Hi Chanto,


I tried what you said above - I created a folder called temp and copied all the files from i386 to that folder ( i did not copy the folder aswell just the files) and when i run winnt.exe it starts the install and asks where it can find the files. It defaults to the temp folder that it is in and when i hit enter it says it cant find the first file, choose ignore then cant find the second etc etc for all the files. At this point it doesn't give you an option to locate the file manually.

Am i doing this correctly or should i call the temp folder i386 or something.

It seems to be hardware incompatibility - the only thing i haven't been able to change is the cpu - is that capable of storing information in its cache which could be causing the problem.

Another idea i had was to use the mother board cd to install the drivers using win 98 then try upgrading to XP - does anyone know if this is a step forward or back.

Hey Chanto,

thankyou very much you are a legend - I tried what you said and it worked.

If you could post what those switches do to help me better understand what it was that i did.

I'd also like to thank everyone else who tried to help

thanks again.