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How do I know that Drivers & Downloads has identified all of the drivers and what order do I install?
I just bought a Dell Inspiron i17R laptop. It replaced a Vostro 1720 which suddenly died on me due to what appears to be a dead fan.
I want to ensure that I am running with all of the latest drivers, however this is not my area of expertise. I went to the Support section and loaded in my Service Tag and had the Dell site perform what appears to be an identification of all of the drivers.
I should mention that the computer came with Windows 7 Home Premium. I needed to have it running with WIndows 7 Professional, so I wiped the drive and loaded my full license Win 7 Pro OS and thereafter, followed the instructions to load the drivers from the Del Drivers disk.
I was surprised to see that there are so many drivers that were already outdated on the CD from Dell. In any event, do I download all of drivers, without exception from the website? If so, in which order?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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February 17th, 2013 21:00
I don't trust the Drivers and Downloads... Inputting a Service Tag over the last 2 years often yields an incorrect/incomplete driver set. I suggest selecting by model and downloading drivers without a download manager.
See this guide, I list the driver install order:
http://philipyip.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/windows-reinstallation-guide-02-02-2013.pdf
I have been requesting for years that they list drivers in the correct install order and mark variants. I have also been complaining about the state of drivers and downloads which seems to become less functional in comparison to how it used to be.