How to Fix Network Adapter Drivers and Make Internet Running

No Driver for Network Adapter. How Do I Get My Internet Running?

"I just installed Windows 8 on my brand new build. It's telling me I'm missing network adapter drivers and therefore cannot connect. How do I get the necessary drivers without internet? Seems like a vicious circle. And for those wondering, I posted this from my phone. I'm using a hardline for my computer. No WiFi. Help!"

This is really a common problem for those who don't have a driver disc which came with the Windows system.  After a clean Windows install/restore, the most ordinary gadget to make computer running is the internet access, then all can be down on the internet. I mean, you can download needed programs, search for needed information, etc.

But as is said in the above, if there is no drivers, you cannot connect to the internet; Without the internet connection, you are unable to download drivers on your computer. What a vicious circle!

How to Fix Network Driver Problems?

We can fix all drivers but network drivers by Windows Update, Device Manager Update or driver finder software through an available internet. But what if there is no internet connection? Let's explore the tricks.

# 1 One way is to make clear which driver you need and download it from manufacture's website or other authorized sites using another network-available computer. Save the driver installer (it should be end with zip or exe) on a hard drive and transfer the installer to your computer to install.

# 2 Alternatively, the other easier way is to use an automatic driver finder software DriveTheLife for Network Card, a supplement program of DriveTheLife.

• Download DriveTheLife for Network Card from another network-available computer and save it on a hard drive.

• Transfer the installer to your computer and double click to install it.

• In the process of installing DriveTheLife, it would download and install correct network drivers according to your network adapter. 

Installing DriveTheLife for Network Card

• When DriveTheLife for Network Card is installed, you may find that your network card is also installed.

• Then it will scan your computer and find missing, corrupted drivers and drivers not backed up. You can fix all the driver problems with one click.

• If you want to update outdated drivers, go to Download board where will list all the out of date drivers and give you the option to update them with one click. 

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What is the Advantage of Using DriveTheLife for Network Card Instead of Downloading Drivers Directly?

As we can see from the second part, there are two ways to solve no network driver problem. Which is better and why?

Personally, DriveTheLife for Network Card is recommended. Reasons are:

1. You don't need to look into network adapter model and search for drivers by yourself.
2. Except for installing network drivers, DriveTheLife for Network Card will check for your computer and find all missing, corrupted and outdated drivers.
3. You can backup, restore and uninstall drivers with DriveTheLife for Network Card
4. If needed, you can keep it as a must-have program on your computer to keep your drivers up to date and running normally.

Free download DriveTheLife for Network Card here to troubleshoot all network driver problems. 

Solutions to "Can't Connect to Internet after Computer Reformatted"

"My laptop, HP Probook 4440s, had spyware and after multiple attempts to remove it through 2 different anti-virus software, I reformatted the hard drive, and reinstalled Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit from the Windows CD.

Now my laptop can't see any available networks regardless of whether I plug in or try wirelessly. I am stuck on the situation of no drivers and no internet. The network and sharing center shows nothing to enable when I go in to the adapter settings. Can you help please?"
                                                         --- Question asked from HP Community

Network is Not Available after Reinstalling Windows

After a Windows system reformat, if you don't have the driver disk came with your computer or you didn't download needed drivers before format, the case is so embarrassing that you have no drivers and no internet access to download the drivers. If you are stuck on that a suck situation, how to get out?

Solutions to No Drivers and No Internet Access after System Format

To get out of "no drivers and no internet access" situation, you have 2 workarounds.
Note: Another internet-available PC is needed to download the drivers or the automatic software in order to solve your problem.

Solution 1. Use Automatic Driver Finder to Download and Install Needed Driver

A quick and easy way is to use an automatic driver finder to find and install network drivers automatically. You may wonder that all driver finder software need internet connection in order to find the proper driver to install. But it is different for DriveTheLife for Network Card, a free tool specially designed to solve various network driver problems, stands out with the outstanding feature of downloading and installing network card driver without internet connection.

Download it from anther computer and transfer it to your computer. After the installation, you would find that the wired and wireless network drivers are installed. The drivers are installed when installing DriveTheLife from the in-built driver pool.

Obviously, after the network drivers are installed, you will have normal internet access. Launch DriveTheLife for Network Card, it will find all needed drivers and install them with one click.  

Solution 2. Download Drivers from Another Computer then Install It Manually

It has never been that easy to download drivers for a specific hardware device. You need to look into the details of the device, search the "specific device name + driver" on google then choose an reliable result to download driver or search it on manufacture's website.

After that, download the driver file and save it on a USB stick or removable media, transfer it to your computer. Then click the .exe file to install.

If nothing unexpected happened and the driver is the correct, your computer internet should be good to go.

How to Prevent "No Drivers and No Internet Access" Situation?

To avoid the "no drivers, no internet" accident happening, you are advised to backup all your drivers before reformatting the system, or keep firmly of the driver disk came with your computer and system.

If you are upgrading your system and no backup drivers, no disks, DriveTheLife for Network Card can help you in all events.

Related post: Top solutions to "Computer Can't Connect to WiFi"

DriveTheLife for Network Card is Released to Help Install Network Drivers Offline

Los Angeles, Calif. May  4th, 2015 — As the world’s leading software provider of Windows drivers download and update utility, Drive The Life Co., Ltd. today releases its new software DriveTheLife for Network Card, a piece of software served as a great and important supplement of DriveTheLife. This new software is mainly focused on helping users to solve network card driver problems especially when there is no network and no drivers.  For example, after a fresh install of Windows and there is no network and no drivers, how can you surf the internet? Yeah, that’s the point where DriveTheLife for Network Card is especially helpful.

DriveTheLife for Network Card helps you to install wired and wireless network adapter drivers in the process of installing itself. That is, when you have network driver problems, just download and install it, after the installation is done, your network card driver is also installed. After that, your network should be good to go without any network driver problems.

Key Features of DriveTheLife for Network Card

• Download and install proper wired and wireless network driver  in the process of itself installation (offline)
• Solve network card driver problems easily and quickly 
• Download, install, update, backup, restore and uninstall all of the available drivers on your desktop or laptop 
• All commonly used network drivers are integrated
• All Windows systems are well compatible: Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista
• Totally free, safe and clean

Pricing and Availability

DriveTheLife for Network Card version 6.2.3.8 is now available on official site to all users for free.  To free download it, visit: http://www.drivethelife.com

About Drive The Life Co., Ltd.

Drive The Life Co. Ltd. is the leading driver software provider and is dedicated to developing powerful and user-loving software on managing Windows device drivers. Over years of development, Drive The Life Co. Ltd. is now favored by majority of users and becomes quite popular all over the world.

Contact Information

Website: http://www.drivethelife.com
Email: olivialewisdtl[at]gmail[dot]com

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You can download DriveTheLife for Network Card from official site, picture is shown as below:

How to Fix Device Driver Problems with One Click

Sometimes, your computer just can’t work properly and you even don’t know what is wrong with it. In most cases, it is the problem of hardware drivers that makes your computer  not working.  Though Windows 7 and Windows 8 has inbuilt driver support for many hardware devices, there is still a big chance that the inbuilt support can’t troubleshoot the problem. You need a more powerful fix for it. 

Common Fixes for Driver Problems We Have Learnt Before

Since driver problem is a common problem on computers,  we can get various solutions for it by searching on google. The general fixes are listed in the below:

1. Windows Hardware Troubleshooter

The first thing to try is to use the Windows automatic hardware troubleshooter.  Open it as follows:
Start > Enter “fix hardware” in the search box > Choose “Find and fix problems with devices” from the search results.

It should be a Window like in the picture. Then Next,  it will start detecting problems and check for missing and corrupted drivers.

All installed devices will be searched through and if there is something wrong detected with this troubleshooter, it will offer a choice to “Apply this fix” or “Skip this fix”. This is a great fix if it works!　However, if it does not work, read on.

2.  Update Drivers

The method most commonly suggested and used is to update the driver for your hardware that is not working.  There are 3 methods introduced to update your drivers: through Windows Update, Download from manufacture’s website and install it yourself, through free software DriveTheLife.

However, you can also do the driver update by this direct video tutorial of how to update drivers on Windows 8/7/XP/Vista with One Click for Free.

3. Fresh Install of Windows

If the problem is so stubborn that we can’t solve it with the above two methods,  maybe someone would pick the worst but 100% efficient method: do a clean install of Windows system.  That is OK but not suggested here because I just want to introduce you the one-click way. 

What is the One-click Way of Troubleshooting Driver Problems?

You may think that it is impossible to fix driver problems with just one click. But this is true to DriveTheLife, a free and professional driver updater and manager.  Just do as follows and download it to use for proof.  

• Download free DriveTheLife from official website: http://www.drivethelife.com

• Install it just like any other software

• When install is done, launch it. It will start the automatic scanning without any advanced configurations

• If there is something wrong with your hardware device drivers, like driver is missing, corrupted/broken, it will identify the problematic driver(s) and offer an option “Repair”.  Click Repair, all the problematic drivers will be fixed!