To Use the Driver Recovery CD
To Use the Driver Recovery CD
The Driver Recovery CD utility enables you to reinstall individual drivers and repair software applications if they become corrupted or are erased. You can reinstall an individual driver to correct a problem that you are experiencing with your computer, peripheral hardware, or software application.
✍If you need to reinstall all of the software applications that shipped with your computer, use the System Recovery CD(s).
You must be in Windows to run the Driver Recovery CD utility.
Reinstalling device drivers with the Driver Recovery CD
1Turn on your computer. If your computer is already on, close all applications.
2When the Windows desktop appears, insert the Driver Recovery CD into the optical disc drive.
✍If your system is equipped with two optical drives, insert the Driver Recovery CD into the upper optical drive.
3Click Start in the Windows taskbar and click Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears.
4Click Performance and Maintenance and click System. The System Properties dialog box appears.
5From the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
6Click to select the unknown device or the device that requires the driver installation. The unknown device(s) is identified by a yellow question mark.
7From the Action menu, click Uninstall. This removes the device driver from your system. Click OK. Repeat for each device driver as necessary.
8Restart your computer. Click Start in the Windows taskbar, select Turn Off Computer, and then click Restart.
9When the desktop appears, Windows automatically reinstalls the device driver(s) from the Driver Recovery CD.
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