Lose Your Driver Disk?

I was working on a friends older laptop yesterday. He did not have the driver disk and since we reloaded his hard drive we needed the driver disk to make sure all his components would function. The only recourse you have in these cases is to go the manufactureres website. Most PC manufacturers will keep a database of drivers or tell you where to get them. So if your able to get access to the web you can download the drivers you need. If you do not have access to the web you can contact your manufacturer and see if he can send you a disk. If ones is available you can pay from $19.95 up to around $35.00 for a CD. If you have a friend who has access and CDRW you can get the drivers that way. Keep in mind when loading Windows 95/98/ME that Microsoft no longer supports these operating systems and your on your own. If you have problems you can still get help from forums, tech support online and offline, or a friend. It is possible to restore and older PC or laptop to factory settings with or without the driver disk it just takes some patience and places to go for answers. Thats why its always important to keep your disks in a safe place. Also, a good idea is to make backup copies if possible just in case your originals get damaged.

I hope this info is helpful to you as always. Until tomorrow have a nice day.

Tim

P.S. I know I promised to talk about CDROM's and how to troubleshoot them I will cover this topic tomorrow.