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| Thread ID: 50010 | 2004-10-07 10:44:00 | Extracting Hardware Drivers from WinXP Home | Timmy19 (6248) | Press F1 |
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| 278931 | 2004-10-07 10:44:00 | Hey ok i have a compaq presario desktop comptuer. It comes with a recovery partition and no windows cd.. no drivers cd's no nothing all the software that comes bundled with the comptuer and all the drivers, windows xp, and software is all on the recovery partition. If ever i need to 're-format" my hard drive and hav a fresh start all i need to do is run a recovery. The problem is wen that has run through the comptuer is reset to its factory settings. The stuff that is loaded on the comptuer eg all the factory crap ... i dont want any of it.. all i want is a fresh start with windows xp professional that i bought. Now i have tried putting a new hard drive into the comptuer and loading my windows on the computer. It all goes through as planned and works good all except for drivers. The drivers for Sound dont load. Onboard Lan isnt installed. Graphics Driver isnt installed. Modem isnt installed. Running New Hardware Wizard doesnt come up with anything. The graphics card is Nvidia GeForce 4 mmx 440 with tv out. The sound is realtek ac97 audio. Nvidia lan etc. I have been to the HP COMPAQ website, put in model number etc. downloaded all the original drivers that were shipped with the pc. Tried all that still doesnt work ... turns into a nightmare. Is there any way that i can sift through everything that is installed on the comptuer now drivers wise and put them onto cd/dvd so that i can put them on new os so that they can work? | Timmy19 (6248) | ||
| 278932 | 2004-10-07 10:59:00 | Driver genius. Backs them up to a folder,burn it to cd,when u need em point the installer at the folder on the cd.,no need for the program after you have done the initial backup. |
metla (154) | ||
| 278933 | 2004-10-07 11:14:00 | If You have all the numbers from the machine, eg S# mod# ect. And are willing to persevere the hp/compaq site will have them under drivers updates, or some such. download and save to a safe place, install be happy. I got them all for a brio the other week, can be done. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 278934 | 2004-10-07 17:59:00 | for the sound card do a google search for ac97 drivers.com has them I used them for the same sound card about a week ago | beama (111) | ||
| 278935 | 2004-10-07 19:43:00 | Another driver backup tool is WinDriversBackup (http://www.jermar.com/) Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 278936 | 2004-10-07 20:00:00 | > Driver genius. > > Backs them up to a folder,burn it to cd,when u need > em point the installer at the folder on the cd.,no > need for the program after you have done the initial > backup. Er... I think driver genius only restores the network and someother drivers in the trial version. You have to pay for the program before it will restore the whole lot. ;-) |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 278937 | 2004-10-07 20:02:00 | Unless you mean use driver genius to just backup the drivers then manually restore them yourself? Showing my ignorance here but how exactly does one do that? | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 278938 | 2004-10-07 21:22:00 | The best bet by far is as drb1 says, get the real Mcoy direct from Compaq. I use the site below for Compaq drivers and driver updates, you just need to enter the model number and OS. you will find all the drivers, sound, video, chipset, etc. h18007.www1.hp.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 278939 | 2004-10-07 21:31:00 | > Unless you mean use driver genius to just backup the > drivers then manually restore them yourself? Showing > my ignorance here but how exactly does one do that? Yep,manually restore them,their automatic loading of drivers is a pain in the neck anyhow,It loads back on virtual drivers that don't have assosiated hardware then you get constant errors and warnings because something is missing. I presumed the thread starter wanted to back up the drivers from his oem install,then format the sucker and load on a real copy of XP with out the resource sapping fluff that all these brand name comps are choking on and have his drivers close at hand for his hardware. |
metla (154) | ||
| 278940 | 2004-10-07 21:36:00 | woops,missed a part >>how exactly does one do that? During the back up process it saves the drivers to a folder,simply burn the folder to cd,then when you need them point the driver installer at the folder containing the drivers.... |
metla (154) | ||
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