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| Thread ID: 90550 | 2008-06-07 04:56:00 | Copying drivers prior to reinstall | jwil1 (65) | Press F1 |
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| 676238 | 2008-06-07 04:56:00 | Hey all, I have a client's Dell PC that is buggered and needs a reinstall. The recovery discs have been created but they reinstall all the cr*p that Dell put onto it in the factory. I intend to use a 'vanilla' XP Home disc for the reinstall and load drivers after that, using the COA on the side of the box. BUT I suspect the drivers are integrated into the recovery discs and thus I won't be able to use them for the reinstall. Is there a program out there that can take drivers from an existing installation of XP and save them onto the HD? To me it would appear that a program doing that would have alot of demand. TIA |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 676239 | 2008-06-07 04:59:00 | Get them from the Dell site, and chuck them on cd . If there's drivers for XP on the Dell site Or just use the recovery cd's / dvd and uninstall what you dont want |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 676240 | 2008-06-07 05:34:00 | A program called Driver Genius Professional (www.majorgeeks.com) used to be mentioned a bit for being good at this. Never tried it myself though and I haven't seen anyone mention it recently on the forum. | Jen (38) | ||
| 676241 | 2008-06-07 05:50:00 | Just googled and found a program called DriverMax ( . innovative-sol . com/drivermax/index . htm" target="_blank">www . innovative-sol . com) . Anyone used it?? |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 676242 | 2008-06-07 06:56:00 | Just lookup the model on Dell's site. They'll probably have newer drivers than what's on the CD anyway | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 676243 | 2008-06-07 08:28:00 | From memory - dell use a hidden folder on some setups, open my computer, tools/Folder options/Show hiden files. have a look through the C: drive the driver folder is sometimes there, if it is, simply copy/paste it to another media. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 676244 | 2008-06-07 08:48:00 | Thanks for your thoughts guys. IIRC I have already done a reinstall on this PC, so no go with your suggestion wainuitech :( I'd also like a 'standard' method of backing up drivers for no-name PCs that didn't have recovery/driver discs etc - only COAs - so I don't have to comb the Net to find drivers like I do now :groan: |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 676245 | 2008-06-07 08:56:00 | Download the drivers from the makers site and extract / burn them to cd. That's the only way you're going to get them, if youre not going to use the restore cds / dvd. Just make sure (before you format the hdd), that there are drivers for it. (If you dont use the restore cd / dvd) Or else you wont have sound, LAN drivers, or mobo / chipset drivers. In other words, nothing will work You cant just download / use one set / lot of drivers, since not all systems use the same drivers |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 676246 | 2008-06-07 08:57:00 | Thanks for your thoughts guys. IIRC I have already done a reinstall on this PC, so no go with your suggestion wainuitech :( I'd also like a 'standard' method of backing up drivers for no-name PCs that didn't have recovery/driver discs etc - only COAs - so I don't have to comb the Net to find drivers like I do now :groan: With the Reinstall how was it done ? If it was off of a recovery CD then it still may have loaded the folder as default - I have found that sometimes does happen - regarding the last statement, - Sometimes you do have to comb the net for drivers, but most common drivers are easy - simply go to the manufactures web site - then once you find them, store them in some place for future use - on one of my servers I have so many different drivers for so many different components its sometimes hard to locate the ones I KNOW I already have. Just remember - different makes/models need different drivers - not all will work with some components - what is the model of the Dell PC - I have a quite a few as well for Dells that I have collected over the years. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 676247 | 2008-06-07 10:58:00 | Hi Yes, I have used DriverMax ( . innovative-sol . com/drivermax/" target="_blank">www . innovative-sol . com) for quite a while now . For what you are trying to do and ease of application, this program just can't be beaten . What's more it's free . What yah got to lose!! Run this program and copy all the drivers on cd . Drivermax can restore them later if required or you can do it manually . BURNZEE |
Burnzee (6950) | ||
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