Never Reformatted... Help?

i.Angel · 05-14-2006, 06:04 PM

Hey guys... ignore the post count because they don't mean anything

I have a newb question.

I've had Windows 2000 for a long time now and I've been getting sick of taking all this crap from my buds at the LAN parties that we have. I want to reformatt my hard drive and put Windows XP Professional on it. However, I lost my drivers to my motherboard because I built my PC so long ago

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Can I get my drivers from the manufacturer website? The mobo that I have is in my sig. My dad built this PC for me so I don't even know how this process works.

So could you guys help me out? Thanks so much! I've been wanting to do this forever but my dad is always busy so I thought "what the heck? I need to learn this anyway!"

Thanks for ya'lls help!

StrangleHold · 05-14-2006, 06:17 PM

I get my drivers from the chip maker- motherboard, video card, what ever. They seem to have newer ones than the board or card maker

StrangleHold · 05-14-2006, 06:20 PM

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/

ALi - Download - Home Page

AMD - Download - Home Page

ATi - Download - Home Page

Intel - Download - Home Page

nVidia - Download - Home Page

SiS - Download - Home Page

ULi - Download - Home Page

VIA - Download - Home Page ^ TOP
Step 5 - Video Drivers

3dfx - Download - Home Page

ATi - Download - Home Page

Intel - Download - Home Page

Matrox - Download - Home Page

nVidia - Download - Home Page

PowerVR - Download - Home Page

VIA - Download - Home Page

S3 - Download - Home Page

SiS - Download - Home Page

Trident - Download - Home Page

XGI - Download - Home Page
^ TOP
Step 6 - Sound Drivers

Device Audio

Analog Devices - Download - Home Page

C-Media - Download - Home Page

Creative Labs - Download - Home Page

ESS - Download - Home Page

Philips - Download - Home Page

Realtek - Download - Home Page

SiS - Download - Home Page

VIA - Download - Home Page

Yamaha - Download - Home Page
^ TOP
Step 7 - Network Drivers

Network Card

3com - Download - Home Page

Broadcom - Download - Home Page

D-Link - Download - Home Page

Davicom - Download - Home Page

Intel - Download - Home Page

Linksys - Download - Home Page

NETGEAR - Download - Home Page

Realtek - Download - Home Page

SiS - Download - Home Page

SMC - Download - Home Page

i.Angel · 05-14-2006, 07:03 PM

Do I need to download all of those drivers? Or do I just need to go to Gigabyte.com, find my mobo, and then just download the drivers? Can I even do that?

StrangleHold · 05-14-2006, 07:27 PM

No, those are just general marker drivers for hardware. Yes you can just go to the Gigabyte site

http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Mo...Name=GA-8SG800

i.Angel · 05-14-2006, 07:40 PM

Thanks dude! Anything else that I should be aware of when reformatting? I'm completely new to this...

mrjack · 05-14-2006, 07:53 PM

Partitioning, perhaps or do you know how to partition with the default Windows tools?

i.Angel · 05-14-2006, 08:42 PM

Partition? Sorry... no.

StrangleHold · 05-14-2006, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i.Angel

Partition? Sorry... no.

Read this, about every way you can install
http://www.windowsxpprofessional.windowsreinstall.com/

05-14-2006, 06:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	Never Reformatted... Help? Hey guys... ignore the post count because they don't mean anything I have a newb question. I've had Windows 2000 for a long time now and I've been getting sick of taking all this crap from my buds at the LAN parties that we have. I want to reformatt my hard drive and put Windows XP Professional on it. However, I lost my drivers to my motherboard because I built my PC so long ago . Can I get my drivers from the manufacturer website? The mobo that I have is in my sig. My dad built this PC for me so I don't even know how this process works. So could you guys help me out? Thanks so much! I've been wanting to do this forever but my dad is always busy so I thought "what the heck? I need to learn this anyway!" Thanks for ya'lls help! __________________ XPS M1530 Last edited by i.Angel; 05-14-2006 at 06:07 PM.

05-14-2006, 06:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 6,715	I get my drivers from the chip maker- motherboard, video card, what ever. They seem to have newer ones than the board or card maker __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 2gb XFX 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful. Last edited by StrangleHold; 05-14-2006 at 06:19 PM.

05-14-2006, 06:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 6,715	http://www.windowsreinstall.com/ ALi - Download - Home Page AMD - Download - Home Page ATi - Download - Home Page Intel - Download - Home Page nVidia - Download - Home Page SiS - Download - Home Page ULi - Download - Home Page VIA - Download - Home Page ^ TOP Step 5 - Video Drivers 3dfx - Download - Home Page ATi - Download - Home Page Intel - Download - Home Page Matrox - Download - Home Page nVidia - Download - Home Page PowerVR - Download - Home Page VIA - Download - Home Page S3 - Download - Home Page SiS - Download - Home Page Trident - Download - Home Page XGI - Download - Home Page ^ TOP Step 6 - Sound Drivers Device Audio Analog Devices - Download - Home Page C-Media - Download - Home Page Creative Labs - Download - Home Page ESS - Download - Home Page Philips - Download - Home Page Realtek - Download - Home Page SiS - Download - Home Page VIA - Download - Home Page Yamaha - Download - Home Page ^ TOP Step 7 - Network Drivers Network Card 3com - Download - Home Page Broadcom - Download - Home Page D-Link - Download - Home Page Davicom - Download - Home Page Intel - Download - Home Page Linksys - Download - Home Page NETGEAR - Download - Home Page Realtek - Download - Home Page SiS - Download - Home Page SMC - Download - Home Page __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 2gb XFX 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful. Last edited by StrangleHold; 05-14-2006 at 06:35 PM.

05-14-2006, 07:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	Do I need to download all of those drivers? Or do I just need to go to Gigabyte.com, find my mobo, and then just download the drivers? Can I even do that? __________________ XPS M1530

05-14-2006, 07:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 6,715	No, those are just general marker drivers for hardware. Yes you can just go to the Gigabyte site http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Mo...Name=GA-8SG800 __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 2gb XFX 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful.

05-14-2006, 07:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	Thanks dude! Anything else that I should be aware of when reformatting? I'm completely new to this... __________________ XPS M1530

05-14-2006, 07:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,294	Partitioning, perhaps or do you know how to partition with the default Windows tools? __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar SE 160Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

05-14-2006, 08:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	Partition? Sorry... no. __________________ XPS M1530

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