit link. Correctly read it is "How to stop...
For a more secure system, a patch sets the Kill Bit and is not recommended to "unkill ". This may be problematic as Windows Update Active X is...
With XP there is a utility program called, "File and Setting Transfer Wiz ". One method is to directly connect with a null modem (cable) to each...
Combination of problems related to one component can very frustrating!! Appreciate the feedback that everything is now OK.
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