so a few weeks ago i got hit with this nasty virus that infected all and corrupted half my exe files, including those required to boot windows. by the time i had the problem figured out and tried to recover, i had made too many other mistakes and it was too late. so i backed up my shit thanks to ultimate boot cd, formatted and installed vista beta 2. for some xp wouldn't recognize sony's hard drive controller driver, but the vista beta would. hopefully this thing will last me until the final is released.