What to Do If You Lost the Software CD for Your Printer or Scanner

With springtime and summer months it will give you many chances for yard sales and great deals on getting computer products that may not have the software with it. If the product still works this may not an issue. Don't turn down a great buy just because there is no software with the item. You can still get software for the product. Even if you lost the software for your printer or scanner you can use these tips. Here are several ways that you can do that.

Online at the manufactures website you can look it up there. Everything that you need to know is device that you are trying to hookup itself. It will have the name of the manufacturer on it and also the model ID. Once you located this information you can go to your favorite search engine and search for the manufacturer at their website look for tech support, or driver's software downloads. Usually these pages are easy to navigate and you will be able to find the driver that you need to download to operate your new device. They will then give you instructions to download and where to save the file at. Then all you have to do is install your new device and it will find the software. If you do it this way, you may want to burn the files to CD for future reference.

Another way to see if you can install the device without software is to just plug in into your computer, sometimes Windows will have the file already preloaded on the computer from the factory. The device will find the software and install itself. Usually just plugging the device into the computer will allow it to find the correct software for the device. If it is a newer device then the software may be installed already.

If neither one of these two ways work for you the other option that you have is to contact the manufacturer of the product and advise them that you do not have the software and would like a replacement CD with the software drivers on it. This may cost you a little to purchase it but they will send it to you in the email. You may also be able to get the manuals for the device from them also. You may also be able to pick up software on eBay or another auction site online.

There is no need to pass up a great deal because of the software missing, there are options available to you that you can get software.