New Install Images + CSS not loading/displaying please help

[eluser]kreynol7[/eluser]
Help i've tried all of these paths to get my images and css to display.
I've also tried older installs of CI.
I autoloaded 'url','html'
Routes calling welcome controller which is loading index.php
ITS A SUPER NEW FRESH INSTALL, BUT THE DAMN PATHS DONT LOAD SHIT...im getting depressed, i've worked with CI before and never had any problems like this

Code:

<img src="&lt;?php echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'ci/application/images/jake_1.jpg'; ?&gt;">
&lt;?php echo link_tag('application/css/master.css'); ?&gt;
<img src="&lt;?php echo base_url();?&gt;application/images/logo.png">
<img src="&lt;?php echo base_url();?&gt;images/logo.png">
<img src="images/jake_1.jpg" width="440" height="330">
<img src="C:/xampp/htdocs/ci/application/images/jake_1.jpg">

CODE DISPLAYED IN MY BROWSER IS

Code:

<link href="http://localhost/ci/application/css/master.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<a href="index.html"><img src="http://localhost/ci/application/images/logo.png"></a>

MY FILE STRUCTURE IS... im using CI newest version 2.0.1
-htdocs
-ci
-application
-cache
-config
-controllers
-core
-css
-errors
-helpers
-hooks
-iepngfix
-images
-lang,libraries,logs,models,third-party
-views
.htaccess
index.html
-system

I REITERATE --- NOTHING IS DISPLAYING MY IMAGES