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Posted byBen Doon
Posted on04/25/05 09:51 AM



Thanks for the tip.


> > Does anyone know of a way to back up the device drivers from a Windows
> > installation, and then restore them to a fresh install of Windows?
> >
> > I know that I need to take the INF folder, but what else?
>
> Shit that's in the System32 folder, and System32/Drivers or something
>
> What I used to do is I would just move my old WINNT folder to somewhere else,
> re-install Windows, then whenever it asked for a driver I pointed it to
> OldWinNT\INF and when it would ask for the driver files I pointed it to
> OldWinNT\System32, OldWinNT, and OldWinNT\Drivers, then all your drivers from
> the old Windows would carry over to the fresh install.
>
> Unfortunately any software that comes with drivers (for example Creative's EAX
> control panel) would not be reinstalled.
>




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*Windows Drivers  Ben Doon04/22/05 10:13 AM
.*Re: Windows Drivers  Halcyon04/24/05 11:18 AM
...Re: Windows Drivers  Ben Doon04/25/05 09:51 AM