Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 edition compatibility

[anunnaki333]

is Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 edition compatile with this laptop? hp notebook 15-ba061dx

[WAWood]

@anunnaki333 

Sorry, but we have no way of knowing whether or not any third-party software or drivers are compatible with specific models of HP laptops -- but in general, it is a BAD idea to download drivers from AMD or NVIDIA for laptops because these PCs almost always have specialized video hardware for which the AMD/NVIDIA drivers do not work.  It is generally best to stick with ONLY the drivers that the laptop manufacturer provides -- even if those are old.

The main problem with using other drivers is that, if they do not work, you are left with a laptop with no working video -- and that makes it all but impossible to fix without booting from OS install media and installing the OS from scratch -- and losing everything on the laptop in the process.

IF you wanted to TRY the drivers, then protect yourself in advance by following the directions below for making an image backup of your laptop, together with boot media.  That way, if the driver update goes badly, you can boot from the media and restore your laptop to working condition.

I personally prefer to use third-party Backup solutions as they tend to be both more flexible and more reliable than any built-in solutions.

Macrium Reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or entire drives.

What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from here: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
2) Run MR and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB stick
3) Use the option to create a boot USB stick or CD

My experience is that MR, when using the High Compression option, typically can compress the saved image file to about 50% of the USED space in the OS partition. This means if you have an 80GB OS partition, and 40GB is used, MR only needs about 20GB to store the image file.

I use this all the time and it typically takes less than 15 minutes to do the image backup and about the same time or less to do a restore.

Plus, MR has the option to Add a Recovery Boot Menu entry. This allows you then to boot into WinRE, and you can then use that to do a restore -- when you can't boot into Windows!

NOW, you have the means to restore a full working system from the external drive or USB stick in only a few minutes.