i am gonna format my hard drive, where can i find the drivers for all the internal harware, cpu, motherboard, etc... are these drivers on my computer or do i have to download them? also, what are all the drivers that i will need?
2006-09-17 16:46:52 · 3 answers · asked by c_tessmer420 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Just run My Drivers and you may know what drivers all you need...
2006-09-17 16:52:36 · answer #1 · answered by VBACCESSpert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I do is save a partition of the old drive. Then I use that when the new system looks for drivers. I start the search in the inf folder in the windows directory. You may need to change the attributes to make it visible. Windows XP will know most of the drivers such as MB etc.
2006-09-17 16:57:06 · answer #2 · answered by gtoacp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're on the computer, but you probably won't find them. Just goto the manufacturer's websites for the latest drivers for your hardware.
You'll Need:
Motherboard chipset (this could also include any drivers for onboard sound, LAN, video, raid, etc.)
Video drivers
printer drivers
pci sound drivers (soundblaster card)
any other add-in cards you may have
Also you'll need some software updates as well. Like:
Windows updates
Anti-virus updates
2006-09-17 16:50:06 · answer #3 · answered by freetronics 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋