This is my first time posting to the forum. I hope someone can help.

My wife's Emachine T1742 will not boot. Windows XP can not load because the following file is missing or corrupted: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys

I retrieved a lot of useful info on the internet regarding how to solve the problem. However, I can get none of the soultions to work. After wasting a lot of time with Emachines Tech Support I found from my wife that the CD Rom has not been working.

So now I can not use the Restore CD for example. Can anyone tell me how I can trouble shoot the CD Rom in light of the fact that I can not boot the machine?

Thanks so much,
GAL