Webcam and other peripherials not working after PC restore

I had my Toshiba satellite upgraded to Win7 Ult from Vista (both 32bit).

My friend had to completely wipe my hard drive due to viruses etc. which was stopping him from upgrading easily.

So therefore when I received my laptop back he told me that it was just as if I had a brand new computer. I trust my friend and dont think he has done anything wrong.

Now for some reason, my drivers for webcam, SD card reader, Audio mixer etc do not work. He told me that I need to reinstall the drivers for each through either Toshiba &/or Microsoft.

I have tried both sites but neither contain specific drivers for my model laptop

I have opened up device manager and checked each components properties.
Then clicked on the driver tab -> update driver -> 'search auto...'
All of them say "Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date."

My webcam (Chicony 2.0) works to an extent, but is missing the 'Camera assist software' which allows the user to fine tune the camera.

If anyone can help me with my situation, would be much appreciated. Im not a genius with computers, but I can find my way around so laymans terms would be awesome.

Cheers

 

On the Toshiba web site, look for a Chipset Driver for your system. This usually needs to be installed before the peripherals since it is the driver for everything connecting your motherboard to the rest of your computer.

 

Thanks for the reply KimoT

Ive looked on Toshiba.com.au for my computer type
(Satellite A200 PSAE3A-07M007) and Vista 32

There are drivers there. Are they the ones I need to download?
If so, how do I go about activating them?

Iva also looked at the US Toshiba site

 

Just download all of the drivers and software for your model, then run the setup for each one.

 

Yep...just like moral hazard said, download them and run them. If one is labeled Chipset or Motherboard, install that first, as other devices will depend on it.