This is the procedure for restoring this file from the XP installation disk. Since you state you don't have the disk then you should have the restore files somewhere on our hard drive, perhaps on a seperate partition of the hard drive. Search your drives for filename: DRIVER.CAB. If located then subsitute the path to it instead of to the installation cd/drive.
File is included with Windows XP. Try extracting the usbsscan.sys file from the XP CD or from the driver.cab file (if stored on local hd)
NOTE : The Windows XP .cab files are stored in the I386 folder on the Windows XP compact disc (CD) or could be on your local hd.
WINDOWS XP SPECIFIC FILE EXTRACTION -
You can extract individual files from the cabinet files to replace missing or corrupted files. To extract information from a .cab file in Windows XP. Insert the Windows XP CD, close all boxes.
1. Click Start-Run
2. Type msconfig press the Enter key
3. Click Expand File
4. In the File to restore box, type the name of the file that you want to restore, eg: usbscan.sys
5. In the Restore from box, type the path to the Windows XP .cab file from which you want to restore the file, or click Browse From to locate the Windows XP .cab file, eg: x\i386\driver.cab (where x represents the drive containing the cab file)
6. In the Save file in box, type the path to which you want the new file extracted to, or click Browse To to locate the destination folder that you want.
7. Click Expand
8. In the System Configuration Utility dialog box, click OK . If you are prompted to restart the computer, click Restart.
usbscan.sys missing in winxp
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