"Clive" <clive.elsworth@takeoutonetel.net> wrote in message
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> The missing file is _15780_RTL_x86_enu_NETCF_v2.0.cab
>
> (This install is from an MSDN DVD disk.)
>
> Any idea where I can download the file from?
>
> Any help much appreciated
>
> Clive (London UK)
>

"PvdG42" <pvdg@toadstool.edu> wrote in message
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> "Clive" <clive.elsworth@takeoutonetel.net> wrote in message
> news:%23Ka54mL4HHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> The missing file is _15780_RTL_x86_enu_NETCF_v2.0.cab
>>
>> (This install is from an MSDN DVD disk.)
>>
>> Any idea where I can download the file from?
>>
>> Any help much appreciated
>>
>> Clive (London UK)
>>
> If this was a download...
>
> Have you verified the integrity of your downloaded image by checking the
> SHA-1 against the value on the download page?
> If not, do so. Then, after verification, reburn at the slowest speed
> available through your burn software.
>
> If it was not a download, or after doing the above if it was, check for
> firmware updates for your optical drive. Certain brands/models have been
> problematical with old firmware.
>
> Did you check the contents of the vs folder on your DVD to see if it's
> there. It is present on mine.
>
> Usually missing file error messages from an installer indicate a drive or
> medium problem, and acquiring the cited file will just result in ensuing
> error messages alleging that additional files are "missing".
>

"Clive" <clive.elsworth@takeoutonetel.net> wrote in message
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> Many thanks for that.
>
> The file turned out to be in the Disk2 folder so I moved it to the Disk1
> folder. (And then had to do the same for many others)
>
> I was doing the whole thing from a series of folders on hard disk that
> were an exact image of what was on the DVD.
>
> It had previous failed to install direct from the DVD disk because a
> message had come up asking me to insert Disk2, and of course there was no
> Disk2 because Disk1 and Disk2 are just folders on the DVD. Perhaps what
> confused it might have been that my hard disk has 2 partitions - C and D
> and so the DVD was drive E??
>
> Anyway VS 2005 is now installed so I'm happy.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Clive
>