Compaq Drivers: Sometimes They Need A Little Help

A lot of people have Compaq computers.  My son does.  My mother does.  I could go on.  Maybe you too.

And a lot of people sometimes are pleasantly surprised when getting the computer home to find the software and Compaq drivers not only preinstalled, but also available on a disk for handy reinstallation.  Nice and convenient.

And as you probably know, sometimes Compaq drivers do need to be reinstalled.  It happens; for whatever reason, software gets slow or won’t open, things don’t work right, sound isn’t coming out, something.  And often, of course, it’s just a corrupted driver.  A quick reinstall with your handy Compaq drivers disk and you’re back on the road in no time.

But stuff happens, sure.  You get busy, you’re enjoying your Compaq computer, doing what you do, and maybe that disk gets misplaced.  Or lost, or broken.  And suddenly here you are, in desperate need of your Compaq drivers disk to reinstall and it’s nowhere to be found.

If you know what you need (and be sure you do), you can just go to the Compaq Website and download the appropriate driver.  Sometimes you might need to go to an individual manufacturer, depending upon whether or not you installed some hardware yourself (like an external drive, or a mouse or keyboard).

All is not lost, at any rate, even if your disk is.

And, of course, device drivers usually have updates.  They may be done automatically for you in the background, but it's always a good idea to check to see what's new.  An updated device driver can make the difference between a computer that acts lost, and one that knows exactly what it's doing.