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    To install or not to install drivers on SSD?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ricksaint, Sep 26, 2011.

  1. ricksaint

    ricksaint Notebook Consultant

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    After a clean install of Windows 7 on a Crucial M4 SSD, my Device Manager is showing 3 unknown devices without drivers:

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    There is a folder that has all the drivers for the computer (SWSetup), but I don't want to blindly start installing drivers until I get the right ones, thereby hurting the SSD's performance. Is there a way to know which drivers are missing?
     
    ricksaint, Sep 26, 2011
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Right-click the device, click update-> browse, select the swsetup folder which has all of the driver folders in it and let Windows find the correct driver.
     
    namaiki, Sep 26, 2011
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  3. ricksaint

    ricksaint Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks. 10 char.
     
    ricksaint, Sep 26, 2011
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