The stability of the computer and its performance directly depend on the correct installation of the operating system and the necessary drivers.

And if, as a rule, there are no problems with the installation of modern operating systems, installing device drivers can be associated with certain difficulties, especially if not all the necessary disks are included with your computer, which is very often the case when purchasing laptops.

In addition, if you do not purchase the latest PC model, it may include discs with outdated drivers containing errors and without proper optimization, which, for example, very often happens with video cards.

Ideally, to install all the necessary drivers on computers, especially laptops, there are two options:

• A disk with a hardware installation wizard, which has a built-in convenient program for analyzing devices and installing drivers in the correct sequence. In this case, a minimum of actions is required from the user; you only need to install such a disk and run the Hardware Installation and Configuration Wizard.
  Then the program will do everything itself: it will copy all the necessary files in a certain sequence and reboot your computer several times when necessary.
• The second option requires an Internet connection and works mainly on laptops. After installing the system, you need to download or install from disk a proprietary program for analyzing the state of the system and installed equipment, which will find all devices, download drivers from the manufacturer’s official website and offer to install them on the computer.

Both of these options are standard and usually their use leads to the correct installation and configuration of drivers. However, if the manufacturer has not bothered to equip its equipment with such media, or you are using fairly old components whose disk does not contain drivers for the new version of the operating system, you will have to look for other options.

For example, you need to go to the “device manager”, how to do this is discussed in detail in the recommendation, and on the driver properties screen, click the “update” button, and then select the option to search for a driver on the Internet.

If the search is unsuccessful, you will have to search for drivers manually, for example, on our website, then download them to your computer, unpack them into a separate folder and after clicking the “update” button in the driver properties window, then select search on this computer and explicitly indicate the folder where the drivers were unpacked.

However, some of the drivers on our website are presented in the form of an installation file that you just need to run.

Please note that before installing the driver manually, you need to select the correct driver and know how to remove it after incorrect installation. In some cases, installing the “wrong” driver can either cause the device to not work or make the system impossible to operate. Therefore, before manually installing drivers, you should create a system restore point and save important data.

However, if you use automatic installers and download drivers from a trusted site, such unpleasant cases are quite rare.

When installing drivers on a newly installed Windows system, the installation order also matters. In the case of the driver installation wizard, it is followed, but in manual installation mode it is better to follow the sequence of actions that we give below.

It is worth noting that after installing the driver for each device, it is better to reboot the system, even in cases where this is not explicitly indicated by the installer.

1. Installing motherboard chipset drivers. Even if all devices are detected by the operating system, it is better to install this kit, and this must be done immediately after installing the system.
2. Installing video card drivers. An important stage, the correct execution of which will determine the reliability and efficiency of the graphics subsystem. Particular attention should be paid to installing video card drivers on laptops with a discrete card, since it usually requires installing two drivers, for example, for an integrated Intel video card and for a discrete Nvidia one. If you don't do this, you won't get the capabilities your laptop is designed for.
3. Installing sound card drivers. As a rule, Windows can install its own drivers on most sound cards, but to get all the capabilities of your sound card, you need to install its “native” drivers.
4. Installing the network card driver. On modern boards with a built-in network card, this step is performed at the stage of installing chipset drivers, but if you are using a discrete card, it is better to install drivers from the manufacturer.
5. If we are talking about installing drivers on a laptop, after completing the above, you must also deliver drivers for the touchpad, Wi-Fi, webcam, as well as other devices, for example, the built-in modem and BlueTooth module.
6. Installing drivers for expansion cards. This could be, for example, a TV tuner, a video capture card, or other devices connected directly to the system board.
7. Installing drivers for all peripheral devices connected to the computer, which may include printers, scanners, external modems and other equipment.

You can find and download most of all the drivers you need for Windows on our website, which will always come to your aid if you have problems finding and installing drivers for your computer. He will also be able to help you with a number of other technical issues related to setting up your PC and optimizing its operation.

There are often times when you need to install a driver for a particular device, but there are no installation files on hand, only a folder with drivers without any Setup.exe. To solve this situation, you need to manually install drivers. How to do this is described below.
Let's consider Windows Vista. When a user connects a device to it, something like this pops up:

If we don’t want to install the driver (for example, because we haven’t found it yet), click Cancel) But if we have already unpacked the driver into a folder, we can continue. Click on Find and install the driver
We refuse to search on the Internet (it rarely ends successfully) by clicking on Don't search the Internet

If the device came with a disk, insert it into the drive and press Further(the system itself will try to find the required driver on the disk), if not, click on There is no such disk. Show other possibilities

In this case, in the window that appears, select

Click on the button Review and set the folder where the drivers are located

Then the installation process will start

That's it - the driver is installed

As you can see, there is nothing complicated in this process. The main problem is finding drivers

Now consider the case when there was no such pop-up window or we closed it by clicking Cancel. In this case, open the menu Start and right-click on the item Computer
. Select from the menu Properties

Then at the top left we launch device Manager

As a result, a window with system devices opens. Devices that are marked with an exclamation mark require driver installation. In the example in the screenshot, such a device is Acer Module

Right-click on it and select from the menu Update drivers.... In the window that appears, click on Search for drivers on this computer

Click on the button Review and specify the folder with drivers for our device. Click Further

We are waiting for the driver to install

As a result, we have the driver installed

It is important to note that if you specified the folder with the wrong drivers, they will not install!

Now let's look at manually installing the driver in Windows XP. It is in many ways similar to the installation in Windows Vista

Let's begin. Go to the menu Start or on the desktop, right-click on the icon My computer and select from the menu Properties

A window will open Properties of the system. Go to the tab Equipment and click on device Manager

A window will open with devices installed in the system. Here, as in Windows Vista, devices that need to update their drivers are marked with an exclamation mark (I no longer have devices with uninstalled drivers, so I took a sound card as an example). Right-click on one of them and select from the menu Update driver...
In system properties, the device will be displayed without an exclamation mark.

If you still have questions after reading this material, please ask them.

Hi all! In this article I will show several ways to search and install drivers. We will install both manually and automatically using a program and using a regular installer.

First I'll show you a few ways to find the driver you need, and then a few ways you can install them.

How to install drivers on Windows 7, 8, 10?

Method 1: Automatically search for drivers using the program.

The easiest way to automatically search for drivers and install them is through specialized programs with a large database. The most popular is, but lately I’ve been using it because... there is nothing superfluous in it.

The first one looks like this:

I usually check the settings, expert mode checkboxes on the left, check the boxes for the required drivers and install the install button at the bottom. If you do it wrong, the driver installation program may install unnecessary things)

If you just need a driver and you don’t need to install it, for example, then to the right of the driver you can either unpack the driver to the location of your choice, or find it on the Internet.

The second one looks like this:

Everything is simpler here. Select the driver with a checkmark and click the install button.

If you just need the driver for this program, then click expert mode, unpack to...

Method 2: Search for a driver from the manufacturer’s official website.

The first method is good, but there is one problem with it. You don't know where this driver comes from or what's in it. 1% out of 1000 causes a blue screen. Therefore, it is better not to be lazy, but to download official drivers. To do this, open Google! Not Yandex, but definitely!

Now, if you are looking for drivers for a computer, then write the motherboard model, if for a laptop, then the full model name, and the same for phones, tablets, and printers.

So I'll show you on my motherboard. I have it from Asus, model Z87-a. In a laptop, for example, look for the model on the back cover, under the battery, on the device box, in the receipt)))

But if everything is bad and you can’t find it, then you can.

You can also try to find the driver here or here (you will need to download the analyzer program).

That's it, we downloaded the drivers, now let's try to install them correctly.

How to install the driver?

Method 1: Installation using the autoinstall program.

As mentioned above, automatic installation of drivers is possible in the following way:

I usually check the settings, expert mode checkboxes on the left, check the boxes for the required drivers and install the install button at the bottom. If you do it wrong, the program may install unnecessary things)

In the second program, as mentioned above, you can install it like this:

Select the driver with a checkmark and click the install button.

Method 2: Using the driver installer.

This method is quite popular because... does not require great skills. Just run the installer we downloaded and click next, next, next, just don’t check the box where it’s not needed) Read carefully what they offer you.

Method 3: manually.

Sometimes auto-installers cannot find the driver, and sometimes the installer itself cannot install. It also happens that the driver is incompatible, but after manual installation, everything works fine.

To install the driver manually, right-click on the computer and click manage.

Right-click on the device or an unidentified device with an exclamation mark and right-click on it and click update drivers.

Click to search for drivers on this computer (of course, you can try the top item, but it will be relevant if the system finds the driver on the Internet).

If you have found the correct driver, the following window will appear.

Another point. If you are sure that the driver is correct or correct, but for a different operating system, and the driver is not installed, then select the option - select the driver from the list of already installed drivers.

Click install from disk.

Manually select the driver you downloaded. You only need to unpack the driver if it is in the archive.

That's all, so we answered the question of how to install drivers on Windows! By following these methods, you can download and install absolutely any driver and install it on absolutely any operating system, be it Windows XP, 7, 8 or 10.

Hello dear reader! The topic of today's article will be drivers. We will understand the very concept of what a driver is, their purpose, and also learn about how to install the driver.

Let's start with the concept of a driver - this is a special program through which the operating system can control any device. It is necessary for every computer device (both external and internal).

Not all equipment requires installation that requires user intervention. This happens because the operating system has a built-in set of drivers for the most popular devices, when connecting which you only need to wait a while before starting work.

To check whether the driver for a device is installed, you can use the Windows Device Manager. To open it, you need to right-click on “My Computer” and select the “Properties” menu.

If you have Windows 7, then on the left click “Advanced options”, a window will open in which go to the “Hardware” tab and click on the “Device Manager” button.

If you have Windows XP installed, then when you click on “Properties”, a window will open where you need to go to the “Hardware” - “Device Manager” tab.

If there are no items in the list opposite which there are yellow question marks or exclamation marks in a yellow circle, we can assume that all the necessary drivers are installed on the computer. Otherwise, you do not have any driver installed or there is a device conflict.

So, we figured out what a driver is.

Now let's talk about the pressing problem, the lack of the necessary driver on the computer, where you can get it and how to install it.

Driver installation procedure

Driver installation typically occurs through two methods: an executable file (.exe) and an installation information file (.inf).

In the first case, installation comes down to running the file and answering the installer’s questions. The installation program itself will find the device for which the driver is being installed or will report its absence if the wrong file was launched. For most devices, driver installation is not possible unless it is connected to the computer.

With this installation method ( exe) additional components are often installed along with the driver. Sometimes the user is asked if these add-ons are needed, and sometimes they are installed automatically, without notification. These can be various support centers that report the status of the printer and offer to buy consumables or utilities for more detailed configuration of the device.

Additional programs that are installed with drivers play a supporting role, but are not responsible for the performance of the device. Such components can be convenient and useful, or they can get in the way. If, after installing the driver, you find new programs and they do not bring any benefit at all, you can safely remove them.

When installing from a file. inf You must first run the driver update wizard for your specific device. To do this, you need to right-click on the line with an unknown device, and in the manager select the menu item “Update driver” (in Windows XP) or “Update drivers” (in Windows 7).

You can also wait until Windows detects the new device when you boot your computer and starts the installation wizard. In the window that appears, you will need to stop searching for a driver on the Internet and click “Next”.

At the next stage, you can leave the switch on the “Automatic” or “Automatically search for updated drivers” item, in this case you will have to wait quite a long time, so it is better to select the “Install from a specified location” or “Search for a driver on this computer” checkbox.

In this case, you will need to specify the path to the folder in which the file with driver installation information is located. The installation wizard will scan the folder or all removable media and select the appropriate file for the device. If you select “Search on removable media” in Windows XP, the procedure will take a little longer than when specifying a specific folder. With this method, only the driver itself will be installed without any additional components.

During installation, a message may appear stating that “The driver is not digitally signed.” The digital signature of the driver is a guarantee that you are dealing with an original product that has been tested for compatibility with the OS.

“Originality” means that the file has not been modified by anyone except the equipment manufacturer itself. If the file is received from a reliable source (the disk supplied with the equipment or the manufacturer’s official website), then you can agree to install without a signature, otherwise it is advisable to refuse the installation and look for a reliable driver.

There are also often times when Windows displays a message stating that the driver has not been tested for your version of Windows. See below for what the message looks like. If you are sure that the driver you are installing is suitable for your system, then click “Continue Anyway”.

During the driver installation process, the system may issue a security warning, do not worry and click “Install this driver anyway.” See below for what the error looks like.

Where to find drivers

The easiest and most reliable way to find a suitable driver is to use the disk that comes with the equipment. They usually have two installation methods. That is, there are both inf and exe files. In addition, autorun has a convenient menu that is easy to navigate and select the desired component.

After clicking on the menu, the autorun program will launch the required driver file itself. The presence of .inf files also makes it possible to use the Windows Driver Update Wizard, specifying the optical drive as the search location. In such disks, there is a button “Install all”.

This installation source may not work for several simple reasons: the disk was not included with the equipment, it is lost or has become unusable, it is also possible that the disk does not contain drivers for your operating system (for example, the printer was purchased during Windows XP, and you switched to Windows 7).

If there is no disk, you will have to go to the manufacturer’s website. To find the required driver on the website, you need to navigate by the words: “Download”, “Support”, “Driver”.

Once in the desired section, select the device category (video card, sound, etc.), and then the model from the list (or manually enter it in the search field), and the operating system in which the device will operate.

Let me remind you that you can find out the name of the OS in the system properties - “Win” + “Pause Break” or right-click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”.

If we talk about laptops, we should remember that the same model may have different modifications; accordingly, some components may be missing or, on the contrary, added to the kit, a discrete card, for example. Therefore, you don’t need to download everything from the page with drivers for your computer.

There is also another source of drivers, jokingly called a “secret weapon” by experts. This tool received such a loud name because it is capable of installing a driver on almost any modern device and usually installation occurs within 5-10 minutes.

We are talking about the driver installation manager. This is a program that has a large collection of drivers for almost all current devices in one program.

It can be downloaded from the Internet. The most popular, but not the only one of its kind, is the Driver Pack Solution program. After launching, it may ask you to download the latest drivers, then scan the system (this will take some time) and display a message about how many drivers need to be installed and how many need to be updated. After that, you just need to click a button that will start the installation process.

In order to see the list of devices for which the program intends to install drivers, you need to check the “Expert Mode” checkbox on the left side of the window. In this case, you will be able to choose which drivers you want to install and which not.

There is, of course, another way to find a driver - use Google or another search engine and download it from the so-called Vareznik sites. But it is not advisable to use this method, since you can easily run into a malicious program.

The administration of such sites usually disclaims all responsibility for the content posted; in addition, information on them can be added by ordinary users without additional verification.

Of course, there are resources that have been tested over many years from which you can download without fear. Still, you should understand that no one is immune, and even with drivers found on reliable sites, problems can arise.

See you soon!

P.S. I found a video for you where you can see clearly how to install the driver through the device manager.

A driver is a special program that is necessary for each device to interact with a computer. Such devices include the chipset (control circuit) of the motherboard, sound card, network card, video card, disk controllers, etc.

Windows contains many drivers for various devices necessary for the initial installation and launch of the operating system. But usually they are simplified and outdated, and some modern devices are not detected and do not work at all. Therefore, after installing Windows, the first thing you need to do is install all the necessary drivers.

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2. Installing drivers from disk

The easiest way to install drivers is from the motherboard disk that came with the computer when you purchased it. Place the disc in the drive and wait until the installation menu appears. In Windows 7 and higher, you may still need confirmation to run the installation program from the disk.

If the menu does not appear, then right-click on the disk in Explorer and select “Install or run a program from media”, “Open Autorun...” or something similar.

You can also open the disk in Explorer and independently run the file “Autorun.exe”, “Setup.exe”, “AsusSetup.exe” or similar.

But the previous method is better, since the system itself will launch the correct file.

The installation menu may look different. We are interested in drivers for the chipset, sound card and network card.

The first step is to install the drivers for the chipset and restart the computer. Then you can install the remaining drivers. If you are not in a big hurry, I recommend restarting your computer after installing each driver. If you are in a hurry, then reboot after installing the driver on the chipset, and then install everything without rebooting, in most cases everything will be fine.

There may be many more different programs and utilities on the disk, but usually they are not particularly necessary and they only slow down the computer. Therefore, I recommend installing only what you really need and know how to use it. It’s better to first look for information on the Internet about why this or that program is needed. Some of them are designed for overclocking and can harm your computer if used incorrectly.

3. Download drivers from the motherboard website

If you don’t have an installation disk or you bought your computer a long time ago and the drivers on the disk might be outdated, then the best option is to download drivers from the motherboard manufacturer’s website.

If your computer is connected to the Internet by cable or via Wi-Fi, then you should already have a driver for your network card or Wi-Fi adapter. Download this driver in advance, because if Windows does not have a driver for the network card, you will not be able to access the Internet.

If you connect via a USB modem, then drivers are usually installed automatically when you connect the modem to the PC or from the included disk.

Please also note that drivers can be large (up to 1 GB), so you might want to download them all in advance, especially if you have a slow Internet connection.

So, we installed Windows and immediately go to the motherboard manufacturer’s website for drivers. On the site you need to find the “Service”, “Support” or something similar section. But so that you don’t have to search for a long time, I have compiled a list of addresses that will immediately take you to the desired section. You can download this list in the “” section.

After going to the site, enter the exact model of your motherboard in the search field.

The model is indicated on the box and on the motherboard itself. You can also find out the manufacturer and model of the motherboard using the “CPU-Z” program, which you can also download in the “” section.

After the model is found on the manufacturer’s website, you need to go to the “Downloads” or “Drivers” tab and select the version and bitness of Windows that you are installing.

You will see a list containing many different files.

Everything related to your motherboard will be here. This includes BIOS and user manuals and various utilities. But we are primarily interested in drivers for the chipset, sound and network card.

There may be several driver versions, check the date and download the latest version for each device, usually they are on the top lines. In this case, all drivers have only one version. Moreover, there is no separate driver for the network card, which means that it is included in the driver package for the chipset. There is a separate driver for the sound card and an AHCI disk controller driver. The AHCI driver needs to be installed only if the appropriate one was selected in the BIOS when installing Windows.

AHCI drivers have a positive effect on the stability and speed of the disk, but if your computer is still not fast enough, install it and your system will become much faster and more responsive!

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Then you simply download the files and if they are in a ZIP archive, then unpack and run the executable file. If the driver was already in the form of an executable EXE file, then you can run it immediately. Drivers are installed in the usual sequence. First the chipset driver and reboot the computer, then everything else.

4. If there are no drivers for the required version of Windows

If the motherboard is old and it so happens that there are no drivers for the required version of Windows, then there are several ways:

• search for drivers on the chipset developer's website
• installing drivers using Windows Update
• installing drivers from a previous version of Windows
• installing drivers using special utilities
• searching and installing drivers manually

5. Search for drivers on the chipset developer’s website

You can try to find a driver for the chipset on the websites of their developers Intel, AMD, nVidia. What chipset you have can be found on the motherboard manufacturer’s website or using the “CPU-Z” program, which we have already discussed.

On the chipset developer's website, the driver is searched in the same way as on the motherboard website. Links to the necessary sections of chipset developer websites are in the “” section.

5.1. Finding drivers for the Intel chipset

Select everything in the search form as indicated below and click “Search”.

In the search results window, select "Drivers" and the version of Windows you are installing.

Download and install the latest version of "Intel Chipset Driver Update".

Select your chipset series and click “DISPLAY RESULTS”.

In the search results window, make sure that these are drivers for your chipset and click “DOWNLOAD”.

5.3. Finding drivers for the nForce chipset

The nVidia company produced chipsets under the nForce brand and there are still quite a lot of computers with such chipsets. If this is your case, then go to the nVidia website, fill out the form and click “SEARCH”.

Let me remind you that you can determine which chipset you have using the “CPU-Z” program (see point 5). If for some reason you find it difficult to do this, then to automatically detect your chipset, use the “MOTHERBOARD DRIVERS” button in the form shown in the screenshot above.

Make sure you have the correct drivers, download and install them.

6. Installing the video card driver

After installing the drivers for the chipset, I advise you to first download and install the driver on the video card. Thanks to this, a screen resolution that is convenient for further adjustment will be established and the system will start working faster. Links to sites where you can download drivers for video cards are in the “” section.

If you have a GeForce video card, then go to the driver download section on the nVidia website, indicate the model of your video card, the version of Windows and click the “SEARCH” button.

Once the driver is found, click the "DOWNLOAD NOW" button.

Wait until the file is downloaded and run it. The installation is quite simple, you only need to click the “Next” button a few times.

If you have a Radeon video card, then go to the driver download section on the AMD website, select the series to which your video card belongs, and download the driver for the desired version of Windows.

If you have an older video card and it is not in the list, then use the search on the AMD website. After downloading the file, run it. The installation is quite simple, you only need to click the “Next” button a few times.

7. Installing drivers using Windows Update

It happens that the motherboard manufacturer’s website does not have drivers for the sound and network card for the required version of Windows. But don’t rush, if the sound and Internet work fine, it means Windows has installed its own drivers for them, and in this case it’s better not to touch anything.

If something still doesn’t work, you can try installing the missing drivers using Windows Update. To do this, click on the START button and go to the “Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers” section. Right-click on the icon with the name of your computer or laptop and select “Device installation options.”

Set the radio button to “Install drivers from Windows Update if they are not found on your computer” and click the “Save” button.

After this, the operating system will begin searching for missing drivers on the Internet and, if found, will automatically install them.

8. Installing drivers from a previous version of Windows

If you were unable to find drivers for the required operating system, then you can try installing a driver from Windows 7 for the Windows 8 operating system, and for Windows 7 you can install a driver from Windows Vista. In most cases they are compatible, it is only important to maintain the bit depth (x64 to x64, x32 to x32). These drivers need to be downloaded from the motherboard manufacturer’s website, which we have already discussed.

9. Installing drivers using the DPS utility

If you were unable to find and install drivers for a device or your computer is too old, you can try to do this using the special “Driver Pack Solution Online” (DPS) utility. You can download it in the "" section.

This utility determines what devices you have, the version of the operating system, downloads the necessary drivers via the Internet and installs them. Launch the utility and click “Install manually”.

I think this option is better, since it will allow you to abandon drivers that have already been downloaded from manufacturers’ websites and installed on the system. You can also disable the installation of unnecessary additional programs.

Check the boxes only for those drivers that you were unable to install using other methods. For example, I selected a driver for a sound card.

Go to the "Software" section and you can select additional programs that you want to install. This is, in principle, convenient if you have just reinstalled the system and do not yet have the most necessary programs. I have ticked the programs that I consider useful and recommend for installation.

After that, click the “Install All” button and the utility will install all the drivers and programs you selected.

10. Installing drivers using the DPS driver pack

A driver pack is a collection of drivers for a large number of devices. If you often encounter installing drivers on different computers or have a slow Internet, then you can download the full version of “Driver Pack Solution” on a computer with a fast Internet, and then use it to install drivers on any computer.

The disadvantage of this solution is the large size of the driver pack (about 10 GB). Thus, to use it on various PCs you will need an external hard drive or flash drive with a capacity of at least 16 GB.
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11. How to check if all drivers are installed

In order to check whether all the necessary drivers are installed, you need to go to the “Device Manager”. This can be done in several ways.

1. Right-click the Computer icon on your desktop or START menu and select Manage.

Then go to the "Device Manager" section.

2. Click the START button and go to Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Device Manager.

The first method is simpler and faster.

If there are icons with an exclamation point in the Other Devices section, it means that the driver for this device is not installed.

If icons with an exclamation point are in other sections, this means that the driver is installed, but it probably did not fit and the device does not work.

In such cases, you will need to find and install the driver for these devices manually, which we will discuss next.

Go to Device Manager, right-click on the problematic device and select Properties.

Go to the “Details” tab, select “Equipment ID” in the “Property” field, find the device identifier in any line in the format “VEN_xxxx&DEV_xxxx” or “VID_xxxx&PID_xxxx” (instead of “xxxx” there will be 4 characters).

Write down this data or right-click on any line and click “Copy”. Go to the “DevID.info” website and enter the device identifier in the search bar and click “Search”.

Select your version of Windows and click on the name of the found device driver or the floppy disk icon.

Two driver formats are often offered - a repackaged “devid.info” file and an “Original file”.

If you have fast Internet and are not in a hurry, then it is better to download the “Original file”, as there are fewer problems with its installation. If the Internet is slow or time is running out, then try downloading the repackaged “devid.info” file.

If you downloaded the driver in a ZIP archive, then extract all files from it before installation. If the driver is downloaded as an executable EXE file, you can immediately run it for installation. The installation is quite simple, you just need to run the executable file (such as “Setup.exe”) and click the “Next” or similar button several times.

If the driver does not have an executable file, you will have to install it manually. To do this, in Device Manager, right-click on the device for which you downloaded the driver and select “Update drivers...”.

Then “Search for driver software on this computer.”

Click the "Browse" button, specify the folder where you unpacked the downloaded driver file and click "Next".

If a suitable driver is found in the specified folder, it will be installed and the device should disappear from the list of unidentified devices in the device manager.

13. Rollback or uninstall the driver

Sometimes it may happen that the driver you installed does not work or works worse. For example, background noise or clicking noises appeared after installing the driver on the sound card. In this case, you can roll back the driver to a previous version or remove the current driver from the system.

In order to roll back a driver to a previous version, go to Device Manager, right-click on the desired device and select Properties.

In the window that appears, go to the “Driver” tab and click the “Roll Back” button.

If the “Roll Back” button is not active or rolling back the driver did not help, then you can try to remove the malfunctioning driver. To do this, in the same window you need to click the “Delete” button and confirm the removal of the driver.

After this, restart your computer and the system will again try to find and install the most suitable driver for the device. If the device does not work, try finding and installing another driver using one of the methods we discussed.

14. Do I need to update drivers?

Manufacturers periodically release updated versions of drivers that fix bugs and improve compatibility with other devices and software.

Some enthusiasts like to constantly update their drivers to the latest versions. But, if you are not a sufficiently experienced user and your computer is working fine, then I do not advise you to do this. Since some problems may appear with updating drivers, and you may not have enough experience to fix them yourself.

The only driver that is recommended to be kept up to date is the driver for the video card, as it adds support for new games and improves performance in old ones. However, also don't rush to update it if all your games are working well. Because games during development are always tested on older drivers, and their new versions can cause a drop in performance. Update the driver for your video card if you have problems with some games.

15. Other drivers and installation methods

Drivers for other devices can be found on their manufacturers' websites. If you know other good ways or programs to install drivers, please share them in the comments!

16. Links

Below you can download all the files that were mentioned in the article.

After installing all the drivers, I recommend doing it again on an external drive. This will help you quickly restore the system with all drivers in case of a failure.

Transcend JetFlash 790 8Gb
Hard drive A-Data Ultimate SU650 240GB
Hard drive Transcend StoreJet 25M TS500GSJ25M 500 GB