Install CD for Audigy 2 Platinum

So I had an ugly HD crash, and had to replace and reload.
I've had an Audigy 2 Platinum card for forever, but cannot locate the install CD which has all the goodies on it, including, apparently, some features that you can't get in the support download section, such as the mixer, the speaker setup utility, even the troubleshooting utility.
What I downloaded and installed was the driver package, and that gets the soundcard going, but any of the other updates/upgrades apparently assume you already have the mixer console and other features installed, and from what I can read here, it appears those only exist on the install CD, and it looks like..yup..no longer available from Creative.
can anyone give me some guidance?
How do I get an install CD?
Is it available any longer from Creative and I just need to ask?
Thanks!

Re: Install CD for Audigy 2 Platinumv Download and burning an ISO..no problem.
Went with installing the audigy 2 software, but not the mediasource stuff (first selection, but not the second).
First install, got a message about a missing handler, continued anyway, found that in the speaker testing/selection section i was showing "<<no strings>>" in the "speaker/headphone selection" dropdown. ?
Also, then, discovered the diagnostics were missing.
So I did a repair, seemed to go as expected, but still same issue.
When I run diagnostics, it tells me the following fail:
wave driver
midi driver
mixer driver
mixer settings check
So..next ste
ps.
going to reinstall, do a reg cleanup, and go with standard install defaults. I may have gotten too picky with the custom install. I hate to let this thing just bloatware me to death, but likely have no choice.
I have audio, the card works, etc..but I had that when I had just the basic drivers installed originally.

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