Just re-installed Vista and it needed couple drivers - 1 for my Radeon 1650
SE video card and one for my M/Soft digital media 3000 keyboard

I'm bit concerned about these drivers becoming obsolete (particularly the
former) so I was wondering whether it's possible to save the drivers now for
future install - the driver details document all the driver files &
locations but not sure how to re-install - just drop them in the right
folder?

It seems impossible to just download driver nowadays - it's either direct
install only or part of 200,million gigabyte software install which i dont
want on my machine

Chris K wrote:
Just re-installed Vista and it needed couple drivers - 1 for my
Radeon 1650 SE video card and one for my M/Soft digital media 3000
keyboard
I'm bit concerned about these drivers becoming obsolete
(particularly the former) so I was wondering whether it's possible
to save the drivers now for future install - the driver details
document all the driver files & locations but not sure how to
re-install - just drop them in the right folder?

It seems impossible to just download driver nowadays - it's either
direct install only or part of 200,million gigabyte software
install which i dont want on my machine

If the drivers become obsolete - it's time to move on - really. Since you
can still download Windows 98 drivers from many manufacturer's web pages.

Or is that the real issue here - you are not going to the manufacturer's web
page for each hardware device to download the proper and latest drivers for
your hardware?

Did you visit he
http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/drivers.aspx
... for the ATI video card drivers?
If so - did you then click on:
http://support.amd.com/us/psearch/Pa...oad %20Detail
("All Graphics - Desktop")??
Then select your video card and OS combination using the pull-down menus?

I would greatly suspect that through 2014+ - you will be able to do this.

However - if you had done this - then you would have saved the file relevant
to your OS already and known that once you saved that file - you had to run
it to install it. So - logic says that if you save the downloaded file to
some external media - you can keep it for as long as the media can be
read/used.

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I found drivers for the ati 1650 for xp vista and windows 7 32 and 64bit in
about 5 seconds

http://driverscollection.com/?H=Radeon%20X1650&By=ATI


"Chris K" wrote in message
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Just re-installed Vista and it needed couple drivers - 1 for my Radeon
1650
SE video card and one for my M/Soft digital media 3000 keyboard

I'm bit concerned about these drivers becoming obsolete (particularly the
former) so I was wondering whether it's possible to save the drivers now
for
future install - the driver details document all the driver files &
locations but not sure how to re-install - just drop them in the right
folder?

It seems impossible to just download driver nowadays - it's either direct
install only or part of 200,million gigabyte software install which i dont
want on my machine

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Drew wrote:
I found drivers for the ati 1650 for xp vista and windows 7 32 and
64bit in about 5 seconds

http://driverscollection.com/?H=Radeon%20X1650&By=ATI

And it is *still* wiser to get the drivers direct from the manufacturer when
you can. And in this conversation is the way to do this in excruciating
detail.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html