Touchpad drivers on laptop???

[Synawke]

Since I got my laptop (Alienware 13 R2) from the second I took it out of the box I swapped the HDD with an SSD and have yet to actually get the drivers to get multitouch and 2 finger scrolling and all that good stuff to work. It hasnt been something that bothered me too much because the laptop just sat on my desk with a mouse for most of it's life. Now that I take it to class every day it's kind of annoying not having that function. I cant seem to find what i need to download though to get it to work. What do I need to download?

[ProjectBox153]

Do you have the proper touchpad driver installed? If so, that should make it work right. 

[Synawke]

Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

Do you have the proper touchpad driver installed? If so, that should make it work right. 

I didnt install anything. windows just installed whatever it is using right now by default. I know it is capable of 2 finger scrolling though as all the other alienwares I have had can do it and im almost positive that the 2 minutes I had it on when it was factory it was able to do it

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, Synawke said:

Since I got my laptop (Alienware 13 R2) from the second I took it out of the box I swapped the HDD with an SSD and have yet to actually get the drivers to get multitouch and 2 finger scrolling and all that good stuff to work. It hasnt been something that bothered me too much because the laptop just sat on my desk with a mouse for most of it's life. Now that I take it to class every day it's kind of annoying not having that function. I cant seem to find what i need to download though to get it to work. What do I need to download?

You can find the drivers you need for you laptop here:

http://www.dell.com/support/home/ca/en/cabsdt1/product-support/product/alienware-13-r2/drivers

 

for specifically your touchpad, I've narrowed it down for you if you're using Windows 10 x64.

http://www.dell.com/support/home/ca/en/cabsdt1/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=83FK7

 

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, Synawke said:

I didnt install anything. windows just installed whatever it is using right now by default. I know it is capable of 2 finger scrolling though as all the other alienwares I have had can do it and im almost positive that the 2 minutes I had it on when it was factory it was able to do it

That's your problem. Those are generic drivers, not the proper ones. Use the links @BlueChinchillaEatingDorito gave above. 

[Synawke]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

You can find the drivers you need for you laptop here:

http://www.dell.com/support/home/ca/en/cabsdt1/product-support/product/alienware-13-r2/drivers

 

for specifically your touchpad, I've narrowed it down for you if you're using Windows 10 x64.

http://www.dell.com/support/home/ca/en/cabsdt1/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=83FK7

 

Thank you  exactly what i needed