Reservation of drivers. Create a backup of the drivers for all versions of Windows. Advantages and disadvantages of the program

Good day!

I think many users have come across the installation of a driver, even the new Windows 7, 8, 8.1, not always able to independently recognize the device and select a driver for it. Therefore, sometimes you have to download drivers from various sites, installed with CD / DVD discs that come complete to new equipment. In general, a decent time is spent on it.

To spend this time every time you have to search and install - you can back up the drivers, and in the case of which - to quickly restore it. For example, many often have to reinstall Windows because of various bugs and glitches - why do you need to search for drivers every time? Or say, you bought a computer or laptop in the store, and there is no drives with drivers with drivers (which, by the way, often happens). To do not search for them in case of problems with Windows, you can back up in advance. Actually about this and let's talk in this article ...

Important!

1) A backup of the drivers is best done immediately after setting up and installing all equipment - i.e. Then when everything works well.

2) to create a backup need to be needed special program (About this below) and preferably a flash drive or disk. By the way, you can save a copy and to another section hard diskFor example, if windows system Installed on the "C" disk, then the copy is better to place on the "D" disk.

3) Re-restore drivers from the copy you need to the same version of Windows, from which you did it. For example, made a copy in Windows 7 - then restore from the copy to Windows 7. If you change the OS with Windows 7 on Windows 8, and then restore the driver - some of them can work incorrectly!

Rograms to create a backup of the drivers in Windows

In general, there are quite a lot of programs of this kind. In this article I would like to stay at the best of your kind (of course, in my humble look). By the way, all these programs, in addition to creating a backup, allow you to find and update drivers for all computer devices (about this in this article :).

1. Slim Drivers.

One of best programs To work with drivers. Allows you to search, update, make backup copies, and restore almost any drivers from them for any devices. The base of the drivers from this program is huge! Actually, I will show you how to make a copy of the drivers and restore it.

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Small free utility To create backup copies of drivers. Many users use this personally, I didn't use it so often (for all time a couple of times). Although I admit that it can be better than Slim Drivers.

A very bad program that allows you to easily and quickly do and restore from the driver's copy. The only thing for the drivers of this program is smaller than at Slim Driver (this is useful when updating drivers, when creating backups - does not affect).

With the launch of the backup of the drivers - instructions for work in Slim Drivers.

Important! To work Slim Drivers requires Internet connection (if you do not work the Internet to install the drivers, then, for example, problems can be recovered when you restore drivers, problems may be installed - it will not be possible to install the Slim Drivers program to restore the drivers. Here is a closed circle).

1. To back up the Slim Driver, you first need to configure the hard disk space where the copy is saved. To do this, go to the Options section, select the Backup subsection, specify the location of the copies on the hard disk (it is desirable to choose not the part where you have installed Windows) and click the Save button.

3. Literally in minutes (on my laptop for 2-3 minutes.) A copy of the drivers is created. A successful creation report can be seen on the screenshot below.

In setting the drivers from the backup

After reinstalling Windows or unsuccessful updating of the drivers - they can be easily restored from our copy.

1. To do this, go to the Options section, then in the Restore subsection, select a place on the hard disk where copies are stored (see. Just above in the article, you need to select the folder to which we created a copy), and click the Save button.

3. The program will warn you that you need to restart the computer to restore. Before rebooting, save all documents so that part of the data does not disappear.

Here today is actually all. By the way, many users praise dRIVER program Genius. Tested this program, allows you to add almost all drivers to the PC to a backup, plus it will be burned and placed in an automatic installer. Only when recovery is often observed errors: the program has not been registered and therefore you can restore only 2-3 drivers, then the installation is interrupted on half ... It is possible that it was so lucky only to me.

All happily!

If you decide to independently reinstall the operating system on your computer, do not forget about a very important point, backup drivers! Windows installation must precede some preparation, firstly - it is to save the driver installed in the system, and the required subsequent transfer of the backup with the drivers to the CD or USB flash drive, well, or to another section of your hard disk that will not be affected by reinstalling Windows. Otherwise, if the package with the drivers remains on the hard disk with the operating system you are going to reinstall, it will be lost with your files old windows When formatting a disk! This is necessary, first of all, if you have lost or did not even have installation discs Your components and you are not leisure to search on the Internet all drivers that are necessary for computer work. In this regard, I present you instructions for a program specifically created for backup drivers, called.

Download this program You can use this link -download .

The process of labor installation, you will not be made, moving immediately to business. Open the program and click on the Reservation item.

Driver Genius starts scanning all devices to which drivers were installed.

In the next window, we see all drivers available in your operating system. I recommend noting to reserve all items in this window.

Save Drivers

At the next step, it is necessary to choose the type of desired archive with your drivers. The program gives us the opportunity to archive four ways. Describe each I will not, in order to save your time. Consider the method of implying creation archive-autoflatorwhy I will write a little lower. At the same stage, select a place where the archive will be placed, do not forget that you should save the backup to a disk that will not be formatted when the OS is reinstalled or immediately after creating an archive, you should write it onto a CD or throw it on the USB flash drive. After all, to restore the data after formatting a disk or flash drive and get from there your archive with drivers will be very difficult.

And now, finally we see a message, reservation is completed! Here is the path to the backup.

On this, work with the program DRIVER GENIUS is completed.
The next action that I will describe, you have to do already on reinstalled operating system. Cost to notice if you, for example, saved drivers on the system with installed windows XP, and in the future you plan to install Windows 7, then some of the drivers may not be compatible with the new operating system and you will still have to ride on the Internet. And one more observation, if you can, when switching to Windows7, it is often impossible to establish a system due to the fact that there are many fated sectors on your hard disk over time and it will help you to check the tool for checking and correcting your hard disk errors.
So, will continue. Since we have created an archive-auto installer, then after we reinstalled the system, the Driver Genius program does not have to install. You just find the DRIVER Backup file that you have created earlier and run it.

That's so deciding problem with drivers on your computer. I advise you to do backup Drivers, without waiting for problems with your operating system.

Drivers with drivers from recently purchased motherboardOr from the video card, have the property to disappear at the most inopportune moment.

And such a moment occurs, most often when restoring the system or setting it from zero, when drivers are simply necessary.

Of course, to download the driver's drivers, you can visit the manufacturer's website, go to the "Support" section and download the most new version. But nothing of this may not go out, for network adapter Also need a driver that was on a lost disk.

You can backup CD drive with drivers on your hDD in advance, but it will not help if all the hard drive fails, and not separate logical disks.

Moreover, the "Drivers" catalog often goes to the basket - the big one, and you need - 3-4 drivers.

The author tried a couple of times to store system drivers on the flash drive, but with the same final. In general, the data security is an urgent topic, and you will enjoy another useful program for backup - Cobian Backup.

Let your system live long and happily, but I had to restore everything from scratch - use a small Double Driver program in advance. Checked: it is better to pay a few minutes to her, and it, in case of problems with the operating system, will save you a bunch of time and nerves.

Double Driver - Backup and Driver Restore

This program is nothing more than a tool for working with drivers installed in the system. It is capable of a very small period of time - no more than a minute - conduct analysis installed drivers, Create their list and make a backup.

Double Driver is characterized by ease of use and convenience in work, no interference even the absence of Russian and Ukrainian languages. Certain with the program will be able to even inexperienced.

The program interface is understandable and functional: Double Driver has a toolbar where the function buttons are set. So look for the "right button" among the array of windows does not have to.

In addition, all tools are arranged in order, according to the frequency of their use.

To scan the system, you need to select the "Backup" tool and click the "Scan Current System" button.

Then make the choice of drivers that we want to add to our backup.

Analyzing the available system drivers, Double Driver displays a complete report on each of them - the manufacturer, installation time, etc.

The result of the analysis can be printed by using the "Print" instrument.

As already mentioned, the program is characterized by high speed, while it consumes little resources and during operation total performance PC does not fall.

By creating a backup database, Double Driver takes care of the convenience of the user: Copy files do not rush into one directory - they are distributed by directories that are called identical to the names of devices.

Is it worth saying that the saved backup occupies on the flash drive many times less than the place, rather than a copy of the whole disk?

It is unknown why, but the developer made one part in the program: when working, you can configure the display mode of both all drivers of the system as a whole and the mode of displaying drivers exclusively by Microsoft.

To restore, you need to use the "Restore" tool and click the Locate Backup button. You will be given the ability to select a backup to restore.

During recovery of the driver's set, the program also shows itself with the most best side - As with the creation of a copy, time leaves very little, no more than a minute.

Backup copy Drivers are needed in order to save time after reinstalling Windows. When a fresh operating system is installed on the computer, it is necessary to immediately install all drivers on the device, otherwise something will not work correctly. Installation of drivers takes a lot of time, and also take another part of the time.

In this article you can download the Double Driver program, which will make it easy to create backup drivers, and then restore them quickly. Among the advantages of the program, I saw the following:

This is a portable program - the installation is not required, it works directly "out of the box", you can run from the flash drive.
Very easy and fast.
Completely free, without restrictions.
Allows you to create a copy of the drivers not only on the current system, but also to another, if there are several Windows on the computer, including what is noteworthy, can scan drivers on damaged systems if it is impossible to download.

From the flaws only one - the program on english language. But, as usual, thanks to my instruction, it will not become a big problem. I will show where to press.

After launch, the program interface appears in front of you, in which you first click on "Backups" in the top menu, and then "Scan Current System" below.

Before you instantly appears a list of drivers detected on your device. Check the device, the backup of the drivers of which you want or check everything at once, and then click on the button at the bottom "Backup NOW".

A window will appear in which you want to select a backup location (option "Destination"), as well as how the backup of the drivers should be saved (OUTPUT option, I give explanations in order of items, as in the screenshot below):

structural folder;
compressed arch in format.zip;
self-extracting archive.

I recommend choosing the first option. Then click "OK" and back up the drivers. The more drivers were chosen, the longer the copying process will last. Wait for its completion.

If you save in the form of a structural folder, the backup of the drivers will look like the screenshot below.

Before reinstalling Windows Do not forget to save the backup of the drivers and distributive Double Driver program in a reliable location, for example, on a flash drive, a disk on which Windows is not installed or on another device.

Backup Drivers Damaged Windows

As I Came above, Double Driver allows you to save Windows drivers that cannot boot. To do this, boot in any other working system on this computer. Then, do the entire instruction described above, only after clicking in the upper menu of the "Backups" buttons, instead of "Scan Current System", click "Scan Other System" below, and specify the path to Windows, backup drivers from which you need to do.

The rest of the process is the same as I told above.

How to restore drivers

To restore drivers that were saved in advance, run the Double Driver program, press the "Restore" button in the top menu, and then below "Locate Backup".

A window will appear in which you want to select the location where the backup of the drivers has been saved.

If you have not changed the default saving space when copying, your backup will be in the "Default Location" option. If the backup was saved elsewhere in the form of an archive, then specify the path to it in the option "Compressed (Zipped) Backup Folder." If the backup was saved elsewhere in the form of a folder, please specify it in the option "Other location". Then click "OK". The screenshot shows the last option.

Few people think about that someday his computer will still "fly", and have to reinstall the entire system. Reinstall itself now does not cause such problems as before, but here the driver can be a stumbling block, especially if the drive drive is lost, and the Internet does not work for the same reason that there is no driver network card. In this case, the backup of the drivers would be likewise.

How to make backup drivers

There are many ways to create such backup copies, but we are interested in the easiest and free.

Therefore, we use free version programs Drivermax.. Go to the official website of the Drivermax program and click on a large green button.

Run the installation of the program by clicking twice with the left mouse button on its icon.

In the first window we click on the button " Run».

A window will appear with the installation scale and a program itself will open after a few seconds.

We are only interested in backing up the drivers, so we will not be distracted by its other functions, and immediately let's go to the " Backup ».

Install the switch to the string " Create a backup driver archive"And below press the button" Further».

If you are not a completely confident computer user, then it is better to create a point of restoring the system to start better, and then take on the archiving of drivers. In progress will never hurt. It does not take much time. In just a minute, you will have a recovery point of the system, which in case of some problems can be easily returned to the circles.

After creating the recovery point of the system, go to any other tab, and then return to the Backup tab again, and set the switch to "Create a Backup Backup Archive."

In the next window at the bottom, install a tick to select all our drivers, and click the " Backup».

The process of copying your drivers will begin. Take patience and wait.

After the program completes the creation of a copy of your drivers, you must go to the folder on the link at the bottom of the window

In no case, do not leave the driver archive only in this folder, because It is created on the disk with the operating system. And if one great moment your system does not start and you will have to reinstall it, then you can lose this archive.

Keep in the same place installation file. Programs, because after reinstalling the system you will most likely not have access to the Internet.

That is why I do not keep all my files on the same disk where the operating system is located.

For this purpose, I have on a computer 5 hard disks And some of them are divided into sections. Therefore, I am not afraid of the fact that my system can fly. I have a copy operating system on the separate disk And its backup.

I advise you and you do not wait for the system to live for a long time, and takes care of it in advance. Then in case of unforeseen situations, you can restore everything quickly and painlessly.

How to restore drivers on a new operating system

Everything is just as simple as the creation of the archive of drivers. Install the Drivermax program to a new OS and select the " Restoration" Go to "Restore from the previously created backup and click the" Next "button.