John

Please see my other post. Are you rebuilding after a clean install of
Windows XP?

Use an old non-USB keyboard and mouse to get the system working.

Is this the machine you are working on?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"John" <JOhn6328@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> That ran fine. The files it can't find aren't for the system. They are for
> the mouse driver, the printer driver and so on. They are in the right
> place, xp just doesn't know where they are. When I boot and choose
> auto-install it says it can't find the files. But they are right where
> they should be.
>
> John
>
> Simon wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> System File Checker (SFC) verifies the integrity of system files. After
>> scanning for altered files, it offers to restore damaged files. If a
>> file is found to be damaged, SFC prompts you to restore the original
>> file. SFC can also be configured to notify you of changed and deleted
>> files.
>>
>> You can use SFC to:
>> · Scan system files for damaged, missing, or changed files.
>> · Extract original Windows system files.
>> · Track changes to the system and identify altered files.
>>
>>
>> 1. Put your Windows CDROM into your main CDROM Drive
>> 2. Start
>> 3. Run
>> 4. Sfc /scannow
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>