Backing Up Drivers  


  1. bigmck
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    Backing Up Drivers


    I currently use XP. Before I install Win 7, I want to backup my drivers on a DVD. Where do I go to do that?
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  3. zigzag3143
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    bigmck said:
    I currently use XP. Before I install Win 7, I want to backup my drivers on a DVD. Where do I go to do that?
    Drivers are installed. the only way to back them up is to keep the original file and make a copy of it. win 7 uses different drivers anyway. Do you still have the driver cd from the computer mfr?

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  4. bigmck
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    zigzag3143 said:
    bigmck said:
    I currently use XP. Before I install Win 7, I want to backup my drivers on a DVD. Where do I go to do that?
    Drivers are installed. the only way to back them up is to keep the original file and make a copy of it. win 7 uses different drivers anyway. Do you still have the driver cd from the computer mfr?

    Ken J
    No, I don't have my XP recovery disk, if that is what you mean. If you mean my program disks, I have those. == What I was thinking was I could back up my XP drivers and install them in W7. I would guess that most of them would work so I would only have to search for a small percentage of them. This might not be sound thinking, but then it wouldn't be the first time :>)
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  6. chev65
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    You would be better served if you obtained and copied to a disk or another harddrive the updated versions of your drivers that are made to run on Windows 7.

    Not many of the original XP drivers will work but a few might still be useful.
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