Sorry guys but the UAD forum is down and I feel rather retarded.

quick summary:
3 days ago ntldr files somehow became corrupted. Copying them from boot disc didnt fix it, so I re-installed XP to a second location for a fresh boot.
no information is lost, but I have to re-install everything. Kind of a pain, but it is what it is.

I took out my UAD cards from my magma, power down, put one back in, power back up. Windows is not recognising a "new device" as being present? WTF?
Initial installation went without a hitch 2 years ago, and card 2 then 3 went in just fine. whats wrong now?

I'm going to un-install the whole UAD shebang and remove their registry entries, reboot, power down, card 1, power up and see what happens, in the meantime any suggestions?

I am frazzled from being computer-less for 3 nights. :evil: :evil: