Utility Program to collect all drivers

[Guest]

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Is there a utility that collects all your drives and puts them in one
folder?

XP boots up with the drivers and finds them, so I assume some program could
do the same thing.

Thanks

 

[Byte]

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You'll find most of your drivers under:
C:\Windows\Driver Cache\I386
or
C:\I386

"Robert M. Lincoln" wrote:

> Is there a utility that collects all your drives and puts them in one
> folder?
>
> XP boots up with the drivers and finds them, so I assume some program could
> do the same thing.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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XP finds the drivers because they are registered in the registry, not
because they are in a particular folder (though most are).

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
"Robert M. Lincoln" <robert.nospam@americanriver.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a utility that collects all your drives and puts them in one
> folder?
>
> XP boots up with the drivers and finds them, so I assume some program
> could do the same thing.
>
> Thanks
>
>

 

[Dave]

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I assume you're looking for a program that will find all of your XP drivers
and back them up in a seperate folder? If so, I have used a program called
WinDriversBackup. I think it may have changed names or been taken over by
someone else. I've used it and think it accomplishes that fairly well. I
might still have a copy of it if you want it.


"Robert M. Lincoln" <robert.nospam@americanriver.com> wrote in message
news:OF1LFZKAFHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Is there a utility that collects all your drives and puts them in one
> folder?
>
> XP boots up with the drivers and finds them, so I assume some program
> could do the same thing.
>
> Thanks
>
>

 

[Guest]

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You can get the free version here
http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/archives/20041224_windriversbackup_107.phtml
Once you install and run it, choose the About icon to check for updates.
The latest version is 1.09. It will update the database for you.
Anne

"Dave" <funinatl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I assume you're looking for a program that will find all of your XP drivers
>and back them up in a seperate folder? If so, I have used a program called
>WinDriversBackup. I think it may have changed names or been taken over by
>someone else. I've used it and think it accomplishes that fairly well. I
>might still have a copy of it if you want it.
>
>
> "Robert M. Lincoln" <robert.nospam@americanriver.com> wrote in message
> news:OF1LFZKAFHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Is there a utility that collects all your drives and puts them in one
>> folder?
>>
>> XP boots up with the drivers and finds them, so I assume some program
>> could do the same thing.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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DriverGuide Toolkit is one program you might look at; tis not free.
Gene K

Robert M. Lincoln wrote:
> Is there a utility that collects all your drives and puts them in one
> folder?
>
> XP boots up with the drivers and finds them, so I assume some program could
> do the same thing.
>
> Thanks
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Hi Robert,

See if any of these utils help:

Driver Magician 1.92:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3968.html

DriverGuide Toolkit 1.0.3:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2545.html

Driver Genius Professional 2004 3.1.621:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4056.html

Driver Collector 1.2:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3982.html

More Driver Tools:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads28.html

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Robert M. Lincoln" <robert.nospam@americanriver.com> wrote in message news:OF1LFZKAFHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Is there a utility that collects all your drives and puts them in one
folder?

XP boots up with the drivers and finds them, so I assume some program could
do the same thing.

Thanks

 

[sunny]

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Alternate site as well :
http://www.topshareware.com/WinDriversBackup-download-453.htm

"Math1" <invalid@example.com> wrote in message
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> You can get the free version here
> http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/archives/20041224_windriversbackup_107.phtml
> Once you install and run it, choose the About icon to check for updates.
> The latest version is 1.09. It will update the database for you.
> Anne
>
> "Dave" <funinatl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:fvGdnSpTb_trOm_cRVn-hg@comcast.com...
>>I assume you're looking for a program that will find all of your XP
>>drivers and back them up in a seperate folder? If so, I have used a
>>program called WinDriversBackup. I think it may have changed names or
>>been taken over by someone else. I've used it and think it accomplishes
>>that fairly well. I might still have a copy of it if you want it.
>>
>>
>> "Robert M. Lincoln" <robert.nospam@americanriver.com> wrote in message
>> news:OF1LFZKAFHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Is there a utility that collects all your drives and puts them in one
>>> folder?
>>>
>>> XP boots up with the drivers and finds them, so I assume some program
>>> could do the same thing.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>