that was exactly what i tried to say, but unless i tried adding the entries, like: files are not copied to the correct directories. please can you take me on the right path? I think you have to add a lot more than just sys files to dosnet.inf. You have to add all the INF, DLL, etc files that come with the drivers as well. My personal thoughts on the matter are that if you launch setup using winnt32.exe (instead of booting off the XP CD), you're better off manually adding your drivers. As far as I'm aware, dosnet.inf is considerably more difficult to set up than txtsetup.sif, and I can't say I blame Bashrat for leaving it out (I took it out of the pack for the same reason - it's just too much trouble for the small minority of people who actually use it).