lost sound deed driver for sound

Support Information:
Device Type: Sound Card
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard (HP)
Model: compaq presario laptop 1230
Interface: Other
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=456&qa5=19&qa7=1500&dp=2&qm0=compaq+presario+laptop+1230&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Hewlett+Packard+%28HP%29+Sound+Card++compaq+pres ario+laptop+1230+Windows+XP+Professional+) | Research manufacturer Hewlett Packard (HP) (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=456)

I understand "sound driver" but what the he|| is a "sound deed driver"?

This notebook was never shipped with Windows XP, hence is not supported in that OS. You can find support for Windows 9x and Windows ME (the OS's it was shipped with) here:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=94985&lang=en&