Solved how to update my video driver ?

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t-4-2

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Dell inspiron 1420

I went to Dell web site, Drivers and Download page.
Found one video driver to be downloaded.

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Please give me the detail as to how to download the video driver.
This is what I had tried...........
I clicked the download button > create a folder for the driver R179345.exe in Documents > saved it to the folder > open the file and run it > that is where I began running into roadblock.... please see screenshots which explain the sequence till I could not continue any further.

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I clicked OK. Then ....

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I clicked Yes. Then ....

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I didn't know what to do next.

Was I doing it all wrong ?

Thank you.
 
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You probably ca n't write to the disk.

The way around it is right click and use extract to the same folder your in/downloaed the exe in.

The run the setup in the new folder.
 

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Did you make the folder before downloading?
That is what the first sentence sounds like.

I just download stuff to the desktop.
Install it and then move it or delete it.

Later................Jimmy
 
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Patonb said:
You probably ca n't write to the disk.

The way around it is right click and use extract to the same folder your in/downloaed the exe in.

The run the setup in the new folder.
Click to expand...

You gave me the right idea.
I went back to the window which asked me to select the folder to unzip > I navigated to and selected the folder I created in Documents > extract proceeded without issue > then I opened the folder > located and ran the Setup.exe > done.

Thank you for the tip.
 
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Hello

I am sorry I was going to ask the same thing as jp07764, but I am sure that there must be another way to do this, I will jump into surffing and see if I can find something that you might be able to use...
 

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Yes he madee a folder first, but it was in "My Documents"

The Dell driver wasn't a program per say, but a self extracting/self running zip file.

The driver file extracts itself to a predetermined folder... Notice it was c:\dell\drivers\....

It was most likely a odd write error.

T could be a uac or admin issue on the Dell folder..
 

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    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
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    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
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    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
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    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
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