Server 2003, multiple drives, sfc /scannow asks for a drive, what to do?

Question

System administration

Hello, I have server 2003

OS Name: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
OS Version: 5.2.3790 Service Pack 2 Build 3790
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Options: Standalone Server
OS Build: Multiprocessor Free

There are several drives in the server, the physical one has the letter E:\ and the virtual Z:\
Previously, the server was standart, then they upgraded to enterprise. There are no disks or images. Now I downloaded the ISO (it has 5.2.3790 Service Pack 2 build 3790 as well as on my server). and mounted the iso image on the virtual drive Z:\ created with the help of the Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel package and ran sfc /scannow.
Next, sfc started and demanded a disk, then I changed the letter of the physical drive to Z: \ and the virtual one to X: \ and repeated the search for the disk, then sfc displayed the text that the disk was inserted the wrong disk. Although later I found out that he writes like that even if there is no disk at all.
What to do next ? Search for the correct ISO (if you search, how to find out which one)? Or did sfc simply not access the correct drive, and did I choose the correct image initially?

Answer 1

It will look for files in the path specified in [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup] parameters SourcePath (distribution kit) and ServicePackSourcePath (if the SP was rolled after, and was not integrated). And see what kind of disk he asks for, he can ask:
Windows Server 2003 ... CD - it means he wants a clean distribution kit without integrated SP
Windows Server 2003 ... SPx CD - he wants a distribution kit with an integrated SPx
Service Pack x CD-ROM - he wants to see pure SP files - you need to download the required SP and unpack