After WXP reinstall have no UDF driver and modem

Hello everybody:
I reinstalled Windows XP. I selected the option of replacing all system components and it kept my programs.
Everything went seemingly OK, I only had to restore the shortcuts to the Desktop.
However, now I cannot write to CDRW, system also reports that there is no modem. My CD drive is now displayed in Explorer as "UDFReader", prior to reinstallation it was showing the volume label of whatever CD was in the drive.
On that computer I have Roxio, on another one Adaptec, I had no problem with writing to CDRW on any of them and interchanging those CDs.
Windows suggested to insert Roxio CD and to go through the motions of installing UDF driver, I plan to try that over the weekend.

Regarding the fact that it no longer sees the modem, the only hardware change I had was to remove the capture card (1394) a couple months ago, but Windows reconfigured OK and it was working as before. I did not touch my modem ever since I bought this computer.
I looked through some books, trying to find a suggestion what could I do in this situation, but so far did not find anything useful.

Can anyone suggest what can I do to make the system see my modem again?

I thank in advance everybody who will take time to suggest a thing or two, but I will not be able to read it till tomorrow evening, last day of work.
P.S. I have no SP2, I read so many horror stories about it, that decided to forego
Thx
walter

You would likely have a lot less problems if you do a 'clean install' of XP. I have only had marginal luck with repairs of the OS or partial re-installs. I know it's a pain to replace all those drivers and programs, but starting with a 'clean slate' cures a lot of problems. I repartition the boot drive, reformat and reinstall the OS if I have a major problem.

I wouldn't worry about SP2. The only problems I am aware of was when it first came out and those were all fixed. I have ran it on about ten computers to date with zero problems.

If the modem is your major problem, remove it from the computer, reboot. Then plug it back in, load the drivers and see if that cures it.

Thanks for your reply, RedWudz:

I checked the modem, it does not even say who made it, it is from some "no-name" Taiwanese manufacturer.

All I found on a card was this:
FCC REG NO FELTAI-36363-M5-3
AOPEN FM 56-SV P/N:91.AC001.241 S/N:(...serial number...)

On the invoice from the store, where I bought it it says: 56K INT D/F/V MODEM

I contacted the store, he said to bring in the modem card and he will tell me who made it, maybe even give me a CD for it.

Regarding the clean install, it was the first time I had to install OS, I did expect an option "Reformat drive", but the autorun program did not offer it. And so I opted for the second most "thorough" purge - overwriting all the files from an existing OS.
I guess I should have let it check the existing drivers for compatibility

As for the SP2 horror stories, I read quite a few at http://isc.sans.org/xpsp2.php
As far as I understand, most improvements contained in SP2 relate to IE and Outlook. I do not use either one.

When I bought my computer 4years ago, I got just one WXP CD, at this point I would have to buy SP2 separately, then install WXP and after that SP2.
From what I read on various sites, this is asking for trouble. But I do not want to spend money on an "integrated" package, since I already paid for my XP.

My overall Internet usage is very limited, I go to some dozen sites, which I trust, no chats/messengers, no ICQ, no music/movie downloads, that is why I am quite happy with a dial-up at this point.
And so I figured I can rely on a 3rd party firewall and AV and be pretty safe.

Regards:
walter

This appears to be your modem, made by Taicom: http://www.taicom.com.tw/cpebu1/product/modem/puresoft-p2.htm

The driver: http://www.taicom.com.tw/download/modem/puresoft.php

XP can be difficult to reinstall if there is a working copy on your boot drive. I usually boot from a floppy or CD and erase the Windows folder, then the install disc will let you repartition and reformat the drive. That ensures a 'Clean slate' for a reinstall.

You are correct about SP2, it's mostly security improvements, but that's usually a good thing, even from MS.
But keep your antivirus up to date, and you might consider adding SpyBot S&D and SpyWare Blaster, both freeware applications that work well with most antivirus programs and give you broader protection.

SpyBot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpyWare Blaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Thanks again RedWudz:
I checked the Taicom website, their "New Products" page was last updated in 2003. The page, which lists the modems had been last updated in 2000, if I read their data format correctly.
My modem is not there (I bought my computer in 2002)
So I'll doublecheck the product number tomorrow and write to them

Incidentally, how do you make a bootable floppy and bootable CD for WXP installation?
Can you recommend any books or Internet resources?
My WXP CD has an autoplay, which gives me an installation menu.
I need a full-featured Windows in order to bypass it and to access the setup.exe through Start->Run
But will I still have it after I erase the Windows folder, as you suggest?

Or should I make another WXP CD from the original one, leaving the autoplay out?

Thx: walter

What I have done in the past is to use a Windows 98 startup floppy disk and boot from that. Then I run 'fdisk' and repartition the boot drive and not do the HD format as the next step. Restart the computer instead. The reason is that the boot disk will want to do a FAT32 format. Not good for XP, you want NTFS. This procedure will destroy the OS info and allow a clean re-install of Windows XP with the XP boot CD. You can find a copy of the W98 startup disk with a Google search.

Now I use a Windows PE CD. You can find it by doing a Google search for 'Bart PE'. It allows you to boot from the CD into a special version of Windows. You will need to set the system boot to 'CD' in BIOS. When you boot with the CD, you go to 'Explorer' and delete the 'Windows' folder on your boot drive. That will force a complete repartition and re-install of Windows XP with your XP disc, just like you have a new blank drive.

The reason for both of these operations is to destroy the existing Windows folder to allow the XP disc to see a clean drive with no OS. When you have done either of these operations, your regular XP install disc will start with a clean drive with no XP remnants left and it will install XP just like you have a new boot drive.

If you have more than one hard drive, you should unplug or disable them during this procedure. This keeps you from reformatting the wrong hard drive, which is easy to do, as they look all the same in DOS or PE.