No DVD present?

[richc46]

That comes up when you are not doing the run as adminsrator properly. Tell me EXACTLY what you are doing and what happens.

 

[larbec]

I go to the search bar and tyoe in CMD and hit enter
A black box comes up and says C:\USERS\Larry
I type sfc /scannow
and ... "You must be an administrator running a ocnsole session in order to use the sfc utility" pops up
C:\USERS\Larry

 

[richc46]

I go to the search bar and tyoe in CMD and hit enter
A black box comes up and says C:\USERS\Larry
I type sfc /scannow
and ... "You must be an administrator running a ocnsole session in order to use the sfc utility" pops up
C:\USERS\Larry

You are doing it wrong.

Type cmd in search.
Then do not hit enter, on the top you will see cmd, right click on that and choose run as administraor.

 

[richc46]

Follow this


http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/181765-elevated-command-prompt.html

 

[larbec]

It is scanning now, once again thanks....i will let you know what it says when it is done

 

[richc46]

It is scanning now, once again thanks....i will let you know what it says when it is done

Ok. If I am not here when you reply, someone else may help. If not ,I will post when I return. I will not forget about you, my friend.

Did you get it right from my advice or did you need the manual?

 

[larbec]

I got it right by YOUR post my friend and thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[larbec]

It is complete and it said it found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them

 

[richc46]

This may or may not be bad news. The sfc is really good, but it is lazy. It fixes one thing at a time. Run it a few more times.

 

[larbec]

will do

 

[larbec]

I ran it 5 times and it says the same thing it said it found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them

It says that details are included in the CBS file but when I go to look in that file it says access denied??

 

[richc46]

5 times, not good. To look at the file

How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program generates in Windows Vista

 

[larbec]

I typed findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txtand hit enter and it just came back to the C:\windows/system32...nothing more...am I doing something wrong?

 

[larbec]

If I just run a sfcdetails/txt I get a lot of information that says something like this:

2010-01-16 13:22:53, Info CSI 000002b3 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2010-01-16 13:22:53, Info CSI 000002b5 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"settings.ini" of Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2010-01-16 13:22:53, Info CSI 000002b7 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"settings.ini" of Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2010-01-16 13:22:53, Info CSI 000002b8 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:162{81}]"Package_20_for_KB936330~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.0.1.18000.936330-33_neutral_GDR"
2010-01-16 13:22:53, Info CSI 000002bb [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:72{36}]"\??\C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar"\[l:24{12}]"settings.ini"; source file in store is also corrupted
2010-01-16 13:22:54, Info CSI 000002bd [SR] Repair complete

 

[richc46]

Go to search. Type device manager. Go to device manager. Check drives for problems with drivers. You will see a yellow warning, if there is a problem.

Also make sure you have most up to date drivers. That does not show in Device Manger.

 

[larbec]

No yellow marks and I ran a driver update. It said I had the most current driver and it did recognize my DVD player.

 

[richc46]

I am more or less out of ideas. The only thing that I can think of but you cannot do is a repair install with the DVD, because you do not have one. You might want to call MS, and they may just send a DVD, for shipping cost plus a small mark up. You do not need a key. Here is some more information. If no one else comes by, the drives may be shot.

CD/DVD drive not recognized by Windows Vista

 

[larbec]

Thanks for all your help. The strange thing is, sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. I installed a disk last week and today it recognized a blank DVD but when I placed the DVD in the machine again...it did not recognize it

Is there a way I can reformat my laptop without the disk and maybe it will all work when I am done?

 

[richc46]

If you format, everything is gone. As I said, you may be able to get one from MS, for a nominal cost. They are charging for the key not the DVD. If you ever get this thing to 100% again, make HD image, and put it away. You will never have this problem again.

It may be the Drive, also. I have no way of knowing.


Others will see this post, also. They will all have ideas, too.

 

[larbec]

Ok, Are ytiou saying if I had the CD it could repair it?