My son managed to pull our desktop case of the desk and it hit the ground
with a thud. The gfx card was damaged and after being replaced it appeared
OK, but I cannot get the USB devices to work once windows has loaded, to add
to the frustration I get prompted for my log in pass word but cannot access
it because I have no mouse or keyboards functions. The pc has no PS2
connectors, I've tried a serial mouse/keyboard and a paralell one but to no
avail. It appears that the usb drives are corrupted, I can access the drive
as a slave unit ivia the family pc and would appreciate any info on replacing
the usb drivers via this route. I also tried the system recovery procedure
but it wont accept the administrator password which was set as "patrick".The
motherboard is functioning OK as I installed XP on a smaller hard drive I had
lying about and the USB functioned OK. I really don't want to have to format
the drive and reinstall, any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
The skip rat

PS: USB functions ok before the XP splash screen.

You might need to do a "repair" installation
which would keep all of your settings and files intact
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
peter

--
"Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others."
"Skip Rat" <Skip (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:122CD7DB-0AA4-4D27-9057-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My son managed to pull our desktop case of the desk and it hit the ground
> with a thud. The gfx card was damaged and after being replaced it appeared
> OK, but I cannot get the USB devices to work once windows has loaded, to
> add
> to the frustration I get prompted for my log in pass word but cannot
> access
> it because I have no mouse or keyboards functions. The pc has no PS2
> connectors, I've tried a serial mouse/keyboard and a paralell one but to
> no
> avail. It appears that the usb drives are corrupted, I can access the
> drive
> as a slave unit ivia the family pc and would appreciate any info on
> replacing
> the usb drivers via this route. I also tried the system recovery procedure
> but it wont accept the administrator password which was set as
> "patrick".The
> motherboard is functioning OK as I installed XP on a smaller hard drive I
> had
> lying about and the USB functioned OK. I really don't want to have to
> format
> the drive and reinstall, any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
> The skip rat
>
> PS: USB functions ok before the XP splash screen.
>

Suggestion ' access BIOS setup and verify USB is enabled.

"Skip Rat" <Skip (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:122CD7DB-0AA4-4D27-9057-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My son managed to pull our desktop case of the desk and it hit the ground
> with a thud. The gfx card was damaged and after being replaced it appeared
> OK, but I cannot get the USB devices to work once windows has loaded, to
> add
> to the frustration I get prompted for my log in pass word but cannot
> access
> it because I have no mouse or keyboards functions. The pc has no PS2
> connectors, I've tried a serial mouse/keyboard and a paralell one but to
> no
> avail. It appears that the usb drives are corrupted, I can access the
> drive
> as a slave unit ivia the family pc and would appreciate any info on
> replacing
> the usb drivers via this route. I also tried the system recovery procedure
> but it wont accept the administrator password which was set as
> "patrick".The
> motherboard is functioning OK as I installed XP on a smaller hard drive I
> had
> lying about and the USB functioned OK. I really don't want to have to
> format
> the drive and reinstall, any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
> The skip rat
>
> PS: USB functions ok before the XP splash screen.
>

Sorry AJR, forgot to menton that the BIOS settings are correct, I've also
cleared the CMOS and tried running with failsafe settings but it make no
difference.


"AJR" wrote:

> Suggestion ' access BIOS setup and verify USB is enabled.
>
> "Skip Rat" <Skip (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:122CD7DB-0AA4-4D27-9057-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My son managed to pull our desktop case of the desk and it hit the ground
> > with a thud. The gfx card was damaged and after being replaced it appeared
> > OK, but I cannot get the USB devices to work once windows has loaded, to
> > add
> > to the frustration I get prompted for my log in pass word but cannot
> > access
> > it because I have no mouse or keyboards functions. The pc has no PS2
> > connectors, I've tried a serial mouse/keyboard and a paralell one but to
> > no
> > avail. It appears that the usb drives are corrupted, I can access the
> > drive
> > as a slave unit ivia the family pc and would appreciate any info on
> > replacing
> > the usb drivers via this route. I also tried the system recovery procedure
> > but it wont accept the administrator password which was set as
> > "patrick".The
> > motherboard is functioning OK as I installed XP on a smaller hard drive I
> > had
> > lying about and the USB functioned OK. I really don't want to have to
> > format
> > the drive and reinstall, any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
> > The skip rat
> >
> > PS: USB functions ok before the XP splash screen.
> >
>
>
>

Thank you Peter, I'm giving it a try this afternoon, as soon as I've backed
up my documents.
I'll let you know the outcome.
Regrads
Skip rat

"peter" wrote:

> You might need to do a "repair" installation
> which would keep all of your settings and files intact
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
> peter
>
> --
> "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others."
> "Skip Rat" <Skip (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:122CD7DB-0AA4-4D27-9057-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My son managed to pull our desktop case of the desk and it hit the ground
> > with a thud. The gfx card was damaged and after being replaced it appeared
> > OK, but I cannot get the USB devices to work once windows has loaded, to
> > add
> > to the frustration I get prompted for my log in pass word but cannot
> > access
> > it because I have no mouse or keyboards functions. The pc has no PS2
> > connectors, I've tried a serial mouse/keyboard and a paralell one but to
> > no
> > avail. It appears that the usb drives are corrupted, I can access the
> > drive
> > as a slave unit ivia the family pc and would appreciate any info on
> > replacing
> > the usb drivers via this route. I also tried the system recovery procedure
> > but it wont accept the administrator password which was set as
> > "patrick".The
> > motherboard is functioning OK as I installed XP on a smaller hard drive I
> > had
> > lying about and the USB functioned OK. I really don't want to have to
> > format
> > the drive and reinstall, any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
> > The skip rat
> >
> > PS: USB functions ok before the XP splash screen.
> >
>
>
>