That's the ticket - and while you're at, download and burn the entire set so you'll always have a copy handy.

You may want to apply all of the drivers on the page.

I agree with Inland.

Well I've gone from bad to worse I was in the process of installing the drivers when machine crashed and now I can't get on even in safe mode so think I am totally screwed. Had to go to an internet cafe to get on as had to chase up an item I've not received from ebay. Sitting at home with no sound is appetising now wish I hadn't messed.
Thanks anyway guys but don't think anyone can help me now if I can't even logon.

I have a feeling this happened because of damage caused by the virus -- or possibly the virus itself is still active. Either that or you have a hardware problem that coincidentally got worse right after you installed the new drivers. This is a bit much to troubleshoot over the Internet -- quite a bit worse than missing audio drivers.

Unless you have another computer at home that can access the Internet, I don't know what to suggest other than to either take the broken one to a repair shop -- or buy a new computer. You don't have a Windows disc to boot from or a way to download and burn diagnostic software from a website, so that doesn't leave much choice.

Well, she could always buy a Windows disc, and reinstall it herself. Honestly though, unless you know what you're doing, please don't do this. You need to go to a repair shop, they can probably reinstall Windows for you somewhat cheap. However, judging by your computer specs, I would seriously consider buying a new computer. Windows XP would probably run alright, but I really don't know if any shops offer XP installations anymore. With only 256MB of RAM, Vista and Windows 7 would run pretty slow.

Except that the Windows CD wouldn't have the specific motherboard drivers. That's why the OEM's always provide them separately.

True, but come on, doesn't everyone know someone with a computer and a burner, who also has access to the internet? Unless you have some obscure MB, it won't take more than 5 minutes to find the drivers.
Anyway, as I said, not an option I'd recommend unless you know a geek.

I had the same thing happen to me and I got a xp disk from E-bay and reformatted my hard drive. I used it on two other computers. I was really surprised how easy it was.
Richard

That's good to know, but didn't you need a separate driver disk for the Motherboard drivers? As InlandAZ pointed out, that's usually necessary for the motherboard specific stuff like network and chipset.

I had the xp disk about three months for my other pc after I put a new harddrive in. I went to the Internet and got directions on how to reformat a hd. I just put the disk in and it booted from the xp disk. last week my other pc wouldn't load win and couldn't start in safe mode. I just put the xp disk in and formatted the hd and it worked perfect. I had to add a driver for my graphic card and my printer. I knew I would have to do that. I didn't do anything to my motherboard Don't know what kind of mother board was in my pc. I think I only paid $30 for the xp disk. I had a dell pc and another off brand that I reformated.
Richard