I am trying to help one of my co-workers with his computer restore.

First, his oringal recovery disk is very, very scratched and it hangs up and will not continue so, I come home this morning and copied his disk to make a new one. It took a long time but, I finally it copied by Nero 8. Funny thing is, throught-out the coping it was giving me errors but, in the end it said "copying successful."

So, I inserted the copy verison and it said "copying files complete now it restart to start XP." Well, when I do nothing happens. I then restart hit F5 to select start up and I first select safe mode ..nothing. Then I restart hit F5 again select "last know good configureation" and I get this message "can't start windows missing \WINDOWS\system32\\config\system."

Any thoughts guys?

eMachine will probably send you a new CD for a minimal price.

You could also try a Microsoft CD of the same version of XP however this might conflict with any eMachine proprietary settings.

I have bought copy of XP Pro 32bit OS. I have restored 2 other co-workers Emachines. This one I am trying to fix is about 4 to 5 years old so, I would think his warrenty isn't good. Would the XP I have works with his sound, video..et?

The drivers should be on the eMachine site posted above depending on the model.

As to a replacement CD (if necessary) I doubt that a warranty is needed.

With a valid model # they'd probably send one at some minimal cost.

Yea, here is what is on the site:

Media Reader
Video
Network
Audio
Modem

That should cover it.

Don't know what the media reader is.

Again if there was any proprietary software on the eMachine CD it obviously will not be on a Microsoft disc.

Gotcha Jephree. Again thanks bro I really appericate your help

No problem. Let us know how it goes.

Everything is good minus this Jephree..

I have yellow ? on PCI controllers and USB controller

Emachines Mode is this: desktop/T6412 can u see if you can help me get the drivers? Also, where do I look for those on the recovery disk? Thanks

Do the USB ports work?

See what CPU_Z lists for the Mainboard > Manufacturer & Model.

As to the disk I don't know. Usually there is a separate driver CD. You can Open the CD and look around for drivers particular to eMachine.