| As others have mentioned, if you can determine your mobo manufacturer and model, they should have a page with all drivers available. Download as many of these in advance that you can locate. If nou sure about specifics, use Device Manager (or whatever it's called in Vista) to narrow the driver search. If in doubt, get all of em and sort it out after the fact - remember, you may not have any network connectivity so you won't be able to download unless you have other computer access.
Then backup your data to removable media of some sort.
Then install XP fresh. It should boot with a minimal driver set, which will give you basic video and navigation. Then open Device Manager, look for the YELLOW alerts, and install the drivers needed. Probably PCI bridge, IDE/ATAPI, Video, Network, USB.
Good luck!
__________________
~8^)
The enemy isn't liberalism or conservatism, the enemy is bullshit -- Lars-Erik Nelson
Now, when there's no longer surface noise and you actually have the ability to have the most extraordinary dynamic range, people aren't using it -- T-Bone Burnett
The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them -- Albert Einstein
I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white -- Frank Zappa
|