How to install downloaded drivers on a laptop. General procedure for installing drivers on a laptop and installation recommendations

Along with the widespread use of personal computers and laptops, a lot of problems have predictably appeared for dummies, especially when reinstalling the operating system. One of these problems is the critical shortage of drivers for important devices. Many novice users don’t even think that after reinstalling operating system they simply will not be able to go online to download the required driver. Therefore, in this article we will figure out how to install drivers on a laptop or computer from a flash drive.

Using a flash drive when installing drivers simplifies system setup.

The most common problem, as already mentioned, is the lack of drivers on devices that provide Internet access. If you can find drivers for other devices on the network, then there is nothing you can do here, you need to have the necessary software on a flash drive or download it to another computer and from there transfer the data to the “patient”.

To avoid such situations, a competent user always has a set of specific drivers specifically for his machine. It makes life a lot easier and initial setup computer after reinstalling the operating system. According to the law of meanness, most users do not have such a set, so we will first figure out how to do without it, and then collect it bit by bit so that next time we can complete the installation in ten minutes.

There are a great many ways to install drivers, but only the manufacturer’s website can be considered a truly correct and “honest” source of support. This is the only way.

ATTENTION. By downloading something you don’t know and where you don’t know where, you can screw up the system once or twice.

In any case, we will analyze all the methods, and then you can decide for yourself what is convenient and right for you.

Method one, for the lazy

DriverPack Solution, where would we be without him? This is a collection of the most frequently encountered drivers. All drivers. How newer version- the more new drivers it contains. The collection is very heavy. At the time of writing, the complete collection weighs about ten gigabytes, although there is also a version with a loader that detects drivers that are missing and downloads only them.

This option is suitable if you still have Internet access on a fresh machine. After starting the program, all drivers that appear are evaluated and installed. necessary for the program, this is its main disadvantage. Not all drivers are always installed, and the necessary drivers are not always installed. Therefore, this method can be considered a backup when normal, up-to-date software that will definitely suit your devices is simply not at hand.

So, what do we need to do to use the program:

• If we don't have internet access. Download the version with all available drivers, put it on a flash drive and run the program on the patient. The installation takes place, after which we finalize the software for the devices that the program missed.
• If we have access to the network. Let's take it boot file and the program downloads only the necessary drivers, and then installs them. Better quality option.

After the program's actions, problems with installing drivers often appear; some devices are displayed as unknown, which makes it very difficult to find the necessary software.

Method two, correct

Correct installation of drivers from a flash drive. Before reinstalling the system, we determine which drivers we need to install in order to gain access to the Internet. The choice of device depends on how exactly you connect to the Internet: via Wi-Fi, PPoE, 3G modem or ADSL. After re Windows installations install software that will allow us to access the Internet, and then download software for each device that needs it, after which we copy this entire assembly onto a separate medium and store it until the next demolition of Windows.

So, actually, how to search for drivers? We have two options: go to the manufacturer’s website and download everything you need specifically for our car model, or download software for each specific device by its ID. If everything is clear with the first method, then many may not have heard of the second, let’s figure it out.

We need to get into Device Manager. This is done like this: click right click Go to “My Computer” and select “Properties”. In the window that appears, pay attention to left column, where we find the “Device Manager” item. Another window will open, showing all devices connected to the this moment to our system. Devices requiring software will be marked exclamation point, these are exactly the devices with which we will work.

Right-click on any of them and select “Properties”. Next, go to the “Details” tab and in the drop-down list we find the line “Equipment ID”. The information field will contain several lines with incomprehensible squiggles, which is what we need.

We take one of the IDs, we will use it to search for a driver. We have two options: go to a specialized website or enter a query directly into a search engine. Choose what suits you best. At the time of writing, the Devid.info website provides services for finding the required driver. Inside the site, we enter our ID into the search bar and perform a search. In the results obtained, click on the “Save” button next to one of the drivers, a new window will open where we need to find a line with a direct link to download the archive. Do not click on the huge “Download” buttons, these are advertising banners.

After we have downloaded the archive, we either unpack it and run the executive file, or use the driver update in the device manager. It is performed through context menu, right-click on any device and select “Update drivers”, search on this computer, indicate the path to our archive. This method sometimes fails, then you should start the installation manually by unpacking the archive yourself.

Third method, Windows tools

A large amount of software is stored in Microsoft databases, it would be a shame not to use them. We will enable auto-update for all devices. This method especially often helps when setting up printers and other office devices.

Go to “Devices and Printers”, right-click on any of the groups and select “Device Installation Settings”. In the windows that appear, we allow Windows to automatically search for and install drivers and updates.

If Windows update is disabled, this function will not appear. Immediately after enabling auto-updates, a specific icon will most likely appear in the tray, by clicking on which you can track the success of the search and installation of the driver. In some cases, the driver will be found and installed. But it is not recommended to use this method as the main one.

Conclusion

So, we figured out how to install drivers on a computer or laptop from a flash drive. In fact, a flash drive is only a tool for storing your personal build for a specific machine. All preparation should be done before you are left without the Internet, remember this. We must download everything we need onto the media, and then use it. Alternatively, you can store the necessary drivers on a partition of the disk that you will not format. Then external storage won't be useful. Be careful to download only clean software, preferably from the manufacturer’s website.

If you have any questions, ask them in the comments!

It's called a driver special program, necessary for each computer or laptop device to operate. Such devices include a chipset (control circuit) motherboard, sound card, network card, video card, disk controllers, etc.

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

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2. Installing drivers from disk

If the laptop came with a driver disk for the required version Windows, the easiest way is to install drivers from it.

Place the disc in the drive and wait until the installation menu appears. In Windows 8 on the right top corner A message appears that you need to click on.

Then you need to confirm the launch of the installation program.

If the menu does not appear, then open the disk in Explorer and run installation file(autorun.exe, setup.exe or similar).

The setup menu may have different kind, but the meaning is the same everywhere.

Often the installation program itself determines which drivers need to be installed on the laptop. Sometimes you need to check the boxes manually and click the “Install” button or something similar.

After this, the sequential installation of all drivers will begin. During the installation process, various messages may appear where you will need to confirm the installation of some components. To install some of them, downloading from the Internet may be suggested. Agree with all the installation program's suggestions, otherwise some drivers may not install.

The laptop may reboot multiple times during installation. After a reboot, the installation should continue automatically, sometimes in hidden mode. Don't take it out installation disk and wait for a message that all drivers are installed.

If nothing happens on the screen for 15-30 minutes, then pay attention to the indicator hard drive. If the light is on or flashes quickly, the installation is still in progress. You can also launch the task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) and find in the list running processes driver installer, if it takes up processor resources, it means the installation is still in progress.

The screenshot below shows the moment the driver was installed by the HP Software Setup program. sound card"IDT PC Audio".

There may be more on the disk various programs and utilities, 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.

3. If there is no installer on the disk

Sometimes disks with drivers for laptops do not contain a general installation program that determines the hardware configuration and offers only the necessary drivers for installation. Also on the disk there may be hundreds of drivers for various laptops from the same manufacturer. Do not try to install everything in a row or at random, as this can lead to various problems. In this case, you can try installing drivers through Device Manager.

4. Login to “Device Manager”

There are several ways to access Device Manager.

4.1. "Device Manager" in Windows 7 and XP

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

Then go to the "Device Manager" section.

4.2. Device Manager in Windows 8.1

Right-click on the Windows icon in the lower left corner of your desktop and select Device Manager.

5. Installing drivers in Device Manager

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.

Right-click on the first device without a driver and select “Update Drivers...”.

Then “Search for driver software on this computer.”

Click the Browse button, select your driver disk and click Next.

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

Install drivers for all other devices with an exclamation mark in the same way.

6. If the laptop does not have a DVD drive

If the laptop does not have a DVD drive, then a driver disc is usually not included in the kit. But if you still have a disk, then you can copy files from it to a flash drive on another computer and install drivers from this flash drive using the installation program or manually through the “Device Manager”, as described above.
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Sometimes drivers may be in separate folder on the laptop disk. Carefully review the contents of the hard drive in Explorer and take care of the continued safety of the folder with drivers. You can install drivers from this folder one by one by running installation program each driver or manually from the Task Manager, specifying the folder with drivers instead of the CD.

But keep in mind that the drivers may not be suitable for your version of Windows. Be guided by the names of folders and files; they often contain a mention of the version of Windows for which the drivers are intended.

7. Download drivers from the manufacturer’s website

If you don’t have drivers for your laptop, then the best option They will be downloaded from the official website of the laptop manufacturer. To do this you will need a complete laptop model (sometimes serial number) and devices for which you need to download drivers.

7.1. Determining the laptop model

The laptop model and serial number are indicated on the label on the bottom cover or under the battery, on the laptop box and in the BIOS.

You can also find out this data using the “HWiNFO” program, which you can download in the “” section.

7.2. Device Definition

With laptops, unlike desktop computers, there is one caveat. The fact is that laptops from the same series can be equipped with different video cards, network adapters, Wi-Fi modules, Bluetooth, etc. When searching for drivers on the manufacturer's website, you will be offered a list of drivers for all devices that were installed in laptops of the same series.

To download correct drivers, you will need to determine which devices are installed in your laptop. The easiest way to do this is using the utility " Unknown Device Identifier", which you can download in the "" section.

You need to carefully scroll through the entire list and write down the device models. To do this, you need to analyze the text for known devices and manufacturers. Below I will describe the types of devices, and in brackets the most popular manufacturers.

CardReader	card reader for reading memory cards (Realtek)
Ethernet	network card (Realtek)
WiFi	Wi-Fi adapter (Intel, Qualcomm Atheros, Broadcom, Mediatek)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth adapter (Intel, Qualcomm Atheros, Broadcom, Mediatek)
Graphics Controller	video card, maybe two - one integrated into the processor (Intel, AMD), the second discrete (nVidia, AMD)
HD Audio Controller	audio card, maybe two - the main one for outputting sound to speakers (Realtek, Analog Devices, IDT) and an additional one for outputting sound to the HDMI connector (Intel)
SATA Controller	disk controller, may be included in the driver kit for the chipset (Intel) or supplied separately (AMD)
USB 3	USB 3 controller (Intel, Realtek)
Chipset	various system devices, drivers for which are included in the driver package for chipsets (Intel, AMD)

The most important thing is the model of network card, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth adapters, as they can be different. As for chipset devices, there is no need to write them down; if you have an Intel processor, then the chipset is also Intel, if AMD processor – AMD chipset. If you know what manufacturer your discrete video card is (Intel or AMD), then this is also enough. Laptops often have stickers that make it easy to identify the manufacturer of the processor and video card.

Now you need to download the necessary drivers.

7.3. Downloading drivers

Go to the laptop manufacturer's support site and enter its model (sometimes serial number) into the search field. The list of sites is in the "" section.

As an example, I will show you how to find and download drivers for an HP laptop. Follow the link to the site and enter the laptop model in the search field.

Choose yours Windows version.

After this, a list of all available drivers should be displayed. Scroll through it sequentially from top to bottom and download those drivers that suit you.

The first section in our case is the driver for the sound card.

There is only one driver here, so we download it.

The next section of the driver for the video card.

If the processor has an integrated video card from Intel (Core i3-i7, Pentium, Atom) or AMD (A4-A10), then we download the driver for it in any case. We have just such a processor Intel Core i5. If your laptop has a discrete video card (nVidia or AMD), then download the driver for it as well.

The next section of the driver for input devices, which includes the touchpad ( Touchpad instead of a mouse), a keyboard with hot keys (Hotkey) for adjusting volume, brightness, etc., a fingerprint scanner.

Please note that in in this case There are several versions of each driver (latest and previous), in addition, somewhere the names are indicated in Russian, and somewhere the same is in English. I recommend downloading the latest drivers, they are usually higher than the previous ones.

The version and its release date are indicated in the column " Current version" To determine drivers for the same device, compare the English and Russian driver names. You can also navigate by the column “ previous version" and "Size". Size between different versions of the same driver should not differ much.

Usually you need to download drivers for the touchpad and hotkey support. In our case, these are 3 files, since there is also a separate driver for the Wi-Fi on/off button. I decided not to download the driver for the fingerprint scanner, since I don’t plan to use it.

The next section is the driver for the chipset.

Here we see two driver packages, the name and size of which are very different. So you need to download both. If suddenly this section contains drivers for different chipsets (Intel and AMD), then download only those that correspond to your processor (Intel or AMD).

The next section of the driver for drives.

There is a driver for our Realtek card reader, a 3D DriverGuard utility to protect the drive from shock, and an Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver to improve the performance of the disk controller. I recommend downloading all this.

Controller drivers have a positive effect on the stability and speed of the disk, but if your laptop is still running slowly, install it and it will become much faster and more responsive!

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The largest and most complex section with drivers for network adapters.

You would not have figured out what to download if you had not determined in advance what devices are installed in your laptop. But we did it and all that remains is to find the models we need. Of the 17 drivers presented in this section, we only need 3:

• driver for Wi-Fi adapters Qualcomm Atheros QCA9000 series
• driver for Bluetooth adapters Qualcomm Atheros QCA9000 series
• driver for Realtek network card

Please note that the serial number is often indicated rather than the specific adapter model. You can determine that the driver is suitable by one or two first digits. A driver for a wired network card can be easily identified by the word Ethernet in the name. Please note that there may also be several versions of the same driver. Download the first (which is higher) driver, and skip the next (which is lower) for the same device.

Next BIOS section.

This is not a driver, but firmware for your laptop. If you decide to change the operating system, but it does not install, then download the latest BIOS version for your laptop, copy the file to a flash drive, go to BIOS program Setup and use the function BIOS updates from a flash drive. Sometimes this helps solve some other problems.

The next section is updating the operating system.

Download the files available here, you will need to install them first, as they solve some problems typical for specific laptop models, improve stability, security and performance.

The next section is software.

These are various optional utilities that are not required for the laptop to function. They add features that are rarely used and only slow down the system. Don't download too much. If you want to figure it out, first look on the Internet for what it is needed for.

But it’s not for nothing that I singled out one utility called “Download Manager software packages HP”, it is also called “HP SoftPaq” in English Download Manager" IN this list there is her new one and old version. This utility itself determines which devices are installed on your laptop and offers to install drivers and software for them. But in order to use it correctly, you need to know everything that we just talked about. We'll talk about this utility a little later, but now we'll look at the procedure for installing drivers.

8. Driver installation procedure

Installing drivers is much easier than searching for them. It is enough to run each installation file sequentially and click the “Next” button several times, as when installing any program.

But with driver compatibility on laptops there are often problems various problems. To avoid them, it is advisable to follow the following installation procedure.

• Windows updates (your version)*
• Chipset drivers (Intel or AMD)*
• Disk controller driver (SATA/AHCI/RAID Controller)*
• Integrated graphics card (Intel or AMD)*
• Discrete graphics card (nVidia or AMD)*
• Sound card (Realtek, Analog Devices, IDT)
• Network card (Ethernet)
• Bluetooth adapter (Intel, Qualcomm Atheros, Broadcom, Mediatek)*
• Wi-Fi adapter (Intel, Qualcomm Atheros, Broadcom, Mediatek)
• USB 3 controller
• Card reader (Realtek)
• Webcam
• Touchpad Utility (Mouse Driver (Synaptics))
• Keyboard utility (Hotkey support)
• Drive Shock Protection Utility (3D DriveGuard)
• Other necessary utilities**

* Drivers are marked with an asterisk, after installation of which it is advisable to reboot the laptop.

** I recommend not installing utilities that you will not use (for a fingerprint scanner, anti-theft protection, disk encryption, network diagnostics, etc.), as well as those whose purpose you do not understand. Before installing anything, it is advisable to search for information about it on the Internet, since various problems are possible, including permanent blocking of the laptop.

9. Branded utilities for installing drivers

Popular laptop manufacturers have proprietary utilities for searching and installing drivers. They determine what devices are installed on the laptop and offer to install drivers and utilities for them. But you will have to choose what exactly to install, so the knowledge gained in the previous sections of the article will not be superfluous. You can download the utilities using the list of manufacturers in the “” section.

All these utilities work similarly. As an example, we will look at the utility for HP laptops - “HP SoftPaq Download Manager”. After launching, it automatically detects the laptop model, Windows version, scans the hardware, and searches for suitable drivers and programs on the server. This process may take 1-5 minutes, after which you will be offered a list of all applicable drivers and programs to download and install.

Check the boxes next to the required components and click “Install”. Choose carefully; you don’t need to install everything or the purpose of which you don’t understand.

Please note that this list may contain multiple versions of the same driver or program. To compare, sort the list by name (“Name”) and select latest version by release date.

The "Priority" column indicates the importance of the component:

The “Category” column indicates the component type:

I advise you to choose everything critical updates(Critical), regular drivers (Routine – Driver) and recommended drivers (Recommended – Driver). Recommended - Software is usually not necessary.

Take special care with components that have the word “Security” in their name or category. I do not recommend installing and experimenting with this for novice users, as your laptop may be locked PERMANENTLY!

This program also allows you to download drivers for any other HP laptop. To do this, you can use one of the additional tabs.

The “Show all products” tab allows you to download all available files for specific model laptop, and the “Build Driver Pack” tab – only drivers, but for all models of a certain series.

10. Third-party utilities for installing drivers

Utilities for desktop computers, such as Driver Pack, are not suitable for installing drivers on laptops. Solution Online", they do not detect all drivers. One of best programs which is suitable for laptops is " IObit Driver Booster." You can download it in the "" section.

After launch, the program automatically scans the laptop and offers drivers available in the Internet database for installation. All you have to do is click on the “Update All” button and the program will do everything itself. And she does it incomparably!

The entire driver package takes up a small amount of space and is downloaded very quickly in one stream. I downloaded 19 drivers with a total volume of about 350 MB in just 6 minutes! The Internet channel speed was 10 Mbit/s and downloading occurred at full speed. Installing all the drivers is also a continuous process and took me another 6 minutes. In total, it took only 12 minutes to download and install all the drivers! This is an incredible achievement compared to other programs where downloading and installing drivers can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours.

I would like to especially note the beautiful and well-designed interface. The program is in Russian, the models and manufacturers of all devices are identified very correctly. You can see about each device and its driver Additional information by clicking on the link next to his name.

The only drawback of the program is that it does not always install the utilities needed to support advanced keyboard and touchpad functions.

If you know others good ways or programs for installing drivers, share them in the comments!

11. Links

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

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

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You have just reinstalled Windows on your laptop and you need to install drivers for everything to work correctly. There are many ways to do this. Below are the ones I use myself.

Downloading drivers from the manufacturer's website

On back cover laptop, look at the device model (the manufacturer is usually written on the panel with the display).

1. We go to the website of the laptop manufacturer (in search bar browser we write the manufacturer of your laptop - for example HP, ASUS, ACER...).
2. We are looking for the search field on the site. We put our model there and look for it.
3. On the page with your laptop model, go to the “Support” section and then to the “Software and Drivers” section.
4. Select your operating system and .
5. Download all drivers and install in in the right order(see section below).

Here are 6 simple steps For correct installation drivers for laptop.

Driver installation procedure

In order for everything to install without problems and work correctly, follow the order of installing drivers on a laptop or Personal Computer not just desirable, but mandatory:

1. Chipset or system logic
2. Embedded video
3. Audio
4. Drivers for discrete video cards
5. LAN (local area network)
6. All others (in any order).

The main thing from this list is, first of all, to install drivers for the chipset. For other devices it is much less important.

Installation via website

The same official drivers on our website, only they are much easier to find and they are already sorted in the right order. As, for example, in the article for: you must first install Intel driver chipset, then built-in Intel video, Audio Realtek and so on.

In the search window, specify your laptop model, find the table with the desired operating system, download the drivers in order and install. If you haven't found your model, please write a comment on any article. We will definitely add it within one or two days. Thank you.

If there are no drivers for my operating system on the official website or website

I wrote it specifically for this purpose. Please get acquainted with it. If the recommendations do not help you or you do not find the driver for your device by ID, then use the utilities below.

DriverPack Solution & DriverUpdaterPro

1. - free
2. DriverUpdaterPro is paid.

To be honest, I prefer installing drivers from the official website (or from the website). My former boss has a lot of respect for DriverPack Solution. Since I respect my boss, even a former one, I can’t help but recommend DriverPack Solution.

Both utilities have a user-friendly interface and you don't need to understand them. DriverUpdaterPro - I tried it myself on my laptop. It seems that the drivers have been updated and the laptop has been working without failures for 6 or 7 months. But, as they say, this is not a long time).

Hello dear reader of my blog! Stable operation of the Windows operating system depends on how correctly the driver for the device is installed.

In this article, I will tell you how to install a device driver in the Windows operating system in several ways.

Driver is a program with which the operating system Windows system gets access to specific device computer (video card, network card, printer, etc.).

Conclusion

Well, now you know how to install a device driver in several ways, including a driver update program. Depends on correct driver installation stable work your operating system and your mood in general. You can ask all questions about how to install the driver below in the comments.

Finally, you can watch a video on how to install drivers from using DriverPack Solution

Well, in the next article I will tell you free program.

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If you just recently bought a laptop or now want to install fresh drivers, then this can be done in several ways. I will tell you some of them in this lesson. We'll look at how automatic installation drivers for a laptop or manually. So, let's go!

01. DriverPack Solution program

The easiest way to install drivers on a laptop is to use a free program DriverPack Solution. You can't even imagine how simple it is. Just download the latest version on the official website, run it and click the " Install automatically".

The program will download to your laptop necessary drivers and install them!

This option is suitable for those who already have a minimum set of drivers installed and the Internet is working. If the Internet is not yet configured on your laptop, then we will take a different route, and it will take us a little longer.

First of all, find a computer where the Internet works well. Then go to the same website http://drp.su/ru and scroll the page to the very bottom. There is a "DriverPack Full" version.

Download it and start downloading the full version of the drivers. They weigh quite a lot ( about 10 gigabytes), but thanks to this kit we can install drivers on laptop, where even the Internet does not work due to uninstalled drivers for network card or WI-FI.

Download the drivers and transfer them to the flash drive. We launch it on the laptop and install them by pressing one button Install automatically.

The method described above in most cases guarantees the installation of the latest drivers on your laptop. But the DriverPack program also has its disadvantages. For example, if the Internet on a laptop does not work, you will have to look for another computer with Internet to download full version drivers for 10 gigabytes. Several programs are also installed along with the drivers, which some users may not like.

02. Driver disc

When purchasing a laptop, a driver disk is always included with the device. If you haven’t thrown it away anywhere, and it is safe and sound, then immediately after you can insert the disk into the drive and install all the native drivers. There is only one minus here - The drivers are most likely already outdated!

03. Manual installation

Most drivers can be installed manually by going to the manufacturers' official websites. This method, of course, takes longer, but despite this, it also has a right to exist. I described in detail how to install the driver on a laptop manually in the lesson: . There, using a video card as an example, you will understand how to find absolutely any drivers.