1. Windows Xp User Folder Location

How to extract a system file from the Windows XP CD-ROM? There are situations where you need to expand a DLL file or any other system file from the Windows XP CD-ROM, in order to replace a corrupt or missing file in the system. Here are the instructions to expand a file from the source CD. Note: If you have a Service Pack installed, you need to extract the latest copy of the DLL. Your base Windows XP CD (without any Service Packs included) will not help if you already have a Service Pack installed in your system. Therefore, make sure that you're extracting the system file from a slipstreamed Windows XP CD-ROM (SP2 integration), or get the updated files from%Windir% ServicePackFiles i386 folder.

Extracting a file from Windows XP CD-ROM Insert your Windows XP CD-ROM into the drive. Click Start, Run and type CMD.EXE. Use the Expand command. Here are some examples - to expand a file from the CD: Example 1 expand X: i386 sysoc.in -r c: windows inf.

Windows Xp User Folder Location

Nov 4, 2005 - I'm helping my brother to troubleshoot infections on his HP Pavillion running XP SP2 Home Edition, and the various i386 folders are causing very long scan times. Some files appear to be duplicates. Don't have a complete list now, but folders include C: I386, C: windows i386, C: windows Service Pack.