Extracting drivers from windows

[mattyj1085]

I will soon be installing a new SATA drive but have no driver cds apart from windows XP.

Is it possible to extract drivers for motherboard, sound, and network from windows so i dont need the cds?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

You could slipstream them into your WIndows installation CD or you could do it the old-fashioned way and download the drivers using another machine after you've installed and carrying them over by hand, assuming your network adapter doesn't work without 3rd-party drivers.

 

[rpstewart]

I will soon be installing a new SATA drive but have no driver cds apart from windows XP.

If you're simply adding another HDD to a system which is already running you don't need any extra drivers, the OS already has the controller drivers installed.

If you're planning a fresh install then it's a different matter although if you can set the SATA controller to run in Legacy IDE mode (or whatever your BIOS calls it) then again you shouldn't need drivers.

 

[nade]

I'm not sure about motherboard drivers, but i have sucessfully used a free program called DriverGrabber on a laptop. It extracts drivers and saves the files into folders. Not sure about the motherboard drivers, but it sure worked great for the graphics, sound and network drivers