subject: Installing Drivers to Laptop [print this page] Installing Drivers to Laptop Installing Drivers to Laptop
Drivers are the files which allow your laptop to control and run the hardware connected with it. Devices such as Graphic cards, modem, network cards and sound cards need this driver software. On installing new device and drivers your laptop improves the computing functionality and reliability improves. Not matter you are using a laptop or a desktop computer the installation
Process is basically stays unchanged.
If you are using sound device on your laptop and update it from the internet, this will increase the performance for your sound device and it delivers more music power with quality.
Two simple methods follow around the world by all laptop/desktop users to install device drivers for their specific machine i.e. automatic installation and manual installation.
First let's look on the automatic installation process.
1: To begin you need to click on Start button and go to Control Panel then click on administrative tools, now click on Computer Management and "Device Manager."
2: Now you can see the entire devices installed and uninstalled on your laptop are visible. Just click the + sign next to any device category you want to install. By expanding devices you can click on its name and a menu pops up with its general information.
3: Moving ahead, you have to right click on a device you need to install or update, and select "Update Driver". Now select the option by click on "Search automatically for updated driver". In few minutes your laptop will search for compatible drivers and install available driver files to updates the device.
Now we look on installing device drivers by Manual process (download drivers from website)
1: The beginning Steps were staying same as mentioned in automatic installation method. As you done the step two mentioned above, then right click on the device you want to install or update and select "Properties." remember the device name and the manufacturer's name or its better to write if in case can be forgettable.
2: Now open the website of your laptop's manufacturer or the device's manufacturer, search for the specific model device drivers to download for your laptop. These websites allows you to search for driver support by the name or model number of your device. You can also download only the latest device drivers available without installing the previous versions.
3: when downloading your specific drivers you need to be sure that it is the compatible version to which operating system you are using. Example (drivers for Windows Xp, Vista or windows7)
4: once downloading finishes click on the driver setup executable file known as .exe, once setup wizard finish it indicate you to restart your laptop or it will do it automatically.
To save time you can find all the device drivers required form "Download Laptop Drivers" by visiting given below link and Keep a backup of your device drivers for your future installation reference.
