Reinstall Windows standard drivers after nlite removal

[Kound]

Hi,

my notebook runs under Windows XP installed from an nlite CD.

I bought a new Digicam which needs the standard Windows PTP driver to run and thats the Problem: I not included these into my nlite CD. But my windows runs for one year and I didn`t want to reinstall it.

Have you any idea How to include the drivers in my running Windows XP?

An update/repair does work, because my CD is SP2 and I installed SP3.

I already tested to just overwrite the windows drivers.cab with the original one, but it didn't work.

Any Ideas?

Would be great to get my Digi Cam worked.

[Kound]

I got the answer.

[Ascii2]

I got the answer.

Would you please state what it is?

[Kound]

You have to copy the driver from the original Install Disk to your current Windows.

But It isn`t as easy as it sounds.

First you have to unpack all *.inf.

Copy all *.IN_ Files of the I386 of your Windows CD to your harddisk and unzip it using 7zip

7z e *.IN_

This will also extract *.ini Files and some *.inf Files which belongs to other parts of windows and arn`t driver.

Delete this Files, which arn`t dirvers!

Now copy all left Files to <YOUR WINDIR>\inf\ but don`t overwrite a file!

After this you have to update thedrvindex.inf File in your Windows Folder with the original CD ones.

But be carefull, SP3 changes the File, don`t manipulate this Settings, which pointing to sp3.cab!

Last but not least you have to replace the driver.cab (Driver Cache\i386) with the original one and unpack it to system32\drivers.

That`s it!

This is just a fast Workaround. Make Backups of Files you overwrite! After this, all original Windows XP drivers are "installed" again.

[Ascii2]

I would have thought renaming files after expanding their compressed form would have been necessary.

[Kound]

No I am sure, that they named correct, when unpacked.

I think they just named as .XX_ to difference it from to unpacked form. But they packed with the real name.