What is the System File Checker, and how do I run it?

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I tried at least ten times to enter sfc/scannow & sfc\scannow in the command line and it cannot be found. I guess that won't work for me......What will???

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Make sure there's a space between "sfc" and "/scannow"

Leo

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I am having a problem with my check. First when i secdule a task(the one that requires you to restart your comp) it stops at 2 percent and never continues.) however, when i do the one that doesnt require you to do that its works perfectly fine. IT did mention something about Found folder. Any suggestions?

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Assuming you mean Chkdsk, not "check", it sounds like a bad sector on the disk,
offhand. I'd probably have you follow the recommendations in this article:
http://ask-leo.com/chkdsk_runs_on_every_boot_but_fails_and_my_system_is_unstable_what_can_i_do.html
(even though it's about a slightly different scenario, these are the steps I'd
have you do.)

Leo

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I tried running the sfc and was unable to. This is the error message I have received when opeing OE. Nothing I do seems to fix this.

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in
module SHLWAPI.DLL at 016f:70bd899f.
Registers:
EAX=00000006 CS=016f EIP=70bd899f EFLGS=00010206
EBX=00000000 SS=0177 ESP=0056d04c EBP=0056d058
ECX=0056ce44 DS=0177 ESI=00000000 FS=425f
EDX=0056ce44 ES=0177 EDI=5ec041b8 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8a 03 84 c0 74 52 8a c8 f7 d1 f6 c1 80 0f 84 ea
Stack dump:
00000003 00000000 00000000 0056d1b8 5ec237b7 00000000 5ec041b8 00000006 00000016 00000000 00000000 0056d0b8 00000010 819b0228 00000024 bff7a3a0

Hope you can help.

Regards
Dianne

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SFC is still the answer. What does "unable to" mean?

Leo

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As several others above, I ran SFC, confident that I would be able to point to the proper directory when asked to insert my Windows CD. I was not given this option -- only 'retry; more info and cancel'. When 'cancel' was selected, I was not given an option to browse for the correct directory'. I tried burning a CD populated with the I386 directory, but this didn't work either! Any suggestions? Thanks, Marlene

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I believe this article will help, it details what to change to tell Windows and
SFC where to find the CD image:
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_tell_windows_where_my_i386_folder_has_moved.html

Leo

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I keep getting the same error report " IE has encountered an error and needs to close..."
Then, my windows explorer is giving me a really hard time. It now does not work. So, I cannot access the " My Computer " Folder. What do i Do? does the SFC thig resolve these issues?
Help!

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I'd point you at this article:
http://ask-leo.com/iexploreexe_has_generated_an_error_now_what.html

And sending error reports will not solve the problem
quickly:
http://ask-leo.com/should_i_send_error_reports_to_microsoft.html

Thanks,

Leo

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