Install Hardware Wizard not working

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I hope that someone can help. The hardware install wizard does not seem to be
working properly (only found out when I went to add something - not sure when
it went pearshaped). It detects new hardware but can't find the drivers to
install - both ones which should be included in XP and ones on a cd. I have
been able to hack around with ones on a cd to get it to install, but I am
clueless as to how to do this for the drivers which should be there already.
Is there any way of repairing this facility from the XP cd? I can't back
everything up until I can get an external hard drive installed - and I can't
do that until I have fixed this problem! I really could do with some advice.
Please don't get too techie with me!
 
What are you installing? and don't get techie with me!


"lilelvis" <lilelvis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A6CAB84F-BEF9-4B9E-AFF1-C079EE1A9486@microsoft.com...
>I hope that someone can help. The hardware install wizard does not seem to
>be
> working properly (only found out when I went to add something - not sure
> when
> it went pearshaped). It detects new hardware but can't find the drivers to
> install - both ones which should be included in XP and ones on a cd. I
> have
> been able to hack around with ones on a cd to get it to install, but I am
> clueless as to how to do this for the drivers which should be there
> already.
> Is there any way of repairing this facility from the XP cd? I can't back
> everything up until I can get an external hard drive installed - and I
> can't
> do that until I have fixed this problem! I really could do with some
> advice.
> Please don't get too techie with me!
 
I was installing an iomega 2.0 usb hard drive - but it gets worse! On Friday
I accidentally unplugged my dell usb keyboard and now it won't recognse that
- even when i point it to the drivers file in windows/system 32 or the
windows xp os disc in the cd drive.

Fortunately I have a laptop too but it is driving me nuts! I recently
installed windows office 2007, but I don't know if this is connected to the
problem. I have tried to recover back to an earlier point, but the stupid
thing keeps telling me that there have been no changes - even though I have
installed and uninstalled a couple of pieces of software. I am seriously
pissed off as I have loads of video and pictures that I am now going to have
extreme difficulty getting off the machine and I have never had to go back
and reinstall an operating system before.

"needlove" wrote:

> What are you installing? and don't get techie with me!
>
>
> "lilelvis" <lilelvis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A6CAB84F-BEF9-4B9E-AFF1-C079EE1A9486@microsoft.com...
> >I hope that someone can help. The hardware install wizard does not seem to
> >be
> > working properly (only found out when I went to add something - not sure
> > when
> > it went pearshaped). It detects new hardware but can't find the drivers to
> > install - both ones which should be included in XP and ones on a cd. I
> > have
> > been able to hack around with ones on a cd to get it to install, but I am
> > clueless as to how to do this for the drivers which should be there
> > already.
> > Is there any way of repairing this facility from the XP cd? I can't back
> > everything up until I can get an external hard drive installed - and I
> > can't
> > do that until I have fixed this problem! I really could do with some
> > advice.
> > Please don't get too techie with me!
>
>
>
 
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