How to Install Hardware Device Drivers ?
Installing Hardware Device Drivers
Installing Hardware Drivers is actually very easy and most people know how to do it. Infact it is very automated. But at times updating an already installed driver becomes difficult. Here are the methods of installing drivers for your hardware
Installing Hardware Drivers with Driver Disk CD/DVD
With a Driver CD it is very easy to install drivers. Insert your Driver CD into your CD ROM and it should autorun. If autorun is disabled then navigate to the CD Drive in the windows explorer and double click the setup.exe file and follow insturctions as required to install hardware drivers.
Installing Hardware Drivers - Find Drivers Folder Location
When you start your computer after installing a hardware or you insert a USB or Plug & Play hardware, your PC may popup a dialog asking you for Device Driver. You may either insert your Driver CD and allow your computer to search for drivers in the CD or your hard disk. If you know the exact location of driver files then directly navigate to those driver files and Windows will install the necessary Driver files for your hardware manufacturer and model number.
Installing Hardware Drivers - From Hardware Device Driver List
The third method is to use the Run dialog by press "Windows" Key and "Pause Break" keys together and selecting "Device Manager" and double clicking on any of the hardware device and then selecting "Driver" tab and then click on the "Update Driver" tab. Try the "Automatic Driver Search" option or "browse my computer for drivers" option and go to the folder where the drivers are located or you may select the "Let me Pick from a Device List" Option. If you can't find the device or hardware listed in it, then remove the tick mark of show compatible drivers to get a list of all devices and if you find the device then select it to load the drivers. These are Microsoft Digitally Signed Drivers listed under Manufacturer names and models that came with your Windows.
How to Roll Back Drivers or Uninstall Drivers
If the driver you loaded in third method does not work with the hardware you installed then you can redo the third method and either roll back or uninstall that driver and try another.
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