Driver Question

[CaptTuna]

I was reading a thread about reformatting and had this thought. Is there somewhere where all the drivers reside? A folder that could be copied or backed up to use after reformatting so all drivers are ready and in one place.

[doctorgonzo]

Unfortunately, it's not that easy. If you are reformatting, the best thing to do is to ghost the drive so that you copy all the information (drivers, DLLs, registry settings) over. Otherwise, you will probably miss things.

[Doobie]

I use this program to backup my drivers it works great.

http://www.fileboost.net/directory/u...ot_010459.html

Description:\ WinDriver Ghost provides you the easy and fast detection, backup and restore of the entire hardware device drivers currently on your system. With it, you can even find the latest drivers for your hardware and install them onto your computer. Just one or two mouse button clicks, you will have all your hardware devices extracted and backuped to any folder you want. When you reinstall or upgrade your system, you can restore them by clicking a button, after reboot once, all the drivers will be installed and will function well. Also you may choose to backup a certain driver or the entire drivers to an EXE automatic installer. If you have a hardware that is troublesome, just remove it with the software.It is especially useful to those who have lost his Driver Disk or Driver CD. WinDriver Ghost is able to clone the installation EXE package

[j4ck]

hey! thats a pretty cool program. i wish i had known about it last night when i nuked and paved my C: drive.