As far as the specific drivers, etc for the programmes you may have a chance
downloading the ones specifically for each device the client is using.
Meaning you will require the exact model number of all the devices that your
client is using. Most of the company web sites will allow downloads of the
drivers, inclusive of the OCR drives for the flatbed scanners. It is a time
consuming and sometimes aggravating procedure because you may need to test
each with the operable system to confirm that indeed they are the
appropriate drivers. Been there_done that too many times and I do agree it
is a RPIA when these things get FUBARD in this manner!! Lots of luck and
patience.
"JURB6006" wrote in message
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Thanks again thus far;

HTH suggested being administrator on the new OS and forcing my my into the
files. I have done this and copied everything worth having to another
drive.
I've done this completely from a clone, so the original OS is still
untouched.

The most important thing was to sake the guy's files, that being done, now
I'd
like to repair the original OS because the dude violated my prime
directive of
"DO NOT LOSE THOSE DISKS" and further reading has awoken me to the
possibility
of losing accounts. Even if the private files are lost on this drive, we
still
got big driver issues, burning and ripping software etc.

Someone mentioned a set of Linux floppies that can reset the admin
password.
Whatever the repair process does, it can't be worse than what I got. EZCD
6 is
not likely to install from a HD, and there are countless other things.

Does anyone know where to get these disks ? I've Googled but ran into a
few
garden paths. Does anyone have a direct link already that will actually
work ?
If so I'd appreciate it if they dropped it in here.

Thanks again and don't worry, I won't probably be back with this type of
problem, I intend to explore every avenue available to protect PCs that I
build. This one is going to be repleat with user accounts, one for each
member
of the family. When I get through, the security is going to be tighter
than a
gnat's ass stretched over a 55 gallon drum.

A quick link to get those disks would be greatly appreciated. Actually,
now
that I think of it, I should try to get it on P2P, but of course can I
trust it
?

JURB