Best software to back up windows system drivers
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Windows comes with commands to do that (command prompt = dism /online /export-driver /destination:"path of folder" : powershell = Export-WindowsDriver -online -destination "path of folder")
Having said that I'd question the need to backup drivers rather than simply saving a copy of the drivers you've downloaded due to a lot of Windows drivers coming with their own applications for changing settings, something a simple backup of drivers will miss as it does what's on the tin. It would backup the drivers and drivers only, it would not include any of the software that gets installed along with those drivers.
Having said that I'd question the need to backup drivers rather than simply saving a copy of the drivers you've downloaded due to a lot of Windows drivers coming with their own applications for changing settings, something a simple backup of drivers will miss as it does what's on the tin. It would backup the drivers and drivers only, it would not include any of the software that gets installed along with those drivers.
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I used to use DriverBackup! but it hasn't been updated since 2016 according to its website. https://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/
Don’t really want a system image mate want a fresh install you see
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Just download the latest drivers for your hardware. It's the best way to ensure you don't get issues with older drivers.
That’s what am saying some of them aren’t on the actual support site I had to resort to the usb stick that came with motherboard that I have now misplaced
Unless you've got some really obscure hardware, the majority are covered with Windows built-in drivers anyway
