Sound Card does not install.

[krop]

Hi.
I can't install my Sound Blaster Audigy X-Fi.

Asembeled Xp Professional
service Pack 3
Amd Athlon (tm) XP + 2400
1.99 GHz, 496Mb Ram

After a massive virus attack I somehow succeded in formating and reinstaling my PC.
Added Antivir free anti virus + Online Armor free firewall.

Have coppied old Drivers found in an old folder dedicated to this particular PC that for many years worked on a SoundBlaster Audio Card since its own one burned.

This time I cannot reinstall the SoundBlaster Card.
When I boot the computer the following sign comes up:
"GetDriveLayOut:CreatFile failed!"

Than the PC recognizes the new hardware but in some points it REBOOTS itself without installing the right drivers. I've found the following instructions of SoundBlaster assistent site thanks to your site:
Disinstalling and reinstalling the drivers connected to SoundBlaster in:


    1.   Click Start,  Control Panel, and then double-click Administrative Tools, double-click Computer Management, and then click Device Manager.
   2. Double-click the type of device, for example, Sound, Video and Gamer Controllers, that you want to uninstall.
   3. Right-click the specific device (for example, Sound Blaster X-Fi) you want to uninstall, and then click Uninstall.
   4. In the Confirm Device Removal dialog box, select the Delete the driver software for this device option and then click OK.
   5. Restart the computer
   6. When you are done uninstalling the device, remove it from the computer if desired.

If you have a Sound Blaster installation CD-ROM disk (Windows Vista edition), you can manually uninstall the Sound Blaster drivers by running its SETUP.EXE.

To do so, insert the installation CD-ROM disk. Close the Installation/SETUP wizard if the CD-ROM autoruns. Browse the CD-ROM disk, open \Vista\Audio\Drivers, and double click on the SETUP.EXE file.

still reboots it self.
Any suggestions???

Thankyou!!!

[Aegis]

You might try removing the physical hardware, and then uninstalling the driver.  Have you downloaded the correct driver for the card?

[krop]

I followed the option of uninstalling and than reinstalling all drivers with a special function in the original CD. but with the hardware inside.

I feel there are some other drivers that gets in conflict with it. could it be?

In "controller audio, video, games" the multimedial audio control" (translation from Italian XP) has the yellow sign...

[Aegis]

Yes, that does seem like a conflict.

[krop]

any way to descover and clean potential drivers in conflict?
the drivers I've installed are:

2K&XP&2003&Vista_32bit_WHQL
VIAPro
motherboard_driver_chipset_via_hypro( M:\drivers\Driver Biostar M7VBA)
motherboard_driver_audio_realtek_whql
motherboard_driver_lan_realtek8201
motherboard_driver_raid_via_8237_win200 3
motherboard_driver_vga_via_8vm800m775_2 kxp
Windows_V-RAID_V570A
KM400_16942416_XP_wIShld_logod

I guess I asagerated...that's the drivers i've found on the folder prepared years ago by a PC expert...

What should I do?

[Aegis]

motherboard_driver_audio_realtek_whql

This should be the driver for the "onboard" or built-in sound on the motherboard.  I'm thinking that the on-board sound device should be disabled, anyway. 

I'm trying to think of how to remove all the conflicting drivers, so we can just reinstall the ones you need.

[krop]

I think you are right. but for years I have used only soundblaster since motherboard sound didn't work even with it's driver (C-Media AC97).
in any case this driver which i reinstalled shows itself as a program, I can easily take it out, but it doesn't change.
Now the soundblaster hardware is out. I'll try to insert it and to reinstall it after taking out the motherboard driver and we'll see.
I'll let you know...
Thankyou

[Aegis]

OK.

Some XP based drivers want you to install the drivers before you install the hardware.

I haven't been a whole lot of help, here.

[krop]

made a big step but still without success:

In the "Multimedia controller drivers"
trying to look for the drivers.
Goes directly to CD SoundBlaster.
while copying files it tels me that two dll and tmp files have the same destination and whether I want to change destination. I chose "NO".

Than it looks for two specific files that are probably instaled in wrong places:
CtDvInst.dll which I find in System32
 
ctoss2k.sys which is in System32\drivers.

everything gets to the end but than there is an error.

Any explenation to this strange thing???

Thank you and sorry for the time I take from you!

[Aegis]

All right...bear with me...I'll have to do some reading...I'm also hoping someone else may come along to help, too.

No need to apologize -- we'll see if we can get this corrected.

[krop]

RESOLVED!

got UNIBLUE DRIVERSCANNER 2009

It found the meesing drivers including the one for the Multimedia (which was too difficult to get from the CD). It installed it and Voila!

You have been very helpful in my research and I learned a lot from this struggle, in the end, a good investment in something i like...

All the best and again thankyou for your time!!!

[Aegis]

Very nice!  Glad you found a solution and that it worked for you!