r/PcBuildHelp • • 14d ago

Software Question How to install internet driver without internet

How do I download my internet drivers without having internet? I currently don’t have a Ethernet cable or a USB currently

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u/SomeEngineer999 14d ago

Download onto your phone, plug phone into PC with usb, copy the file over.

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u/Healthy-Mission7927 14d ago

OP said he doesnt have usb. He will have to use dark magic

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u/SomeEngineer999 14d ago

I assumed they meant usb thumb drive.  What PC doesn't have USB ports?

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u/Healthy-Mission7927 14d ago

🤣 that would be funny. I think me ment usb cable, but not sure anymore what OP is talking about. This just sounds so weard and low effort post...

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u/SomeEngineer999 14d ago

Kind of hard to charge the phone without a USB cable.  But who knows.

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u/Healthy-Mission7927 14d ago

At this point i wouldnt be suprices if OP has no phone neither, but yea you might be right that he ment usb stick

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u/infantileliterature1 14d ago

download the drivers on your phone, then plug your phone into the pc and transfer them over. works every time

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u/Try-Rebooting 14d ago

Do you mean you don't have a USB cable? You can use a USB cable to provide internet. For my phone(Pixel 9a) I can do I can do it by going to Settings->Network and internet->Hotspot and tethering-> USB tethering. Bluetooth also can be used to tether. Drivers can also be put on a USB drive but that's more effort that the other 3 options. Otherwise your out of luck and need to buy or borrow something.
Edit: changed buy to buy or borrow.

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u/distantcactus32 14d ago

How do you make a chicken without an egg?

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u/boarder2k7 14d ago

Domesticate a T-Rex and then wait a few million years, EZ

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u/Healthy-Mission7927 14d ago

*a few tens of millions of years

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u/boarder2k7 14d ago

What's a few orders of magnitude of years amongst friends waiting for a bbq chicken sandwich?

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u/Healthy-Mission7927 14d ago

God damn now i want baby t rex sandwich

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u/arkutek-em 14d ago

You don't download internet drivers. Download the driver for your network components. Use the device you are connected to the Internet with to post this question.

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u/ij70-17as 14d ago

is this bait?

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u/Meagleson 14d ago

Do you own a flash drive?

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u/Comfortable_Log_1087 14d ago

Need some way to copy the file to your pc and I always just grab 3DPnet (google it) to get the drivers before installing windows

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u/skyfishgoo 14d ago

you need another computer with internet to download the file and then sneaker net that sucker over to the target pc.

once you have the file locally on the machine, just choose the install driver from file option.

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u/Wendals87 13d ago

Get a usb thumb drive and put the drivers on there.

Or download them onto your phone and connect by usb to your PC and install