Nec-Restore

Hi. To preface my question, let me just say that I've hardly ever posted in forums, so I apologize in advance if I do something wrong in the course of this posting.

I was recently tasked with fixing a client's NEC machine. She'd had a friend reinstall Windows XP for her, and the friend didn't save the drivers from the previous incarnation of XP. The NEC website has a minimal list of drivers and lacks important things like drivers for audio and video controllers.

The computer still has, as far as I can tell, its NEC-RESTORE partition intact as the third partition after Windows (C:\) and a virus-riddled-but-now-hopefully-cleaned-up data partition (D:\). I was hoping that restore function would restore all the drivers as restore functions are wont to do, but I have no idea how to actually access that particular function. There are no prompts before the bootscreen, and, obviously, no NEC-written executables on the C:\ drive that accesses such a restore function.

She's also lost her manual, and an Internet search didn't turn up anything more than "What's this En-Ee-See Restore thingie? CAN I DELETE IT? Pleeeease?" So the grand question:

How does one go about using the NEC-Restore function?

Thanks in advance,
-Terry

 

The computer is an NEC PC-VL570BD desktop. Hiren's 'Unknown Devices' told me that, among other things, the audio controller is an "Intel 82830M/MG/MP SDRAM Controller / Host-hub Interface (A6-step) ". The problem I had searching for the driver itself is the only mention I found of an 82830 was a video controller, and that was on the Intel website. I pretty much gave up there, and didn't even attempt to search for the other three missing drivers. I must admit, I'm not entirely up-to-date with (Intel's) hardware technologies, so I have no idea if the 82830 is a chipset or both an audio and video controller or if that Hiren program completely messed up its IDing the audio controller.

Any NEC owners? with manuals? *begs*

 

Yeah I can read Japanese. I'm crazy like that. >.<

I'm actually a software person. I know about |---| yay much about hardware. That 121ware.com page says that the 'soundchip' is an ADI 1981B. The nearest thing to an "82830" I could find was the 'chipset', Intel's 82915GV/82801FB. I have no bloody idea what that means.


Help?

 

I will try those two. The computer's not actually in my local possession, so it might be a little while until we figure out if they work or not. The other two unknown devices are, upon closer inspection, rather easy to find drivers for. I should've calmed down when I was in the spotlight with the audio/video stuff.

Thanks!