Why is Joomla based website that was copied off of live server into localhost not showing pictures and throwing 404 error?

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Published on 2011-05-03T16:32:53Z Indexed on 2011/06/23 8:30 UTC
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I have copied Joomla based website via FTP onto my machine and I am trying to make it run on my localhost which is provided by the latest version of XAMPP. I have exported and imported the DB with no problems. I have placed all the files and folders into htdocs folder but when I go to localhost/examplesite all I get is the text that is on the front page but no pictures and it displays 404 Error. Do I need to make changes to .htaccess? If so, can some one point me to the right direction? Thanks

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