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need help retoring drivers from "windows.old"
okay,
So I recently had to reinstall 7 over top of 7, when you do this it prompts you that it has created a folder with all the old files (documents, music, ect.) from the last version of 7 called "windows.old" now when i did this it installed the OS only and none of the drivers. i do not have a utility or application disc because for some reason Acer does not provide one (its really irritating)
Any way. I looked at the 'Windows.old' folder and in there is all of the .sys files for my drivers. i tried a few things such as moving the .sys files into the Drivers folder of the new 7 i installed. that did not work. I also tried to find the paths using the Manager. as in the tutorial here www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/97061-driver-install-device-manager.html it too failed. Does anyone know what to do? I would just install a driver pack online, but the drivers for my ethernet and lan card are obviously not working due to this issue.