britfin

After a friend of mine set up Pinnacle studio 9 on my machine all of my media files stopped working properly. I tried to play a file I would get an error message, after that a drwatson error message. Then the machine would freeze. I couldn't delete or right click any files. I then installed a new HD, installed the os and other software. Still I cannot play media files, music skips and video (divx/xvid) freezes after about 30 seconds. I tried formatting the hard drives but still the problem persists. I have downloaded all of the codecs I can think of. Installed VLC media player, Divx player and upated the Microsoft media player to v10. I have run out of idea's.

What can I do?
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MSI KT3 Ultra aru
Athlon xp2200
DDR 512
ATI 8500dv AIW video card
2 x 160gb Maxtor Hard drives
SB LIve sound card
Windows XP pro