Re: Cannot Install Any Network Adapter!
From: *Vanguard* (no-email_at_reply-to-newsgroup.invalid)
Date: 05/25/04
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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:27:59 -0500
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com said in
news:11ba601c44213$8f2dc5d0$a401280a@phx.gbl:
> That idea is so nuts, it just might work. :) I think in
> my own experimentation, I may have already done this
> without success, but I will try it again exactly as you
> have shown here. If this doesn't work, I also had a
> rather radical idea to test this out that may not work,
> but in my current state of mind, seems like it could.
> Here's what I'm thinking:
>
> 1. I slice off a piece of my main drive on the affected
> system and make that a seperate partition.
> 2. I backup the entirety of my C:\WINDOWS folder to this
> partition for well...backup purposes. I also export my
> entire registry to a .REG file.
> 3. I delete the original C:\WINDOWS folder and install a
> fresh copy on that drive without a format.
> 4. I import my registry into this copy of Windows XP,
> thus restoring my program settings.
> 5. Theoretically, if a file is missing and this isn't
> registry damage, all should be good now. I could
> technically even copy back my old C:\WINDOWS folder onto
> the new one as the missing file should still remain there.
>
> What do you think about this? I will try your idea and
> report back shortly. Thanks!
>
>> Okay, this can get hairy and a last resort. As always, backup the
>> entire registry (export it) or just the keys mentioned so you can
>> restore.
I thought you posted about trying the other-partition install where you
still ran into the missing file problem but I can't see that post at the
moment. If you indeed do a fresh install, had Windows load its embedded
drivers, and then followed with an install of the nVidia platform driver
package and still got the missing file error, I'm wondering if you
actually are using the correct drivers.
Unless I missed it, you never mentioned what hardware you have. I only
guessed that you were using an nVidia chipset because you mentioned
nForce. Did you get the drivers from the motherboard maker's web site,
or did you get it from nVidia? If nVidia, did you select the correct
version of Windows? Are you loading only nVidia's driver package, or
are you also downloading and separately installing other drivers, like
for the SiliconImage 3112 SATA controller? Have you checked for a later
firmware update to your BIOS? Don't know what hardware you have so I
cannot suggest where to find solutions.
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