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Yesterday when I got home I found out that I didn't have any sound on my PC.
I tried to connect to the Internet using my dial-up modem but I couldn't
connect. I checked modem diagnostocs and everything was OK with my modem. I
checked the device manager then I noticed an exclamation mark on one of the
audio devices (I don't remember what it was anymore) so I uninstalled it then
restarted my computer. After restarting my PC, it was asking for a driver for
a device called "Unknown". I tried installing the device drivers for my sound
card but that didn't help. Everytime I booted up I was getting the same
"Unknown" driver being asked from me. I went over to the Device Manager again
and disabled "Unknown." But that didn't help. I reinstalled my sound card
(CMI8738/C3DX PCI) and modem (D-Link DFM-562IS) but still couldn't make it
work. I tried reinstalling Windows XP Professional (an upgrade over my
existing Windows XP Professional installation) but that didn't work. When I
did a new installation, it installed Windows XP Pro to my second hard drive,
D:\, and I was able to make both devices work there. But whenever I select
the Windows XP Pro that has been setup on C:\, I can't make them work!
How do I install a new copy of Windows XP Pro to my C:\ drive by just
rewriting all the data that's there and keeping all my programs installed? My
Windows XP Pro CD is just an upgrade CD; it's not a bootable CD that can
perform installation of the software when you let the PC boot via CD-ROM.
I also tried to have my Windows XP repaired, but that didn't work.
I tried to connect to the Internet using my dial-up modem but I couldn't
connect. I checked modem diagnostocs and everything was OK with my modem. I
checked the device manager then I noticed an exclamation mark on one of the
audio devices (I don't remember what it was anymore) so I uninstalled it then
restarted my computer. After restarting my PC, it was asking for a driver for
a device called "Unknown". I tried installing the device drivers for my sound
card but that didn't help. Everytime I booted up I was getting the same
"Unknown" driver being asked from me. I went over to the Device Manager again
and disabled "Unknown." But that didn't help. I reinstalled my sound card
(CMI8738/C3DX PCI) and modem (D-Link DFM-562IS) but still couldn't make it
work. I tried reinstalling Windows XP Professional (an upgrade over my
existing Windows XP Professional installation) but that didn't work. When I
did a new installation, it installed Windows XP Pro to my second hard drive,
D:\, and I was able to make both devices work there. But whenever I select
the Windows XP Pro that has been setup on C:\, I can't make them work!
How do I install a new copy of Windows XP Pro to my C:\ drive by just
rewriting all the data that's there and keeping all my programs installed? My
Windows XP Pro CD is just an upgrade CD; it's not a bootable CD that can
perform installation of the software when you let the PC boot via CD-ROM.
I also tried to have my Windows XP repaired, but that didn't work.