looking for save files and old drivers

[Guest tech reader]

Dear Group,

I want to format a thosiba laptop,

Actuly i bought it as second hand and i dont have drivers for Display,

Sound, Modem.(the modem is not wrking now it asks for driver)

 

is there any method to copy the drivers / settings from the exsiting

installation ? which i can use after i formate the laptop.

 

also i need modem driver. is can u tell me where can i get driver for it ?

 

the laptop works in win 98

 

thank you,

With regards

Vinoth

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: looking for save files and old drivers

 

"tech reader" <tecread@gmail.com> wrote in

news:e8J8BgPUIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> Dear Group,

> I want to format a thosiba laptop,

> Actuly i bought it as second hand and i dont have drivers

> for Display, Sound, Modem.(the modem is not wrking now it

> asks for driver)

>

> is there any method to copy the drivers / settings from the

> exsiting installation ? which i can use after i formate the

> laptop.

>

> also i need modem driver. is can u tell me where can i get

> driver for it ?

>

> the laptop works in win 98

>

> thank you,

> With regards

> Vinoth

 

Toshiba has made probably 2,000 laptop models. You are going to

have to give people SLIGHTLY more specific info.

 

Anyway, all anybody can tell you is to either go to the Toshiba

site, or a site like http://www.driverguide.com, or just Google with

something like "Toshiba [model#] [device] driver" and cross your

fingers.

 

The drivers may very well all be on the machine even though "it"

claims it can't find them, but WHERE they are is another story.

Laptop manuf's have an annoying habit of hiding everything

rather well so the average user is forced to go through hell to

get anything running.

 

OTOH, sometime just letting Windows "search for an updated

driver" on the HD does the trick.

 

 

--

Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)

[Guest John Dulak]

Re: looking for save files and old drivers

 

tech reader wrote:

> Dear Group,

> I want to format a thosiba laptop,

> Actuly i bought it as second hand and i dont have drivers for Display,

> Sound, Modem.(the modem is not wrking now it asks for driver)

>

> is there any method to copy the drivers / settings from the exsiting

> installation ? which i can use after i formate the laptop.

>

> also i need modem driver. is can u tell me where can i get driver for it ?

>

> the laptop works in win 98

>

> thank you,

> With regards

> Vinoth

 

Vinoth:

 

Try looking here:

 

http://209.167.114.38/support/download/ln_bymodel.asp

 

HTH & GL

 

John

 

 

 

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'' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

 

John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: looking for save files and old drivers

 

What is the EXACT model of your Toshiba? They may still have the drivers

available for download.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"tech reader" <tecread@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:e8J8BgPUIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Dear Group,

> I want to format a thosiba laptop,

> Actuly i bought it as second hand and i dont have drivers for Display,

> Sound, Modem.(the modem is not wrking now it asks for driver)

>

> is there any method to copy the drivers / settings from the exsiting

> installation ? which i can use after i formate the laptop.

>

> also i need modem driver. is can u tell me where can i get driver for it ?

>

> the laptop works in win 98

>

> thank you,

> With regards

> Vinoth

>

>

>

>

[Guest philo]

Re: looking for save files and old drivers

 

 

"tech reader" <tecread@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:e8J8BgPUIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Dear Group,

> I want to format a thosiba laptop,

> Actuly i bought it as second hand and i dont have drivers for Display,

> Sound, Modem.(the modem is not wrking now it asks for driver)

>

> is there any method to copy the drivers / settings from the exsiting

> installation ? which i can use after i formate the laptop.

>

> also i need modem driver. is can u tell me where can i get driver for it ?

>

> the laptop works in win 98

>

> thank you,

> With regards

> Vinoth

>

>

>

>

 

 

I usually get my drivers from http://www.driverguide.com

 

the registration is free

[Guest tech reader]

Re: looking for save files and old drivers

 

Dear Group,

Thank you Philo , Thanatoid, Gary S. Terhune, John Dulak,

the laptop model is sattelite 2140

i have downloaded the drivers from driveguide.com and the thoshiba support,

the problem was solved.

My hearty thanks to the group again.

 

I have one doubt.

i am a new user to the usenet / foarm.

i cant understand the hierarchy of the group.

if possible can u explain ?

 

What is the meaning of MS-MVP Shell/User, which Mr. Gary used ?

i assume MS - Microsoft

MVP Shell/ User means wat ?

 

any how thanks again to all of you for spending ur time and effort to solve

my problem.

best regards

Vinoth

 

 

"thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message

news:Xns9A1E1ACE72E19thanexit@66.250.146.158...

> "tech reader" <tecread@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:e8J8BgPUIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

>

>> Dear Group,

>> I want to format a thosiba laptop,

>> Actuly i bought it as second hand and i dont have drivers

>> for Display, Sound, Modem.(the modem is not wrking now it

>> asks for driver)

>>

>> is there any method to copy the drivers / settings from the

>> exsiting installation ? which i can use after i formate the

>> laptop.

>>

>> also i need modem driver. is can u tell me where can i get

>> driver for it ?

>>

>> the laptop works in win 98

>>

>> thank you,

>> With regards

>> Vinoth

>

> Toshiba has made probably 2,000 laptop models. You are going to

> have to give people SLIGHTLY more specific info.

>

> Anyway, all anybody can tell you is to either go to the Toshiba

> site, or a site like http://www.driverguide.com, or just Google with

> something like "Toshiba [model#] [device] driver" and cross your

> fingers.

>

> The drivers may very well all be on the machine even though "it"

> claims it can't find them, but WHERE they are is another story.

> Laptop manuf's have an annoying habit of hiding everything

> rather well so the average user is forced to go through hell to

> get anything running.

>

> OTOH, sometime just letting Windows "search for an updated

> driver" on the HD does the trick.

>

>

> --

> Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

> Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: looking for save files and old drivers

 

There is no hierarchy. There are no moderators in the MS newsgroups, and

very few messages are removed for cause (profanity, legal issues, etc.) by

the MS administrators.

 

Microsoft MVP (MS-MVP). The MVP part stands for Most Valuable Professional.

Put simply, people who hang in these groups and consistently answer

questions in a professional manner, MAY get awarded the MVP status by MS. We

DO NOT work for MS (employees and contractors can't be MVPs) , many of us

don't even like MS, and in fact, we tend to slam them when they need

slamming. For more info, see here: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

I was awarded at the end of 1999, and I've spent all my efforts in this and

the other Win98 groups, almost exclusively. Naturally, nobody is getting the

MVP Award for work in the Win9x groups anymore. You don't always know if

someone is an MVP -- it's an Award for past behavior and requires no further

commitments. All they offer are some small gifts (and one large one -- MSDN

and/or TechNet). Besides that, we have a convention every 18 months or so

and have pretty direct access to MS techs. We also tend to participate

heavily in product development via very early beta testing.

 

Personally, I am repeatedly amazed that they bother to give me the Award

anymore. I used to post a few hundred messages daily. These days, I'm lucky

if it's a hundred a month.

 

I'm glad you got your issues figured out.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

 

"tech reader" <tecread@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:O43WVfbUIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Dear Group,

> Thank you Philo , Thanatoid, Gary S. Terhune, John Dulak,

> the laptop model is sattelite 2140

> i have downloaded the drivers from driveguide.com and the thoshiba

> support, the problem was solved.

> My hearty thanks to the group again.

>

> I have one doubt.

> i am a new user to the usenet / foarm.

> i cant understand the hierarchy of the group.

> if possible can u explain ?

>

> What is the meaning of MS-MVP Shell/User, which Mr. Gary used ?

> i assume MS - Microsoft

> MVP Shell/ User means wat ?

>

> any how thanks again to all of you for spending ur time and effort to

> solve my problem.

> best regards

> Vinoth

>

>

> "thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message

> news:Xns9A1E1ACE72E19thanexit@66.250.146.158...

>> "tech reader" <tecread@gmail.com> wrote in

>> news:e8J8BgPUIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

>>

>>> Dear Group,

>>> I want to format a thosiba laptop,

>>> Actuly i bought it as second hand and i dont have drivers

>>> for Display, Sound, Modem.(the modem is not wrking now it

>>> asks for driver)

>>>

>>> is there any method to copy the drivers / settings from the

>>> exsiting installation ? which i can use after i formate the

>>> laptop.

>>>

>>> also i need modem driver. is can u tell me where can i get

>>> driver for it ?

>>>

>>> the laptop works in win 98

>>>

>>> thank you,

>>> With regards

>>> Vinoth

>>

>> Toshiba has made probably 2,000 laptop models. You are going to

>> have to give people SLIGHTLY more specific info.

>>

>> Anyway, all anybody can tell you is to either go to the Toshiba

>> site, or a site like http://www.driverguide.com, or just Google with

>> something like "Toshiba [model#] [device] driver" and cross your

>> fingers.

>>

>> The drivers may very well all be on the machine even though "it"

>> claims it can't find them, but WHERE they are is another story.

>> Laptop manuf's have an annoying habit of hiding everything

>> rather well so the average user is forced to go through hell to

>> get anything running.

>>

>> OTOH, sometime just letting Windows "search for an updated

>> driver" on the HD does the trick.

>>

>>

>> --

>> Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

>> Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)

>>

>

>

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: looking for save files and old drivers

 

"tech reader" <tecread@gmail.com> wrote in

news:O43WVfbUIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> Dear Group,

> Thank you Philo , Thanatoid, Gary S. Terhune, John Dulak,

> the laptop model is sattelite 2140

> i have downloaded the drivers from driveguide.com and the

> thoshiba support,

> the problem was solved.

> My hearty thanks to the group again.

 

How nice to have someone actually express thanks. You're welcome

and thank YOU.

> I have one doubt.

> i am a new user to the usenet / foarm.

 

"forum"

> i cant understand the hierarchy of the group.

> if possible can u explain ?

 

Not sure what you mean by "hierarchy".

 

There are people more or less officially qualified to give

advice, like Mr. Terhune, although some of them often just point

you to MS sites for help. Mr. Terhune has actually produced a

(presumably) very useful 2 CD-R set of updates for 98 so he has

done much more than some others.

 

There are people who are not crazy about MS but use it anyway

because they're too old to learn Linux, like me, who look at

things a little radically in comparison to the MVP's etc. I

point to /other/ sites than MS which usually (IMO) contain

better and less biased info. Not to mention MS pages are huge

and difficult to wade through (not unlike some of their

products).

 

There is the occasional poster who just thinks s/he knows the

answer - sometimes very useful, sometimes a total waste of time

or worse.

 

There are people who know an awful lot but post VERY rarely.

 

The person who has solved problems that bugged me for YEARS and

others which no one could even scratch at is Franc Zabkar (hope

you don't mind the public endorsement, Franc).

> What is the meaning of MS-MVP Shell/User, which Mr. Gary

> used ? i assume MS - Microsoft

> MVP Shell/ User means wat ?

 

MVP - Most Valuable Professional - a (non-monetary) "prize"

title given yearly to people who have given (presumably) very

good support (on and off MS internet forums etc.) to users

trying to find their way through the "logical" and "quality"

software MS produces and sells at vastly inflated prices.

Sometimes I think the title is fairly meaningless, sometimes I

think it's a pat on the back to people who toe the line,

sometimes I think it is well deserved. Who knows.

 

Shell/User - no idea.

 

Shell is one of the terms for the Windows graphical interface,

user is user, what the combo means I know not but I am sure

someone else will enlighten us.

 

 

--

Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)