# Need computer help **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 10, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-computer-help/260806 "2011-10-10T06:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-computer-help/260806/1 "2011-10-10T06:00:24Z")
My laptop got the blue screen of death last week and crapped out on me. I went through everything and found that my HDD took a shit. I picked up a new HDD and loaded my windows 7 on it, but the problem I’m having is that all of my Dell specific drivers / software (wireless access, etc) are obviously not on this HDD. I picked up the SATA data transfer wire and am able to recover just about everything off the old HDD so does someone know what folder I should look for to get all the drivers/software. There is a recover partition on the drive that I believe I can access as well. Also, can I just transfer the folders over to the new HDD and magically have everything work???:dunno If not, what else do I need to do. And no, I do not have any of my recovery disks. I had a box with all of that in there… including my brand new office 2010 discs that were only loaded once (onto the laptop when I bought it), but that box is MIA since the move. ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-computer-help/260806/2 "2011-10-10T06:25:01Z")
Kenny, if you go to [support.dell.com](http://support.dell.com) you can load in your Service tag # (located undeneath it on a sticker probably) and it will give you a list of drivers and software you can download. As far as transferring software over, you can’t recover actual programs. You have to reload them. ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-computer-help/260806/3 "2011-10-10T06:58:16Z")
programs I’m not too worried about. I just want to be able to get my damn laptop working. With the exception of my office 2010…which really sucks. I wish I could find the damn box. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-computer-help/260806/4 "2011-10-10T07:22:49Z")
If it was factory dell Installtion on the old drive it should be listed under the Main C:\ under Drivers or it maybe in a folder called dell with the drivers folder in there. If not, get on a machine with the interwebs and go to [support.dell.com](http://support.dell.com) like bakarian said type in your model number or service tag and grab the appropriate drivers ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-computer-help/260806/5 "2011-10-10T08:45:30Z")
spell my name right you fuckface