i am installing windows xp home through the boot disks.
when i get to disk 3 the following error occurs.
" The entry "pciide.sys" in the [SourceDisksFiles]
section of the INF file is corrupted or missing.

pc is new home build mobo is Asus p4c800 delux, Intel 2.4
gigahertz with hyperthreading enabled,  2 sata hhds on
raid 1 and raid 2 connectors, bios on default
settings,except first  boot priority is set to cd-rom to

Upgraded from Win98 to XP.  Tried to reload Systemworks
2002 which worked flawlessly on 98.  LiveUpdate,
Cleansweep, and Antivirus will not load after several
tries.  Anyone with similar experience and help?

I have Windows XP Home Edition installed in a Compaq
Presario. I downloaded the SP1 from the Microsoft site on
08/12/03, installed it "successfully", but when I
restarted it the system said that there had been a problem

When the EULA window pops up there is no "button"
allowing me to accept the license on the screen.
Therefore, I cannot update my computer.

I have been running on my student copy of Windows XP for
a little over a year.
Because of the MSBLAST.EXE problems, I went to the
Windows Update web site and it let me go through all the

I wanted to test the waters before commiting to XP Pro so I
installed using the dual-boot option (WinME and Win XP). I
have decided to go woth XP and am ready to get rid of ME,
how is the best way to do this. I would like to migrate my

I am trying to run a repair using boot up disc on a
computer i had to replace the mother board in.  The
motherboard is different than what was in there before.
so windows doesnt recognize the new serial number of the

Hello.  I've been experimenting with MSI packages, and they work great
except for one problem.
I thought that by assigning a package (in this case Activestate's
Activepython) that some kind of shortcut would appear on the users startmenu

I want to know how to obtain a product key for windows xp
home edition Please email me at pytbabygirl4u@aol.com as
soon as someone finds out some information
Thanks pytbabygirl4u@aol.com

What's the differences between DOS boot disk without CD ROM Drivers, and
Win98 boot disk with CD ROM Support? Both floopy disks have fdisk program.
Win98 boot disk doesn't have format program but DOS boot disk has the format
program.

This probably can't be done, but I thought I'd ask:
I have successfully set up a dual boot Win 98SE/XP system using
Partition Magic and Boot Magic. Neither OS can see the other, but the
applications and data partitions can be seen by both.

I have a laptop with a fairly limited (6 Gb) hard drive.
I conduct frequent archiving and maintenance to rid the
drive of junk files.  I am wondering if it is safe to
delete the $NTUninstall... directories that show up in

I created a bootup disk from Windows98, and used it to boot up a new
computer. When I do fdisk, it yields the error "incorrect DOS version." Any
ideas what's going on??
Please advice,

I'm trying to upgrade 98 and keep getting this error:
Microsoft Shared Fax Client must be uninstalled.  I can't
locate this file on my system.