I have a Dell laptop that broken down a few weeks ago. I friend of mine who fixes computers looked at it and told me the problem was a corrupt driver and he can't fix it becuase he doesn't have the parts. What is needed to fix a corrupt driver? I have severla options and I'm trying to decide which one is more affordable.
2006-10-02 06:48:55 · 5 answers · asked by christigmc 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
My Dell is an Inspiron 2200 and I bought it a year ago.
2006-10-02 07:03:46 · update #1
I rechecked with my friend. It is a corrupt driver. The driver that is corrupt is the one that runs the windows program. How do you fix that.
2006-10-03 04:46:39 · update #2
i think you confused drive with driver. if your friend is able to repair pc's, it would be easy to repair a corrupt driver (a driver is a piece of software and very easy to replace). i suppose more your friend meant it's a corrupt drive - in other words - this is meant the hard disk.
ask him again if he think it's the hard disk - in that case you have to buy a new one.
2006-10-02 07:17:47 · answer #1 · answered by frime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a 'driver' is a piece of software. All drivers needed for a computer to run SHOULD be available for FREE from Dell. Give their tech support a call (or that online chat) and tell them the symptoms. There should be either a restore disk that you have or with the symptoms, you should be able to figure out what needs a driver.
2006-10-02 13:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by words_smith_4u 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For laptops, the best source is Dell -- since everything for laptops is custom. If you access Dell's website, you should be able to download the drivers you need.
A word of caution... if your Dell laptop is older model than you need to CALL Dell and ask for the driver -- they may no longer support drivers for older machines. Sometimes they give you the run-around... but, Dell ultimately signs off on all their OEM parts.
2006-10-02 13:58:52 · answer #3 · answered by Sam I AM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, first of all, drivers are software, not hardware. You don't need "parts" to fix a corrupt driver. You just delete it and install it again.
2006-10-10 06:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by reddora 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well......there is too way to solve this out:
1.Easy way is to Uninstall .....and reinstall the ""corupt"" driver.....and hope all will be fine after.
2.Hard way .....is to save all personal data/info/docs/pics etc ....and reinstall windows/drivers/applications.
2006-10-07 17:50:04 · answer #5 · answered by PC Doctor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋