Start-Windows XP problem

Desktop computer with Windows XP start-up, the unit turns on, displays the Dell logo for two seconds.  Five seconds later displays the following message: Windows is not start because the following file is missing or damaged: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys

You can try to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD.  Select 'r' in the first screen to start repair.

I couldn't go past this message.  Nothing works to remove it except turn off the unit. He reappears on the commissioning group.

If you mean that you see a message like this:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing corrupt:
system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys
You can try to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD.
Select 'r' in the first screen to start repair.
I suspect that your pci.sys file have been deleted or quarantined by antivirus software.   Perhaps it was really distressed, but sometimes some scanning software will remove critical XP system files resulting in a scenario without priming (we'll call it an accident).
It is unlikely that you will need to perform a repair operation despite what shows the message.
Describe your current antivirus and software anti malware situation: McAfee, Norton, Spybot, AVG, Avira!, Defender, ZoneAlarm, PC Tools, MSE, Comodo, etc..
Fortunately, there are multiple copies of the file pci.sys on your HARD disk in other places - just start on something to replace the missing file, then get rid of your afflicted software antiwhatever, consider something more user-friendly, some different scanning software, then difficulty of problems.
If you have a working CD drive, it is easy to replace the file.
First, you must start your system in the Recovery Console XP using an XP bootable installation CD or a bootable CD with the XP Recovery on that Console.  This
isn't it the same as any recovery or system CD which could come with a store bought system.
You can make a bootable XP Recovery Console if you need or that you don't have an XP bootable installation CD authentic.
Once started in the Recovery Console, at the C:\WINDOWS prompt type:
There is a copy of the file pci.sys here:
c:\Windows\System32\dllcache
To replace the missing or suspicious file by using the Recovery Console, you must carefully type in this command at the C:\WINDOWS prompt:
copy c:\windows\system32\dllcache\pci.sys c:\windows\system32\drivers
Answered in the affirmative if invited to replace the existing file and then you should see a message that 1 file (s) has been copied.
If you have a bootable CD to install genuine XP installed and if the CD is drive X, you can extend the file from the CD-ROM i386 folder in your c:\windows\system32\drivers folder by entering this command:
Expand x:\i386\pci.sy_ c:\windows\system32\drivers
Answered in the affirmative if invited to replace the existing file and then you should see a message that 1 file (s) has been expanded.
Remove the CD and enter the command "exit" at the Recovery Console prompt to reboot your system.
Report your results.
If your anti-virus quarantined file, then he is afflicted probably too and you should consider broadening your horizons of antivirus software a bit.  It should not capture on critical XP system files unless they are really distressed.

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