i already done that and they only had drivers for vista. this computer does have an ide spot on it, but my cd rom drive is on it and cant hook up my hard drive to same one cause it would slow hard drive down. i fond floppy disk spot on motherboard and i know they have smaller cables but didnt pay attention and tried to put my ide hard drive to it (lol i know it wont work just didnt realize it)
--- In [email protected], Donk <d.knier...@...> wrote: > > Go to Gateway.com and click Support. Just type in your model and you > can get all the drivers you need, plus the original user manual, etc. > Here's a link to the drivers page: > http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/ddaStep.asp?platform=10021&model=11383&st=browse > > Look in the manual to find out what hard drive options the motherboard > has. Lots of current motherboards less than about 4 or 5 years old will > have connectors for both SATA and EIDE hard drives. So, you will be > able to use your old drive - no matter what form factor it is. I just > bought a brand new Seagate 500GB SATA drive for $60 from Micro-Center. > Storage is cheap. > > Good luck, > Donk > > > On 11/8/2010 11:10 PM, kevin19_89 wrote: > > just bought a computer off of craigslist today. (gateway gt5464) came with > > vista on it and dont want vista. i go to xp and cant locate any drivers. > > not sure what kind of sound card is in it either. > > > > where can i find its video and sound drivers for xp? (cant look at > > driverguide cause im not sure the model) > > > > also has a sata hard drive and i believe its about to go out. (told me they > > thought it had problems with hard drive cause i paid 50 dollars for it) i > > got a 320 gig ide hard drive while back. is there anyway i can hook it up > > to this computer? > > > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
