I bought a used compaq Evo D510 USDT computer which has become very slow with
time. I want to reinstall windows xp but I don''t have drivers CD. I can
download the drivers on another computer (Dell) and then copy the drivers
files on CD so that I can use this CD to install drivers on compaq computer,
Is it ok, can it be done? and when burning a CD, perhaps I will be choosing
the option of data CD in Nero Express. right or wrong. thanks for help.

annonymous <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I bought a used compaq Evo D510 USDT computer which has become very slow with
>time. I want to reinstall windows xp but I don''t have drivers CD. I can
>download the drivers on another computer (Dell) and then copy the drivers
>files on CD so that I can use this CD to install drivers on compaq computer,
>Is it ok, can it be done?

YUP

>and when burning a CD, perhaps I will be choosing
>the option of data CD in Nero Express. right or wrong.

RIGHT

=?Utf-8?B?YW5ub255bW91cw==?= wrote:
>
> I bought a used compaq Evo D510 USDT computer which has become very slow with
> time. I want to reinstall windows xp but I don''t have drivers CD. I can
> download the drivers on another computer (Dell) and then copy the drivers
> files on CD so that I can use this CD to install drivers on compaq computer,
> Is it ok, can it be done? and when burning a CD, perhaps I will be choosing
> the option of data CD in Nero Express. right or wrong. thanks for help.

Yes, in theory, it can be done. PC repair people do that all the time.


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Uncle Grumpy wrote:
> annonymous <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I bought a used compaq Evo D510 USDT computer which has become very slow with
>> time. I want to reinstall windows xp but I don''t have drivers CD. I can
>> download the drivers on another computer (Dell) and then copy the drivers
>> files on CD so that I can use this CD to install drivers on compaq computer,
>> Is it ok, can it be done?
>
> YUP
>
>> and when burning a CD, perhaps I will be choosing
>> the option of data CD in Nero Express. right or wrong.
>
> RIGHT

At last! The reason why Uncle Grumpy is grumpy has been revealed:

Once upon a time there was a Prince who, through no fault of his own,
was cast under a spell by an evil witch. The curse was that the Prince
could speak only one word each year. However, he could save up the words
so that if he did not speak for a whole year, the following year he was
allowed to speak two words.

One day he met a beautiful princess (ruby lips, golden hair, sapphire
eyes,) and fell madly in love. With the greatest difficulty he decided
to refrain from speaking for two whole years so that he could look at
her and say "my darling". But at the end of the two years he wished to
tell her that he loved her. Because of this he waited three more years
without speaking (bringing the total number of silent years to 5).

But at the end of these five years he realized that he had to ask her to
marry him. So he waited ANOTHER four years without speaking.

Finally as the ninth year of silence ended, his joy knew no bounds.
Leading the lovely princess to the most secluded and romantic place in
that beautiful royal garden the prince heaped a hundred red roses on her
lap, knelt before her, and taking her hand in his, said huskily, "My
darling, I love you! Will you marry me?"

The princess tucked a strand of golden hair behind a dainty ear, opened
her sapphire eyes in wonder, and parting her ruby lips, said: "Pardon?"

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

"annonymous" wrote:

> I bought a used compaq Evo D510 USDT computer which has become very slow with
> time. I want to reinstall windows xp but I don''t have drivers CD. I can
> download the drivers on another computer (Dell) and then copy the drivers
> files on CD so that I can use this CD to install drivers on compaq computer,
> Is it ok, can it be done? and when burning a CD, perhaps I will be choosing
> the option of data CD in Nero Express. right or wrong. thanks for help.

Yes, you can install downloaded Compaq drivers from a data CD.
Install the Chipset drivers first, then reboot.
Upon the restart, XP will find some other devices.
Note - If you look in Device Manager, before you reinstall, you can see the
current Display Adapter, Sound Controller, and Network Adapter. You'll need
drivers for those, from Compaq (preferably), also, if they're original
equipment.

Now another problem has arisen, I downloaded all the drivers and burned them
to a CD.
When I tried to install windows xp on compaq, system told me that version of
xp already installed on compaq is newer than the XP version on the CD. and if
u continue files and settings can not be recovered.
one more question when I click the link 'READ AND RATE THE RESPONSE' in my
email in Internet explorer a blank window opens while in Mozilla Firefox the
right window opens so that I can read the answer i got for my question.