SFC /SCANNOW problem?

SFC /SCANNOW problem>mflynn?

Hi Mike and others,
Furher to the powedown issue that I'm having I was advised by a friend to run SFC /SCANNOW to see if windows had to re-instal any files. It starts then just flashes up on the screen and disappears........got me puzzled,why won't it display/run? Hoping Mike or someone can help me here,please?
regards and thanks

 

tric171:

What you are seeing flash by on the screen is a command window opening and closing. After this happens you should see a File Protection progress window open. If it doesn't open on the screen, check the taskbar and see if its minimized.

If that still doesn't take care of it. Open a command window Start>Run>cmd and type sfc /scannow at the command prompt.

HTH

 

Thanks Rod, the command option worked,ran SFC then as nothing else happened I presume all was ok with it.Don't know if I have to run anything else.Guess I'll wait till I shut down!
many thanks for your help and advice

 

tric171:

The following article explains the SFC command and its syntax in more detail;

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe)

What exactly is the problem you were trying to correct with SFC?

Rod

 

Hi Rod,
The problem is that XP Pro will not powerdown.It just sits there after shutting down everything,except for the monitor which sits there saying "windows is shutting down ".I have been to every windows help site and Mike Flynn has been trying to help me with this.A friend suggested trying SFC to see if that would help,but it didn't.I guess I will have to go into the BIOS and look at the power settings as Mike suggested.The thread is on the 2nd page of this forum under slooooow shutdown if you are interested!
I have done all suggested cleanups etc and it does shutdown everything much faster,just won't powerdown!
many thanks for your interest