I did a complete repair of my OS after i had some issues with my internet connectivity(was the last option i had) and it went on well until i started playing some audio and video files (The same files which worked pretty well minutes before the dreaded repair)..... The files still open and play without any glitches but the audio part has its volume going up and down ...... I rule out any virus attack coz i did a complete virus scan(i use Avg 8: updated daily) of my whole computer before repairing just to make sure that the connectivity thing wasnt due to some virus...... i did some tests with mp3val, FSMp3fix and found out that abt 80% of my songs are corrupt ..... I even reinstalled the audio driver, the codecs, but nothing seems to work... I even tried playing the songs with other applications but still the same problem... I am dumbfounded....... how can that be ....Can a successful repair coz any existent data to corupt.....Not too sure.. Do i need to reinstall my OS ...... Heck i dont wanna go through that... Thanks in advance. Regards, Rahul

I find it hard to accept the fact that multiple files have been corrupted. I think it would be much more likely that it's a hardware or software playback problem. Try some of the 'corrupted(?)' files on another system. Are you playing from a hard drive or CDs and does it fail on both? TWIMC NTVDM = NT, Win2K and WinXP Virtual DOS Manager http://kb.iu.edu/data

Thanks a tonne aegis1 ...... i managed to solve the problem..... it was a sound card driver issue ... after ur suggestion i did play some of these files on my friends comp and they played just fine .... after some hours of sound card troubleshooting i did finally crack the darned puzzle .....all i had to do was update my outdated sound card driver .... feels great .... thanks again.... god bless.