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Is it p ossible to do such thing.....Using and external hard drive to
install a missing driver to an HDD upgraded PC run by WinXP?
I tried it but have difficulty in doing such.. Can anybody give me
some ideas how to do it right?
TIA

Roy wrote:
> Is it p ossible to do such thing.....Using and external hard drive
> to install a missing driver to an HDD upgraded PC run by WinXP?
> I tried it but have difficulty in doing such.. Can anybody give me
> some ideas how to do it right?

- Visit the manufacturer's web page (of the hardware device in question.)
- Locate and download the latest hardware device driver (for the hardware
device in question and for the operating system on the other machine.)
- Copy the downloaded driver to the external device/media.
- Take the external device/media to the other machine.
- Connect/insert the external device/media to the other machine.
- Install the driver for the hardware device either directly from the
external device/media or copy it to the local hard disk drive first and
install it from there.

Now - if you mean you want to fix a computer with a bum driver because you
moved the hard drive from another machine - repair installation (that is not
a clean install.)

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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On May 4, 1:47 pm, "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> Roy wrote:
> > Is it p ossible to do such thing.....Using and external hard drive
> > to install a missing driver to an HDD upgraded PC run by WinXP?
> > I tried it but have difficulty in doing such.. Can anybody give me
> > some ideas how to do it right?
>
> - Visit the manufacturer's web page (of the hardware device in question.)
> - Locate and download the latest hardware device driver (for the hardware
> device in question and for the operating system on the other machine.)
> - Copy the downloaded driver to the external device/media.
> - Take the external device/media to the other machine.
> - Connect/insert the external device/media to the other machine.
> - Install the driver for the hardware device either directly from the
> external device/media or copy it to the local hard disk drive first and
> install it from there.
>
> Now - if you mean you want to fix a computer with a bum driver because you
> moved the hard drive from another machine - repair installation (that is not
> a clean install.)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
>      MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

That make sense....
Thanks Stanley!