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Need driver for AMD E450 processor
I will be extremely grateful if anyone can help me. I have an HP Compaq system that has had a bad case of indigestion, and has fallen over. Windows 10 64-bit has been deleted – the hard disk is wiped - and I need to reinstall Windows.
Obviously I’d like a file / disk from which I can do a reinstall, then start downloading my data files (which are on an external drive), but if necessary I can purchase a new Windows 10 install set so long as it is supplied on media, not as a download. My concern is that I appear to need special drivers for the AMD processor / graphics, and it’s not obvious to me that an ‘off-the-shelf’ version will work – if it it doesn’t I want something tangible to send back for a refund!
Here’s the details:
I have an HP Compaq 1150AN with all HP peripherals. This was purchased/upgraded to Windows 10 64-bit Home edition fully licensed. I have a recovery 8GB USB made on this system.
A week ago, after a Win10 update, I ran Disk Cleanup; it seemed to be taking a very long time, but I left it alone while I did other things. After maybe an hour it wiped my screen and a reboot gave me the message “No operating system found”. The system is unusable.
I plugged in the recovery disk (USB), and booted from this. I selected the option “Startup Repair”, but this failed with the message “Startup Repair couldn’t repair your PC”.
I then booted from a Windows 10 64-bit installation copy (USB) taken from an Acer laptop (Intel Celeron processor). I selected “Install now”, got the msg “Setup is starting” then a message “A media driver your computer needs is missing”. I copied onto the USB every possible driver I could find – sound, screen (S2021a), CD-ROM, chipset, etc,but the AMD site told me drivers for their ‘E’ series processors were only available from Microsoft, and I think the ‘missing driver’ message is probably related to this.
I selected “Repair your computer”, shelled out (Troubleshoot/Command Prompt).
DISKPART showed 2 disks – the SATA 500GB hard drive and a USB 8GB drive.
LIST DISK
Disk 0 …… 465GB,
Disk1 ……..8000MB
SELECT DISK 0
LIST PARTITION
Partition 1 ….Primary …..100MB...1024KB
Partition 2…..Primary……465GB…101MB
Partition 3…..Primary……450MB...465GB
LIST VOLUME shows:
Volume 0..H……………………DVD-ROM….....No media
Volume 1..C..System………….NTFS…100MB
Volume 2..E..Windows………..NTFS…465GB
Volume 3..F..Windows RE……NTFS ...450MB
Volume 4..D..ESD-USB………FAT32..7999MB
All logical hard drive volumes (C, E, F) are accessible and have 0 files.
Can anyone tell me where (and how) to get a copy of Windows that works for the following hardware:
Product Specs:
Motherboard H-AFT1-uDTX-1 (Adina2)
Processor AMD Fusion E450 (Zacate) Dual Core processor
Graphics Integratedgraphics using AMD Radeon HD 6320
Sound Integrated Realtek ALC662 Audio
Monitor Compaq S2021a
Any and all help will be very gratefully received.
Cheers,
David