Strange MSP problem

[mits]

Hi all,
Here is the story :
I had an almost finished project (~80 min) edited with msp 6.5 (all patches applied).
All the files of the project reside on a raid0 array.
After having formatted the system disk and reinstalled the same O/S (win2k sp2) and all the programs, when i try to open the project with msp i see the hourglass for a second and then NOTHING, the timeline is empty. If i double click on the project file, then msp is launched and displays the following message : "17120:2:1 Unable to access the codec driver".
What is this and why is happening? O/S, service pack, programs, drivers and codecs are the same just before the formatting.
Relevant info:
Project's codec PicVideo Q20
Win2000 with SP2
DX 9.0B
Ati wdm drivers


Any help is appreciated.

[smitty]

will MSP load any other dvps?
if you create a new one with the same settings , will it save and load?
can you right click on the dvp in explorer & do the results look ok?
does the display card or sound card share irqs?
can you copy the dvp file , resave , rename & work?
Just a few thoughts, maybe you covered this already.
smitty

[Brian Ellis]

I think I would try to open a new project, not using the same settings (i.e., with a different codec, using, e.g., the sample files on the 2nd CD) then trying to convert them to your PicVideo format.

[mits]

Thank you guys,
fotunately the problem disappeared the same way as it came;ie "suddenly". Well, not exactly, actually i reformatted the system drive again (2nd time) and installed again all programs, effects etc. and voila the project was opened. By the way when i had the problem, projects that were saved with earlier versions of msp were successfully loaded.