Hi everyone nice site.

Was wondering could I get some help. I put a fresh install of XP on a friends Dell but I can't seem to get the drivers for it. I tried downloading them from the Dell website but I kept getting this message

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 5.1.2600.196608 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42
System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES
Deployment url : file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Desktop/DellDriverDownloadManager(4).application

IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : DellDriverDownloadManager.application, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c8a6012355de1b2d, processorArchitecture=msil

APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Installable application.
* Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\DellDriverDownloadManager(4).application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Downloading file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/Desktop/Application%20Files/DellDriverDownloadManager_1_0_0_0/DellDriverDownloadManager.exe.manifest did not succeed.
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Application%20Files\DellDriverDownloadManager_1_0_0_0\DellDriverDownloadManager.exe.manifest'.
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Application%20Files\DellDriverDownloadManager_1_0_0_0\DellDriverDownloadManager.exe.manifest'.
+ Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Application%20Files\DellDriverDownloadManager_1_0_0_0\DellDriverDownloadManager.exe.manifest'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [08/07/2009 19:20:21] : Activation of C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\DellDriverDownloadManager(4).application has started.
* [08/07/2009 19:20:21] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
* [08/07/2009 19:20:21] : Installation of the application has started.

ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [08/07/2009 19:20:21] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
- Downloading file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/Desktop/Application%20Files/DellDriverDownloadManager_1_0_0_0/DellDriverDownloadManager.exe.manifest did not succeed.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifestAsRawFile(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Application%20Files\DellDriverDownloadManager_1_0_0_0\DellDriverDownloadManager.exe.manifest'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Net.WebException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Application%20Files\DellDriverDownloadManager_1_0_0_0\DellDriverDownloadManager.exe.manifest'.
- Source: System
- Stack trace:
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
at System.Net.FileWebRequest.WrappedGetResponseCallback(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
- Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Application%20Files\DellDriverDownloadManager_1_0_0_0\DellDriverDownloadManager.exe.manifest'.
- Source: mscorlib
- Stack trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.

I'd be very grateful for any help...

Is your fresh install of XP on the C: drive?

Are you using a program from Dell that gets these drivers for you? If so, forget that and go right to their site and put in your service code and download each driver separately.

No I went to the Dell site and tried downloading them manually. I even tried Driver genius and driver detective.

Yes it is.

Really stuck grateful for any help!!!