Just on this point...
I also formatted my comp last night, but have lost all my cds for the drivers. I have found most of what i need, but how the hell do i figure out what GFX card i have so i can install the driver for that??
ok here's what you do. open a command prompt. go to Start> Run> and type in lower case
cmd and press enter.
you should get something like this C:\doucme~nts\username>
then type in the word
debug in lower case and press enter.
you should now see a dash
-.
now type in
d C000:0010 and press enter.
you should get something like this.
C000:0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-3C 01 00 00 00 00 49 42 ........<.....IB
C000:0020 4D 00 16 7A 00 69 F7 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 M..z.i..........
C000:0030 20 37 36 31 32 39 35 35-32 30 FF FF 29 63 C2 DE
now type in the letter
d and press enter. do this step 3x or 4x.
until you get something like this.
C000:00C0 63 70 71 2E 30 32 33 20-36 20 00 4D 41 43 48 36
ATI Radeon 9200.
C000:00D0 34 47 56 50 43 49 4D 54-53 44 55 3F 00 00 4A 00 4GVPCIMTSDU?..J.
C000:00E0 00 A0 03 60 EC 02 00 00-00 19 0F 80 04 04 04 04 ...`............
C000:00F0 E4 07 83 00 CB 00 00 03-FF FC 00 10 FF EF CE 01 ................
C000:0100 CE 03 00 00 00 00 FF FF-00 00 00 B0 FF FF FF 4F ...............O
in this example the video card is ATI Radeon 9200.
good luck.