Installing Drivers From The Hard Drive - Sony Vaio Troubleshooting Manual

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Installing drivers from the hard drive

When you connect a peripheral to your computer, such as a mouse or keyboard, it will only work if the driver is
installed. When your computer is delivered, all the drivers needed for the built-in hardware components, as well as
for Sony mouse devices and keyboards, are already installed. What is more, the system automatically detects these
drivers. Similarly, when you connect a new hardware device to your computer, your system will usually automatically
detect and install its driver. However, you may have to update the driver manually.
Hardware devices purchased separately come with their own driver installation CD and installation instructions,
which you should use to update the driver.
Please note: You cannot manually uninstall drivers; just reinstall them with the procedure below.
To update the driver of a hardware component that was installed when you bought the computer, proceed as
follows:
1 Turn on your computer (notebooks: using AC power only) and wait until Windows
2 If applicable, connect the hardware device to your computer.
If the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, simply follow the onscreen instructions, browsing to the driver as
described below.
3 Open My Computer and click on your C: drive.
4 Double-click the Drivers folder.
5 Double-click the appropriate file or folder (for example, Video for the graphics card driver).
6 Double-click the Setup (or .exe) file of the driver you want to reinstall and follow the instructions onscreen.
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You need administrator rights to install drivers on your computer. If you are the only user, you already have administrator rights; if not, ask your system
administrator.
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