Can I bypass XP lon on screen

[Guest]

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.

 

[peter]

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

 

[AJR]

Suggestion ' access BIOS setup and verify USB is enabled.

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Guest]

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