Changing installation path B4 using sfc

[a1ehouse]

Just spent half an hour searching for this so i thought I'd share for other bods with similar probs.

I had installed a new drive and consequently changed the original installation path. Just tried Start>Run>'sfc /scannow' and it gave me error messages complaining about wrong path/CD etc. So I amended a couple of things in regedit:

Change letter to new drive letter.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
"SourcePath"="Z:\"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]
"Installation Sources"=Z:\
"SourcePath"="Z:\"


Thats it!

 

[rj2]

thnx for reply. plz correct me if i am wrong here.you had z:\ as an example,correct.i would use just C:\.
thnx.

 

[War Priest]

if he put c:\, some igit (yes spelled as intended) would use c:\. Never fails

 

[rj2]

hello war horse.my, for someone with a whole 14 posts at this forum you act like someone who has been here ages,and has given themselves the right thru being such a longstanding member of this forum to mock others.ps.forums are nice when they have people helping each other out.yes i am an xp-noob,but i feel my questions are as valid as any,so do me a favor ,if you can help me,great & i thank you,if not go somewhere else.
thnank you.