When Windows is installed on your system, it stores the path of the source from where the setup is being installed. The source could be a CD Drive, a Network path or any other source. Upon browsing the path to add Windows components, Windows always looks at the given source path that points to the 'I386' folder of the installation files. This setting enables you to change the location of source files for Windows setup. For this, go to Start Run, enter 'regedit' and search the keys listed below.
Now, double-click the Value Name 'SourcePath' under 'Setup' key, and change the Value Data field with the new source files location for Windows setup. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect. NOTE: If the 'I386' folder is at 'D: WinXP I386', the value of SourcePath would be 'D: WinXP'.
You might have experienced a situation in the past where Windows asked you to put the original Windows installation CD into a computer drive to continue. This could have been the result of a system file scan or because of an installation of an additional software package. The cause does not really matter here but the problem does.
Windows is storing the path of the setup source in the Windows Registry during installation. Changes in computer hardware can then result in an invalid path in the Registry which will throw an error when the files are required. A fix for the issue is to edit the path in the Windows Registry so that it points again at the right location. The following has only been tested in Windows XP.
Windows Vista (and Windows 7) users are encouraged to let us know if it is also working in their operating system. Press CTRL R, type regedit and hit enter. Now navigate to the Windows Registry path HKEYLOCALMACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Setup and look for the key SourcePath. If the key is listed there check the drive letter and path that is listed as the value. If the key is not there you can simply create it by right-clicking and selecting New String. The value needs to be the full path to the i386 folder of the Windows installation.
This can be on a local hard drive, network drive or removable drive. Another solution is the portable Setup Source computer program. It can be used to quickly change the setup source of Windows XP and the Windows XP service pack 3. The user only needs to enter the drive letters and path that points to the setup source. A click on the Go button will save the settings to the Registry.
Domain Name Registry Key
Update: The developer is no longer offering the program for download. I have uploaded the latest available version to our server.
You can download it with a click on the following link: Advertisement. Free download adobe media encoder cc. Looks like a handy little program. This problem can occur without changing hardware by merely changing drive letters of existing hardware installed. Windows request for the original Windows installation CD can be made unnecessary. Copy the I386 folder from the Windows CD to the hard drive, to C: I386. Change the sourcepath registry key to C: (not C:I386). This facilitates running any tool which requires the Windows CD without the need to have the Windows disc, such as the troubleshooting tool System File Checker (sfc.exe) which can replace corrupted system files.
Windows Installer Registry Key
»Edit: I see reading the program page makes this point which may have made my point pointless;).
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