Re: system cannot see all the files in a folder.

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From: Erimikos (denlspe_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/01/04


Date: 1 Nov 2004 07:57:23 -0800

denlspe@gmail.com (Erimikos) wrote in message news:<60c571fa.0410270840.11200a81@posting.google.com>...
> I tried to do some research on the web, but could find nothing of any
> use, so thought that posting here may be my best bet.
>
> I am attempting to rebuild a Dell SmartStep 100N laptop, Yet for some
> reason, the system will only see 1,397 of the folders in the i386
> Directory of the Windows XP CD. (sees the same number in the 2000, and
> 2003 Server directories as well.)
>
> I have checked the CD on other systems, and they have no problem
> finding the files, so i know they are all there.
>
> When attempting to boot from disk, i receive an error as the setup
> first begins about an error in a .inf file on the CD, though I know
> that file is correct because I have used the same CD to install on
> several other systems, as well as a Virtual PC 2004 install. all
> without a problem. The line in the .inf referrs to a file that the
> system cannot see.
>
> This system has the latest BIOS updates,

Anyone have any ideas on this? (yes.. its a bump.. im still stuck on this one.)



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