formatting

ilvpegasus · External Since: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 3

I am going to have to format my daughters PC. Where do I go to get the
drivers to put back in? Am I going to need one for the sound card, modem,
etc. as well?

Gary S. Terhune · External Since: Mar 22, 2007 Posts: 309

You get them from the manufacturers. You'll need a set for the motherboard
and separate ones for the cards you have installed (any "onboard" devices
are covered by the motherboard drivers.)

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"ilvpegasus" <ilvpegasus RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am going to have to format my daughters PC. Where do I go to get the
> drivers to put back in? Am I going to need one for the sound card, modem,
> etc. as well?

Don Phillipson · External Since: Oct 10, 2006 Posts: 283

> "ilvpegasus" <ilvpegasus.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:83F21933-9F5A-488E-9CFB-AC3891DC8170@microsoft.com...
> >I am going to have to format my daughters PC. Where do I go to get the
> > drivers to put back in? Am I going to need one for the sound card,
modem, etc.

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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> You get them from the manufacturers. You'll need a set for the motherboard
> and separate ones for the cards you have installed (any "onboard" devices
> are covered by the motherboard drivers.)

Reformatting and reinstallation are covered at
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
with good check lists (e.g. locate and record the product
before you reformat i.e. wipe out the old Registry . . . )

Before reformatting you should also review all the
device manufacturers likely to have upgraded drivers
(for modem, audio, video etc.) since 1998 when
Windows drivers were burned to your system CD,
and download and park these on an accessible drive.
If you find a manufacturer has no Win98 drivers still
available, it might be prudent to identify currently
loaded drivers
via / control panel / system / device manager / [each device] / properties
and save spare copies, just in case of need.
(This is specially important for laptops which
often need custom drivers.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)