How to know what drivers you need

There are at least three easy ways to find outwhich drivers are needed by a new device. Refer directly to the official website of the manufacturer of the equipment. Go to the "Support" section on each website and look for the description instructions and the latest driver for your device. Download them to your hard drive, unzip and install the standard Windows tools. New equipment should be determined and earn.

If you don't know the manufacturer of the equipment, use another method to know which drivers need to the unidentified device. Go to "Windows device Manager (My computer – Properties – device Manager). Find the unknown device and open its properties. Go to the tab "Data and the "Property, select "hardware ID . From all that appears in the field below the lines of text copy first by clicking on it right mouse button and selecting Copy . Open a browser and go to search device code: http://devid.info/. In the "Search paste the copied code string in the table of results for choose any driver. Download it and install the system.

However, the easiest and most convenient option, which allows you not only to learn what drivers are needed for your hardware and automatically install them or update – use managers to install drivers such as DriverPack Solution or SamDrivers. You can download them absolutely free. And the benefits from their use are obvious: they automatically install drivers for the vast majority of components and, thereby, save your time. In case if you need to roll back drivers installed before you start managers, create another system restore point.