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"Recovery Cd's"

For my laptop i have a recovery CD with WinME on and i want to wipe my hardrive completely and have it restored to its original settings like when i bought it. I insert the recovery cd and then i dont know what i have to do with it is there a command i have to put in or something?

I never got a printed manual with my laptop, it is on the hard drive and CD as a PDF file, cheap skates

My graphics card is a Rage Mobility and i have to download specific drivers which i cant find anywhere on the net. I am gonna write a big letter to TIME asking them for some assistence and a free instruction manual for the laptop while i am at it. I emailed them a few months back asking for help and said that i should phone them up!?!? Why couldn't they just write in an email what i had to do?

cheers...

Quazimodo wrote:
> Do you know anywhere i can download drivers from?



Yes. Your manufacturers homepage.

Do you know anywhere i can download drivers from?

Quazimodo wrote:
> If i format my laptop without using the recovery cd will i loose my
> drivers for my graphics and sound cards?


Windows CD's come with a lot of drivers built in (Windows XP is particularly good) but there's no guarantee that you won't need to download drivers for some/all of your hardware. If you want to be smart about it, download the drivers before you reinstall, at least enough to enable you to connect to the internet - that way, you'll be able to get any drivers you missed from the internet.

If i format my laptop without using the recovery cd will i loose my drivers for my graphics and sound cards?

Quazimodo wrote:
> My idea didn't work......if i format my laptop how will i reinstall
> the drivers and stuff as i have none on cd!?!

Drivers for what ?

http://www.windowsxp.com/

My idea didn't work......if i format my laptop how will i reinstall the drivers and stuff as i have none on cd!?!