Ok, I don't want to waste any of your time. So I'll just get right to the point. I attempted my first reformat/reinstall of windows xp. And I had assumed I had backed up my drivers properly by using a downloaded utility called DriverMax. With it, I had searched for all of my drivers and then exported them all into a file.
I assumed then, that I had done what needed to be done and I downloaded that file onto a flash drive. But then, after proceeding with the reinstall. I plug back in my flash drive, locate the file on it and copy it to my desktop. But I have no idea how to install these from the files!?! When I open the file, there doesn't seem to be any set up files or anything that I can install with. Just a whole bunch of driver files that don't do anything but display code when I open them. And now I can't even get on the internet to search for drivers to download because the driver for my D-Link wireless adapter isn't installed! What did I do wrong? Is there any advice anybody can think of to give me? Perhaps, I missed a step while using DriverMax. Could I possibly download these driver files onto another computer and, using DriverMax, try and re-back them up onto a cd/flash drive? Help, please.
Brandon
I assumed then, that I had done what needed to be done and I downloaded that file onto a flash drive. But then, after proceeding with the reinstall. I plug back in my flash drive, locate the file on it and copy it to my desktop. But I have no idea how to install these from the files!?! When I open the file, there doesn't seem to be any set up files or anything that I can install with. Just a whole bunch of driver files that don't do anything but display code when I open them. And now I can't even get on the internet to search for drivers to download because the driver for my D-Link wireless adapter isn't installed! What did I do wrong? Is there any advice anybody can think of to give me? Perhaps, I missed a step while using DriverMax. Could I possibly download these driver files onto another computer and, using DriverMax, try and re-back them up onto a cd/flash drive? Help, please.
Brandon