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mellem8787

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    Using Toshiba laptop needing drivers??
    « on: March 06, 2012, 09:26:43 AM »
    I have a Toshiba laptop. I am a bit of a beginner with software/hardware aspects. I need to get some drivers on the laptop that are compatible with XP. I found them at driverturner.com but would like to avoid having to pay for them seeing as they are rather outdated from what I understand and am not sure how well they will work or how long I will wait before upgrading to windows 7. Does anyone know where I can get the drivers for free?
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    Re: Using Toshiba laptop needing drivers??
    « Reply #1 on: March 06, 2012, 09:35:08 AM »
    The ONLY place to obtain drivers for a laptop is from the website of the laptop manufacturer. Go to the Toshiba website.
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    Re: Using Toshiba laptop needing drivers??
    « Reply #2 on: March 06, 2012, 09:35:20 AM »
    3rd party Driver sites are innaccurate at best...
    Laptops are a bit more finicky when it comes to that so as a rule of thumb Laptop drivers should ALWAYS come directly from the laptop manuf. site...
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    Re: Using Toshiba laptop needing drivers??
    « Reply #3 on: March 06, 2012, 09:35:48 AM »
    SNAP !
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      Re: Using Toshiba laptop needing drivers??
      « Reply #4 on: March 07, 2012, 03:21:25 PM »
      Make sure also you are using the version of Windows that the laptop was designed for.  I had a heck of a time when I bought my Vista laptop and thought I would be smart and switch everything to XP.  Turns out certain drivers for a Vista laptop do not have an XP version.  Took a lot of messing around to get that thing working.  However, upgrading from an older version of windows to a newer one isn't as much of a pain.
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