If you plan to reinstall or windows Updatemay need to create backup The operating system drivers so as not to search and download them from various sources. This is especially useful if there is no access to the Internet on the PC.
Preservation network drivers The PC is priority to be able to immediately connect to the Internet and download the missing devices drivers.
- Via special programs, without difficulty and restoring the basic drivers of the system, but not guaranteeing a 100% result.
- The tools of the OS itself using the built-in DISM utility operating with windows images and saving the maximum number of drivers.
Reference!The driver is a small program used to ensure the operation of the equipment installed on the PC together with the OS.
Saving drivers with special programs in Windows 7 and 10
Step 1. Press the "Win and R" key combination ("Win" is located to the right of "Ctrl").
Step 2. Print in the opened window "Devmgmt.msc" and click "OK".
Step 3. View the tree of devices. Devices with unidentified drivers and unidentified devices will be marked with a yellow exclamation mark and a question mark.
Step 4. Click on the required device by right-click and select "Update Drivers ...".
Step 5. In the update methods selection window, click the "Search and Install Manual Drivers" link.
Step 6. Press "Overview" to select the path (folders) to drivers, select the folder and click "Next".
The system will hold a search necessary driver And install it. After completing the process, restart your PC.
Drivers in Driverpack Solution
When backing up the OS drivers are usually compatible with the same version of the operating system. Drivers including use motherboardAlso are usually installed and operate normally.
However, there is a risk that some drivers may not earn. For example, on laptops After installing the OS, the touch panel is usually functions, but its special buttons may not work.
Reference!When using a laptop, it is often necessary to go to the site of its manufacturer to download drivers, including graphic, since obtained from AMD or NVIDIA Drivers Do not always work fine.
Install the missing drivers in the OS can also be using special programs that include your proven drivers. One of these programs is DriverPack Solution.
Step 2. Run installation file. From the "Download" folder or from the bottom panel of the browser. The program will be installed on the PC.
Step 3. DriverPack will check PC and suggest it automatic setting. On the right in the program window will show which drivers and applications will be installed. Press the green "Configure ..." button and wait for automatic download and installation of drivers.
Step 4. Reload PC.
Installing individual drivers
DRIVERPACK Solution You can also download individual devices drivers. Drivers B. local line Website can be found both by the name of the device and by its ID, which is suitable for searching for "unknown devices".
Step 1. To search for the device ID, right-click the mouse on the device and select "Properties".
Step 2. Go to "Details" and in the drop-down list select "Entry ID".
Step 3. Click in the "Value" field on top string And press the combination of "Ctrl + C" by copying the data from the row to the PC memory.
Step 5. Insert the cursor and press "Ctrl + V" into the search bar, inserting the device ID data into the search string.
Step 6. If DriverPack finds a suitable device driver, it will provide a download link "Download driver". Select the version of your operating system (indicated by the arrow) and click the download link.
Step 7. Run the downloaded file by selecting "Install only ...".
Step 9. The appropriate device driver will be installed. Click "Close".
Step 10. Reload PC.
Backing up the operating system drivers before it reinstalling can easily return all PC devices to them, working condition. If you could not create copies of any drivers, you need to go to the manufacturer's website and download their fresh versions from there.
Video - How to save drivers when reinstalling Windows
One of the articles I described the method with the help of the utility. This time I will describe two more ways that will allow you to create a backup of the drivers on any of the modern Windows OS. Consider the built-in utility and third-party driver programsMAX and AUSLOGICS DRIVER UPDATER.
Let me remind you that such an action among users is very relevant, as it simplifies the search and installation of the drivers in the future. Why, after reinstalling the system, search on the Internet or on the disk the necessary drivers, if everything is already in the File backup.
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DISM utility in Windows 7, 8.1 and 10
To begin with, we will analyze the DISM utility built into the system. First, create a folder on some disk where a copy of the drivers will be placed. You can create on external disk, flash drive or other section, but non-system. The folder name should not have problems.
Now let's start the command line with elevated privileges. Right-click on the Start or Combination menu Win + X. and select, as shown in the screenshot.
In the Row window, enter the command:
dISM / Online / Export-Driver / Destination: F: \\ Folder_S_Derivers
F: \\ Folder_S_Derizers - the name of the folder with the drivers located on the disk F, you may have a different folder name.
The copying process will begin and if the operation is successfully completed, command line will notify you about it.
We restore the drivers on the reinstalled system
Suppose you have already reinstalled Windows and noticed that some drivers are missing, then open the device manager (you can go there if you press Win + X and select the desired item) and press the right mouse button on the device without a driver. Opens context menuwhere you choose the item "Update Drivers".
A window appears in which you press the option. "Run the driver search on this computer".
Specify the path before the folder with the backup of the drivers, for this click "Overview". After specifying the way, click "Further".
Famous programs that allow you to automatically download and install drivers also have the ability to create backups. As an example, you can lead.
DRIVERMAX program
Download the free version of the DRIVERMAX program and go to the copy section - "Backup". There are two functions here - the creation of recovery points and the creation of copies of the drivers as an archive themselves.
Choose there "CREATE DRIVER BACKUP ARCHIVE", and then click "Next".
Here we choose those devices whose drivers we want to save. To choose everything, celebrate a tick "SELECT ALL" right downstairs then click "Backup".
To see the saved drivers, click on the button. "Open Backup Folder". Then place this folder on the outer medium or flash drive, or on the non-system partition.
Restoring drivers on reheattered system with DRIVERMAX
To recover drivers click in the program "Restore" and in this section choose the item "Restore from a previously Created Backup" and press the button "Next".
Now just click on the button "Load" And specify the path before the archive from the driver.
Specify the checkboxes those devices that require the installation of drivers. You can choose everything using the "Select All" checkbox. Press the button "Restore".
Drivers Program - AUSLOGICS DRIVER UPDATER
In this program, as in the previous one there are two versions - free and paid. To create a backup, enough and free. Open the program and go to the tab "Backup copy". Now select the items of devices in which there are drivers and click the button "Copy".
To save the archive you need to go to the tab "Restore". There must be a line with the backup date. On the contrary, click on the link "Archive Export". Select the path where the copy is saved.
When you make a reinstalling system, download this program again and go to the tab. "Restore"and then click there on the button "Import archives". Now you specify the path before the archive with the drivers.
Files will be loaded into the program window where you can only mark the device checkboxes whose drivers need to be restored. And after clicking the corresponding button.
On this I will finish talking about creating backups in this article.
Many PC users are faced with the need to reinstall the Windows operating system. The reasons for this can be a lot - the garbage was accumulated because of which the computer began to slow down, viruses on the PC, with which they do not cope free Antivirus, various glitches, bugs, and the simplest output remains the solution in the form of reinstalling Windows.
But after reinstallation appears new problem - No drivers. To keep time to search for drivers every time, it is recommended to backup (backup) in advance. In addition, it is not always easy to find a driver for your device on the Internet, and the drivers with drivers have long been lost or morally outdated.
To create a backup Catch, consider two programs: Driver Genius and Double Driver.
Creating a backup of drivers using Double Driver
Double Driver. - demon paid program for reserve copy Drivers with a simple and light interface. You can download the Double Driver program through this.
Drivers backup with Double Driver
Driver Restoring with Double Driver
After reinstalling the system, you must start the Double Driver program via dd.exe:
Having done the end and restoring the drivers finished! Now you know how fast and free recovery drivers on the new system!
Creating a backup of drivers using Driver Genius
Driver Genius. - This is a paid program, but also available free version with limited functions. IN free version Programs It is possible to create a backup of the drivers, followed by restoration (limited number of drivers when automatic recovery), or manual installation of drivers on the reinstalled system.
Drivers Backup with Driver Genius
Driver Recovery with Driver Genius
After reinstalling the system, you must perform the following steps to restore drivers using Driver Genius:
Drivers An important component of the interaction of the iron of the computer with the operating system and installed in it by software. Therefore, when experiments with them, or update them, it is recommended to create a backup of the already installed drivers so that in the case of which, it was possible to restore the normal operation of the computer. Today we will tell you about a small Double Driver utility, with which you can quickly make ramp drivers.
Double Driver - free program, which is in the literal sense of the word by the driver driver drivers connected to the computer's motherboard with the ability to back up. Utility, like file managerDisplays all drivers installed in the operating system as a list, and also allows you to save this list and print.
The most popular function of the Double Driver utility is backup Windows 8, 7, Vista XP drivers. Most users choose to work this particular program due to its free and very fast speed Driver backup. By the way, she just in a couple of minutes can create a full backup in operating systemwhich is already installed for more than one year, and therefore the drivers in it have not accumulated not enough. In addition, when creating copies, the utility sorts all files by folders, the name of which the corresponding device names. In addition to sorting by the folders, the utility contains in its functionality also the filter that filters all the drivers by their developers, for example, from Microsoft and TP.
Creating a backup of drivers
You can create a backup of the drivers installed in the system quickly and just a couple of clicks using the Double Driver program that you can download below. The utility does not require installation and can on any removable media.
Run the utility on your PC and in its main window, in the top menu, click on the "Backup" button, then click on "ScanCurrentSystem", as shown in the figure below.
Next, check the checkboxes in front of those drivers for which you are going to make a backup, then click on "Backup Now". You can mark them all if there are doubts that you noted exactly.
In the dialog box that appears, specify the program space on the hard disk, where it must save the backup of the drivers, and also activate the "Compressed (Zipped) Folder radio button if you want a copy to be compressed in the archive. In addition, if you need to create a self-extracting archive, instead of the above radio button, activate "Single File Self Extract (Executable). Click on "OK" to start the copy of the copy.
Wait until the Double Driver utility finishes its work and informs you about this appropriate message.
The created archive with a backup of the drivers will be stored in the place of you earlier and have the name of the model of your motherboard, as well as backup dates. To restore drivers from this archive, you need to unpack it, then start the installation wizard and follow its instructions and prompts.
- Hi Admin, I want to reinstall the Windows 8.1 Operation on my HP laptop, but I do not want to disinhibit the drivers with the search for drivers, everything has changed on the HP website and it is completely unclear how to download drivers there. Is there any way to make backup drivers windows tools 8.1 And how then install the drivers from this backup.
- Hello, the question is - at work on budget Computer It is necessary to reinstall operational windows system 7, on the Motherboard of the driver's motherboard only for Windows XP, I will not have the mind, where the previous sysadmin found the driver for the "seven" for this mother. So before reinstalling the system, I need to make backup drivers?
Hi friends if you want to make a backup of all installed drivers In the operating system, you can use the two ways below. These methods can be very useful if you have some rare device, the driver for which is difficult to find on the Internet. After reinstalling the operating system, you simply specify the Windows driver installer created earlier backup and everything, but unfortunately not all drivers will be able to set in a similar way what to do in this case will also tell you.
For example, on the site of my old motherboard there are no drivers for Windows 8.1, and there are only drivers on Windows 7, so at one time after windows installations 8.1 I had to search for the driver for some devices on the Internet, I don't want to do this for the second time, so before reinstalling the system, I will definitely make backup drivers.
The first way is to use the PowerShell command shell. Windows PowerShell. - A very interesting tool for creating user action scripts in the Windows operating system.
The second way is to use the DRIVERMAGICIAN program.
Consider both options.
Create backup drivers using the PowerShell command shell
Click on the launch button with the left mouse
And choose SearchIntroduce in the input field PowerShell, Click on the utility that appeared with the right mouse and select the launch on behalf of the administrator.
Export-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination i: \\ Drivers
Create backup drivers using the DriverMagician program
We go to the official website of the program http://www.drivermagician.com/download.htm. 
Click on the button Back Up Drivers., on the right side of the window in red, all drivers that are not in the Windows 8 distribution are highlighted, mark them with checklocks and then click on the button Start Backup.,
In the window that appears, you specify the information carrier to place a backup, for example, I will indicate my flash drive and approx.
After a couple of minutes, Windows 8.1 drivers backup is ready and is on the flash drive in the Drivers Backup folder.
How to restore drivers from backup
After reinstalling Windows 8.1 We go to the Device Manager, all devices that do not have drivers will be here with yellow triangles and an exclamation mark. Install the driver on the video card. Click on our video card with the right mouse and choose Refresh Drivers
Run the search for drivers on this computer
