no sound after win 8 install

[notfes]

just installed win 8 (clean install) and guess wot its got more bugs than a whores bed.i have lost all sound and cant reinstall xp becouse win 8 does not down grade at all after it takes over your system.and now he has put the price up (to fund his charitable causes) why o why did i do it

[tinstaafl]

the sound problem is probably about drivers. Try the sound card manufacturer's web site and see if they've got win 8 drivers.

If you upgraded directly from XP to win 8 the bugginess probably comes from your system being too old for win 8 to handle. My experience has been that anytime a new windows comes out backward compatibility only goes back 1 maybe 2 versions, anything more and you're better off with either an intermediate version or keeping your original version.

A large usb stick to backup any data you want and you can wipe your drive and go back to XP.

[jithinjohny]

download and install drivers,

or

goto device managers and update audio drivers

[caperjack]

did you come looking for help or to just complain about win8 .you gave us no info about you computer at all ,like make and model if its a brand name ,if it a laptop or tower computer ect ect ect . just giving that fact you are upgrading from winxp suggests its old and maybe not compatible with win8 and or your computer maker has no drivers for for win8

[razib8bd]

may be win 8 can't istall ur sound device automatically. i thing u need
mother board CD. by which u can isntall sound device manually.

[razib8bd]

after installed win. install sound device from ur mother board CD.