Instructions for Downloading and Installing Basic Drivers For Windows

Driver is a very important thing to help your computer operate easily or not, if your computer lacks drivers, it will not work well, especially  on  Windows operating system , so you must install it. install the full drivers to ensure the machine works as best as possible, so how to install it fully? In this article, WebTech360 will guide you how to check and install basic drivers so that you can do it easily.

Check if the drivers in the device are installed enough?

The first problem in the content of the basic driver download and installation guide that we want to talk about is to check the drivers in your device, to see if they are installed enough or not. Because you will not be able to use the functions of the computer if the drivers are not fully installed. Specifically, the function of listening to music, playing games, graphics ... will not work. Besides, even the internet cannot connect without drivers.

To check if the driver is installed enough, we will do the following: Right-click and select the My Computer or This PC icon > select Manage (At this point, the Computer Management interface will appear on the screen) > Right click and select Device Manager.

Going to this folder, we can check if the status of the drives is missing or not. Drivers with a yellow exclamation point icon mean that those drivers on your computer are not installed yet. That is, you need to install those additional drivers for your computer right away if you don't want to be interrupted when using a certain feature.

Steps to guide you to download and install basic drivers on your laptop

To download and install drivers, you can search for drivers from the manufacturer's website. For laptops, you can search for drivers at the following website addresses corresponding to each type of laptop:

- Sony laptops: https://www.sony.com/electronics/support

- Acer laptop: https://www.acer.com/vn-en/

- Dell laptops: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-vn

- Asus laptops: https://www.asus.com/support

- HP Laptop: https://www.hp.com/vn-en/support.html

- Lenovo laptops: https://support.lenovo.com/vn/en/

- Samsung laptops: https://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/

Depending on the type of laptop you are using, choose the appropriate website to search for drivers. Then proceed to install the driver for the Laptop. First, you need to know your laptop's line code or symbol to perform a search. Once you have the symbol, you just need to enter the driver installation page from the manufacturer's homepage. 

Specific examples

For your ease of operation, we will take an example of how to find and download drivers for Dell laptops!

First, you will get the Dell laptop's Service Tag code located on the underside of the laptop. Then access the website link: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-vn . At the homepage of the newly visited website, you will see a box with the words Enter your Service Tag or Express Service Code. Enter the Service Tag code there and click Submit.

Next, you will choose the windows operating system corresponding to your laptop. Immediately, the page browser will take you to a list of drivers to download and install.

The last step, you just need to download all these drivers in turn to your laptop and install it. After completing the installation process, do not forget to check again that these drives are fully installed!

For other laptops, you can do the same thing as on Dell laptops. As for the PC desktop device, you open the CPU case to see the Mainboard name . Then on the search bar enter keywords including " Driver + Mainboard Name ". Next, you just need to visit the manufacturer's homepage link, proceed with the download and installation operations.

In summary, after checking which drivers are missing and need to be added, we will proceed to download and install those missing drivers. By following the instructions to download and install the basic drivers in the article.

The software automatically installs the drivers

Currently, there are many popularly used automatic driver update software . Because these automated software can help us install drivers for computers easily and efficiently. Your job is just a few mouse clicks and wait for the automatic installation to take place until it is complete.

There are two types of software to install drivers automatically, namely installing drivers online and installing drivers Offline. The online driver installation software includes: Driver Easy, Driver Scanner, Snappy Driver Installer, Smart Driver Updater . The software automatically installs Driver Offline : the latest WanDriver and the latest DriverPack Solution.

WebTech360 Hope this article helps you better understand how to check drivers as well as how to install drivers the easiest way to experience the full performance of your PC.