What are the steps to installing drivers on a Dell Inspiron 8600?

Question

I am buying a new hard drive this week as the old one crashed. Besides a fresh install of Windows XP Home, I am also downloading the drivers that go with the machine (from Dell Support's website). I have also come across things like the BIOS, Intel Mobile Chipset, Diagnostic Utility, and some other stuff. What all do I need and is there any particular order in which I need to install the files?

Answer 1

Hi Chip

Just put all the drivers in a temp directory. Now, whatever hardware you need to update, just go in device manager.

Click on the hardware you want to upgrade. Yo will see the driver is installed but, click on it and then, click on update. It will start looking for the driver and ask you where to look,.

Click on browse and choose the temp directory with the drivers and it will find it automatically.