dongle not installed after factory restore

hostertlady

i just wondered if anyone can help please...

my sons computer upstairs sort of 'conked out' and had to be restored to factory setting....
he has lost everything!!!
his belkinFSD8053 is now not doing anything and says it is missing drivers..... he cant get on the internet obviously to download drivers and get it to work....

he cant remember having a disk when he installed it but he must have done.... ggrrrrrrrr.. he is so dippy!!

can anyone help me to help him get back on line at all please?:)
we would be really grateful ....
thank you..

gaming_guy

..............

hostertlady

gaming_guy wrote: »

use your computer to find the drivers online, then transfer them via CD/USB flash drive/external hard drive to the computer that you need to install the drivers on

so do i google it.. and then...
download them to my computer and then put on a disk for him?


and then take cd upstairs and play it on his computer? sounds complicated... and how will i know what to download?

will it interfere with my computer?? i dont want to download stuff that will mess my computer...

gaming_guy

..............

hostertlady

gaming_guy wrote: »

Yes. you could copy the installer to an external hard drive or USB pen/USB flash drive to save using up a CD.

To burn a CD in XP, follow this guide
To burn a CD in Vista/Win 7, look here



Download the drivers (making sure you download the drivers for the version of the adapter you have - there is a guide on the linked website)



Providing that you don't run the installer on your computer, it should be fine

i am worried.....:eek: how can i not run it if i want to install it... i have the belkinFSD8053 V6 here by the side of me.... cant i just plug it into my computer and put the drive things on it?

gaming_guy

..............

hostertlady

gaming_guy wrote: »

I assumed that you didn't want to install it on the computer you downloaded it on (not the other computer you want to install it on)

gaming_guy wrote: »

No, The adaptor doesn't contain any memory for file storage.

you are correct in saying that i dont want to install it on the computer i am talking to you on,( but i will have to really) i want it to go on sons computer that isnt working... sorry to be dumb but how do i do it? if i get the driver page up..... do i let it choose where it wants to install it to on MY computer ? and then do i run or save? and then do i put it on a dvd-r and then take it up to his computer...

Elle7

Click save, and tell it to save onto a USB stick, or to a desktop folder so you can put them onto a CD. Don't run the program until you've taken the USB/CD upstairs and put it in his computer.

hostertlady

He has put the belkin driver on to his computer but it says...

"this installation package could not be opened, verify that the package exists and that you can acess it, or contact the application vendor to verify that is a valid windows installer package"
Any ideas as to what that means?

MoneySavingUser

sounds like a bad/corrupted download

hostertlady

the download he used was from http://driversinstallers.org/

any other sites that anybody would recommend?