Lost sound when formated HD and installed XP Pro

[Chris]

i lost the sound to my computer and i dont know how to get
it back i formated my HD and installed XP pro and now i
dont have sound PLEASE help me~!

 

[JohnS50718]

i lost the sound to my computer and i dont know how to get

it back i formated my HD and installed XP pro and now i
dont have sound PLEASE help me~!

Have you been to your soundcard supplier's website to find and download XP
compatible drivers? I assume you ran the compatibility wizard before you
installed XP so that should have told you whether your soundcard was supported
in XP.

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[Chris]

-----Original Message-----

Have you been to your soundcard supplier's website to find and download XP
compatible drivers? I assume you ran the compatibility wizard before you
installed XP so that should have told you whether your soundcard was supported
in XP.

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***
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my orginal OS was XP home i just formated it cause i
bought a Compaq and like i didnt want the other software
that they had it slowed the computer down soo i formated
it and installed XP pro i dont know?

 

[Malke]

my orginal OS was XP home i just formated it cause i
bought a Compaq and like i didnt want the other software
that they had it slowed the computer down soo i formated
it and installed XP pro i dont know?

You have to download and install drivers for all the hardware. XP has a
lot of drivers built in, but certainly not for everything. Your Compaq
came with everything preinstalled which is why it worked before! Check
under Device Manager for all your devices - the ones that aren't
working properly need drivers. Compaq should have drivers on one of its
restore disks you got with the machine.

Malke