Drivers - for those who know what they are doing

bluesnake

There is a big driver collection free on dvd that may be of use.

here: http://drpsu.com/

and another here, but a bit too russian: http://driveroff.net/

I have had mixed results using the disks, but the final outcome was often, but not always more beneficial, so would have to say back it up beforehand as I had one BSOD (due to bios and incompatible usb3)

If you do not know what you are doing, then best leave this stuff alone

Strider590

I wouldn't trust it, unless i'm trying to find rare drivers for old hardware, I would never use anything other than the hardware manufacturers website.

Besides, Win7 and above pretty much come bundled with practically every driver in existence.

enfield_freddy

I keep a copy of "slimdrivers" on my pendrive , providing the lan connection will work , that proggy will find most of the (correct) drivers online and download them.


I am hesitant to download the one in the link , just a one page link with no homepage or clue to its owner , it is also an exe file.


if this is indeed a dvd of drivers , then why not issue it as an ISO , that people can burn themselves


slimdrivers: https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimdrivers.php

esuhl

Strider590 wrote: »

I wouldn't trust it, unless i'm trying to find rare drivers for old hardware, I would never use anything other than the hardware manufacturers website.

Ditto.

Why on earth would you try to install drivers from a third-party?! Especially if you one of "those who know what they are doing". Just go to the manufacturer's site and download the proper ones.

bluesnake

esul, in a good few situations one is one always to download drivers. The sites above allows the downloading of an ISO.

While I do not boot off this from usb, I use virtual clone drive instead

enfield freddy, that looks like an interesting link, thanks. On the pages above was a link that used a very popular file sharing app, rather than an exe, and that is how I got mine down.

groovyf

Yup, wouldn't trust anything like that, (especially anything in Russian).
That's a whole host of malware, spyware and Trojan waiting to happen on your PC.

cookie365

A load of program files from a country with essentially no law, notorious as a home for cybercriminals, that 'often' doesn't make your computer worse than it was before.

What's not to like?

enfield_freddy

do you mind , my ex wife was from Russia.




on second thoughts , you are correct