Sunday, January 3, 2010

Install Windows 7 on Acer Aspire 5050 (part 2)

3:18 PM by Ady P · 7 comments



Continuing the first post, this article will focus on the driver installation only.

Overall, all drivers of Acer Aspire 5050 can be installed in windows 7. Some drivers detected automatically, some can be installed directly from CD and some of them need a bit advance method.

Below are step by step to check and install the drivers:
1. Open Device Manager

  • Open Windows Explorer, click on My Computer.
  • At the top, click Sytem Properties, and choose Device Manager at the left pane.
  • For all items, which have exclamation sign should be prioritize to be updated.

2. Update Driver from CD

  • Insert your windows XP Driver CD, and let the Autorun executed.
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