Have you ever had to use your drivers?

The drivers of your computer are the most important thing for your computer. Whenever you do a format for your PC that is wipe out your operating system and install the OS again you need to install all the required drivers after that in order for your computer to run properly. Your drivers are for your motherboard basically. The different drivers are audio, video, network etc. Without the audio driver installed you won't be able to listen to any music or any kind of sound. Without the video driver you will not get good clarity and also not be able to play many movies and stuff etc. So drivers are a must for your PC as it interfaces your hardware with your software basically. I have all the driver CD's required for my computer. So please get your self one and keep them safely now. If your PC start up is slow format your PS as there could be some viruses that are eating up your computer resources which could be causing it to start slow. That would be my best suggestion. Many a times when my PC gets slow I format it.

I still keep all the drivers for my computers. But if someone ask me to repair there computer by reformatting it then i will also ask for the drivers because its very important. For your problem you don't need to pay for a driver you can actually download it for free in manufacturer's website. If that's driver but if it's a program its definitely not for free.

I personally think that the guy is making sale out of you guys. U don't need a driver cd or anything but u need you backup disk which actually comes with all the computers / laptops. If your husband accidentally threw it - then you might have to contact the laptop company's customer service and ask them where you can get a backup disk. on the other hand drivers are startup files which are often installed in the computer itself so that if you plug any plug & play devices you can easily start using that device without going through the hassle of installing drivers using r the cd. hope this helps !

There are some good responses here to help you. You can also try driverguide.com. Its a reputable and helpful site. Theres also a free piece of software called RadarSync. Make sure you unselect the additional addons they try to give you during the install. Your puters makers site or microsofts dnload site is a good place too.

Hi writersedge. I am clueless on this one. I have certainly heard of drivers and the importance of having "the right ones" but I don't think I've personally experienced a problem because of not having the correct ones. Here goes my ignorance but I thought there were several drivers already loaded on computers that are uninstalled unless a person chooses to install them. Could it be that the ones you need are already on there but they just haven't been installed? If I trusted the person who told me this, I guess I'd buy them all, just to be safe. Good luck on this one, writersedge.

No I have never had that happen to me, but I know when to but a computer all the pices come already put together the only thing in the box is the montior, the cpu,the key borad, the mouse, and the spekers oh yea also the recovery dics.

I don't know a lot about computers but i think nearly all programs or most have drivers, I am not sure but I know they are pretty much important, I let my techy look after all that for me or i wouldn't be here...