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Somebody formatted the operating system and now my sound is gone...Although it was working before..help me out here....

just do system restore click on start--accessories--systemtools then system restore. restore it to the day u did not delete it or the day it worked.

your sound driver is gone when you have formated.

When you have re-installed your XP ( i presume, the sound is not installed, XP does not come with the sound driver.

to find out if the driver is missing go to
start ==> control panel==> administration tools==> computer management==> and click on device manager.
they will be a yellow exclamation mark or a yellow question mark on sound, video and game controller.

you need to get the CD that came with your pc originally and rigth click on the yellow mark and install driver from the cd location.

If you have lost the cd, then go to the website of your computer manufacturer and download from there

Chances r u've gone deaf

Advo..didn't work...


DJ...the thing is the operating system used to be Vista then suddenly cousin of mine deleted and XP was installed..as a result of that sound was lost...I've gone to the Control panel and it says "No Audio Device"...I'll try your step of downloading from their website...

Go to troubleshoot and use its search engine to locate the problem.

Is your computer a brand name?
If so, try to put the model # in Google or go to the manufacturer's website & search for your model's sound card driver & install it.


Windows XP should detect most common soundcards. If it doesn't you'll need to provide some more info.

right-click on my computer
-click on manage
-click on device manager (to the left)
on to the right handside look for category called OTHER DEVICES
anything that is listed under OTHER DEVICE is hardware that needs drivers. So look for ur audio there.
-right-click on the audio then select UPDATE DRIVER
-click next and next and hope that it'll find it. otherwise u'll need a drivers cd.

what kinds of computer do you have kumpali?

For instance, I have HP and when my sound was gone (same problem as yours), I got the audio drivers that I was looking for from hp websites.

Gedoboy I'm just stuck on that step...can't find anything on Intel website apart from one that's not working..
Gatsby...not working...
Advo.. this computer is Intel celeron-D....I tried downloading something and when it finished it says "No audio device"..strangeeeeeeeeeeeee

how many things do u have under Other Devices

PCI device...
Usb controller
Unknown device
Video controller



The volume control panel is not even popping up... "There are noa ctive mixer devices available""" urgggh...I'll just give up on this sht...

wow, its probably the UNKNOWN DEVICE but ur have video card drivers missing as well. Whos the manufacturer

Kambulie, Go to this link and follow all these instruction. I am sure You will get it good. Try to click on ' I changed my window and I can't hear sond' and follow the instruction


http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Window ... 21033.mspx