[pchelpers] Re: reinstalling Windows 2000

Thanks, Scott, for these great tips; someone should add these to your 
HelpDesk:

> Next time, grab a copy of Driver Magician, and use it to save the
> drivers before wiping the system.

> Keep trying different drivers until you find one that works; it can't
> hurt you any, since worst case, just install Windows again.
> 
> Note that sometimes, the driver that they swear is the one that you
> need doesn't work.
> 
> There's also SiSoft Sandra, which does hardware detection also.
> 
> You might want to download and run DriverGuide Toolkit; supposedly it
> can hit the DriverGuide website to find the driver best suited for the
> hardware that it detects.

I got everything running after discovering that the BIOS version had 
info about the computer model version that msinfo32 and even Belarc and 
Everest didn't.


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