Best way to do a "clean" install for my new SB Aud

I currently have my old SB Live installed. Do I have to format and re-install Windows XP Pro again or do I just remove my old sound card, restart XP Pro, it removes the sound drivers because there's no sound card installed, then I insert my new SB Audigy w/1394 OEM, XP Pro detects that I have a sound card, asks for ...

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I currently have my old SB Live installed.
 
Do I have to format and re-install Windows XP Pro again or do I just remove my old sound card, restart XP Pro, it removes the sound drivers because there's no sound card installed, then I insert my new SB Audigy w/1394 OEM, XP Pro detects that I have a sound card, asks for drivers and I just install them?
 
Or is there a better way to do a "clean" install?

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Uninstall all of Creative's stuff first, shut down machine, swap Live! with Audigy, restart, install Audigy software.

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Do a clean OS install,
 
Trust me

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Yeah...I upgraded from an SBLive! to an audigy oem. I formatted about 2 days after. Things were running slow as hell.

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yeah many people have reported problems when not formatting after replacing their Live.