Windows XP drivers

LadyInTears · #1 (**permalink**) 05-07-09, 01:27 AM

well ive downgraded from vista to xp.
the drivers cant be downloaded cos my laptop cant identify its own hardware.

any help?

Cheez · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-09, 08:26 AM

Can your laptop connect to the internet (ie does the LAN driver work)? If not, just use a desktop. Either way, go to the website of your laptop manufacturers. All drivers should be available there for download. You wouldn't be able to do that automatically - you need to download them one at a time.

Otherwise, you should have a CD that came with your laptop with the drivers included.

LadyInTears · #3 (**permalink**) 06-07-09, 02:44 AM

i can connect to the net.
the problem is that the drivers are for vista, and i downgraded to xp.
also ive misplaced, thats why im in some hot soup man

Cheez · #4 (**permalink**) 06-07-09, 07:27 AM

Which brand and model? Does the website of the manufacturer provide the drivers?

freakaz01d · #5 (**permalink**) 06-07-09, 07:47 AM

I've downgraded to XP once and experienced the same problems,i've tried searching the net for the compatible druvers and couldnt find any.So i reinstalled vista and that fixed the problem.

penguin · #6 (**permalink**) 06-07-09, 12:38 PM

how do you post this online if you cant access the internet?
on a side note, go to pc/laptop can can access the internet, download the driver and save it to a thumbdrive.I think youre unable to detect some of the hardware due to the inf driver (dunno urs what it is,intel,via etc) not installed.
try it !!

LadyInTears · #7 (**permalink**) 06-07-09, 04:22 PM

firstly thanks for the help.
its a dv4 hp pavillion laptop and i can connect to the net, but other then that all display and sound drivers and even the annoying quickplay button cant work anymore,
the manufacture website only has driver downloads for vista. this is damn annoying man

penguin · #8 (**permalink**) 06-07-09, 05:31 PM

hi try this http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce...9.28_beta.html
i think the graphic is NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

for your sound i got no clue whats the hardware, but if you go to hp website you should have a clue what it is ....just search for the driver on www
hope its working

l0u5y · #9 (**permalink**) 07-07-09, 12:19 AM

u mean the laptop was made for vista only? theres no xp drivers? U probably wan to call up hp and ask them for help.

PatheinRaindropMoe · #10 (**permalink**) 07-07-09, 12:20 AM

hp can be quite "chao kuan" one, they dont provide the full drivers to some of their laptop if using xp. Mine was the same case as well.

Anyway, hey ladyintears, when i downgraded my hp laptop from vista to xp a while back, i went around searching different forums and manged to find all the drivers from there. There are people who faced the same thing with HP laptop downgraded to xp and manged to find all the drivers. They might post it in some of the forums for others, just need to search around.

Another alternative, theres softwares which will search around the net for drivers and consolidate it for you. One example of this is uniblue driver scanner. Anyway, if you wanna use this kinda software, do a search around, there are other offering which do the same thing as well.