Re: Enum1394.sys? I am close to waterboarding my computer....

AWorldofUsernames wrote:
Hello everyone. Well this is my first time posting on here I believe but it will probably not be my last.

Well I have an older computer (2001) that has Windows XP Home Edition (it works fine for me right now as i have external memory and I'll buy a laptop later this year). In any case I need to transfer video from my DV camcorder to my computer so i can edit some vacation footage. As instructed I purchased a IEEE 1394 Firewire PCI Controller Card and Firewire cable. I physically installed it and insert the drivers disk to install it on my system.

However in the middle of the software install wizard, an error message pops up and says "The file enum1394.sys on Windows XP Home Edition CD-ROM is needed....Type the path of where the file is located and click OK." In the field it has pre-inserted 'c:\i386'. Of course the file is not there so if I click OK it just gives me the dreaded "yeah, that's not gonna work" tone. I went into that location manually to search for the file and it's not there.

I am assuming somewhere along the lines that file got removed or wasn't there in the first place. In any case I don't have a XP disk as it was pre-loaded into my system when i bought it (I could possibly be wrong about that but no matter what I don't have the disk). So I'm stuck. I've googled and yahooed an evening away trying to find somewhere I can download this missing file to no avail. And I need it to continue. I'm thinking of setting my computer on fire and dropping it from a tall building into a mass of fire ants, gang violence, and thorns but I don't think that will help with my problem.

Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

enum1394.sys *should* be in C:\windows\system32\drivers

If it's not there, it's in C:\i386\Driver.cab and you'll have to expand it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310435
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283622

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