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how do i install drivers without a optical drive

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  • Windows 8
  • Drivers
  • Optical Media
  • Flash Drive
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September 29, 2014 9:27:20 AM

I booted windows 8 from a flash drive and in order to acess the interent it says i need to install a driver for your network adapter. My mother board came with a disk with drivers on it , but i dont have a drive to put it in.

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a b * Windows 8
a b \ Driver
September 29, 2014 9:36:01 AM

Go to a different machine, and copy the driver from cd to USB drive, or download from web.
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September 29, 2014 9:36:55 AM

Best bet would be to copy the network drivers from driver cd to the computer your using on the internet and copy the drivers over to a usb drive.
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September 29, 2014 9:40:16 AM

boju said:
Best bet would be to copy the network drivers from driver cd to the computer your using on the internet and copy the drivers over to a usb drive.


how do you copy the cd files to the flash drive?
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September 29, 2014 9:40:20 AM

boju said:
Best bet would be to copy the network drivers from driver cd to the computer your using on the internet and copy the drivers over to a usb drive.


how do you copy the cd files to the flash drive?
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September 29, 2014 9:47:21 AM

open driver cd and navigate to the network directory and find the network driver installer or do ss202sl's suggestion and download the driver from your motherboard manufacturers website.

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a b * Windows 8
a b \ Driver
September 29, 2014 9:48:39 AM

Did you boot into Windows from the flash drive or did you install Windows from the flash drive?

If you booted from the flash drive, you're going to need to recreate your boot device with the necessary drivers slipstreamed into the ISO.
If you installed Windows from the flash drive, you need to use the computer you used to post this thread, go to your motherboard manufacturer's web site, download the necessary drivers onto a flash drive, transfer that drive over to your system and install from there.

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a b * Windows 8
a b \ Driver
September 29, 2014 9:49:52 AM

Download the motherboard lan driver(and perhaps others) from the internet and store it on a usb stick.
You can install the driver via the usb stick.
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