Additional to my last message:
If you have another running XP system with at least SP1,
a "full install" WinXP CD, and a CD burner, you could make
a BartPE boot disk and use it to skip all the hardware switching...
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
Good luck, Rick Glazier
From: "Stan & Brenda"
using a windows 98 boot disk, I was going to try to
save a couple of their files they didn't have backed up.
My guess is that they are all gone. Am I right?
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