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    What to choose in dell's drivers page?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by computer_freak, Mar 19, 2014.

  1. computer_freak

    computer_freak Newbie

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    Hi,

    I bought a dell vostro 5470 and when I get into dell's website in order to download drivers, and after I click on a specific driver (for example, chipset), I have two options ("other file formats"), both are exe files but the sizes are different

    in the "more details" page of this download, it says there are two formats:
    1. File Format:Hard-Drive
    2. File Format:Update Package for Microsoft® Windows®

    Totaly different, what should I choose?

    Thanks alot
     
    computer_freak, Mar 19, 2014
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  2. dg1261

    dg1261 Notebook Geek

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    The contents are identical, it's only the extractor that's different. I always choose the "Hard-Drive" download. The only time I choose the "Update Package" format is when it's the only choice, but IIRC that sometimes has forced me to also download all sorts of unwanted .NET crap, too.
     
    dg1261, Mar 22, 2014
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