Backup third party drivers ,
make sure you dont get caught out and left webless
Backup third
party drivers. How annoying would it be to have to re-build your
computer only to find Windows does not auto detect your Network
card or Modem and you dont have a driver backup for this
hardware resource anywhere.
It can be very
annoying to not have drivers for a sound or graphics card, but
at least you can use the web to download them, but for the
Network or Modem, if this is how you generally connect to the
web you could find yourself webless.
Its really catch 22
you use the modem or network card to get to the web location
where your Network card or Modem drivers are stored, but of
course you cant get online to get the drivers in the first
place.
If you can still
manage to browse the web before you rebuild your computer, its
simple just download the drivers ahead of time.
Even if you have no
intentions of rebuilding your computer, make sure you still
download and keep a copy of backup third party drivers . It will
save a lot of time and aggravation in the long term.
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If you really have no
idea of the resource name of the driver (s) you need, you can
usually find them by going to the start menu and selecting Run ,
type Winmsd , this will give you a system information
screen, from here you should be able to get the name of the
driver(s).
If you are not able
to get the drivers this way, go to a website called
www.belarc.com and download their excellent pc audit software,
its free for individual users and tells you everything from the
amount of memory installed, including the amount of dimms or
dimms, to the serial number of your Windows operating system, it
really gives a comprehensive amount of information about your
computer.
If you still cannot
get the name of the driver this way, unfortunately the only
route left open to us is to open the case and get the name of
the driver off of the card or motherboard.
As far as finding
drivers on the web goes, the best place to start is with the
hardware manufacturers website, other than this try
www.driverguide.com, you will have to register, but it is free
and offers a huge amount of all kinds of drivers for most kinds
of operating systems.
As a last resort if
you cannot find the drivers anywhere, make a backup of your
windows/system32 directory .
When you have to
install the drivers on your new system, when it asks for drivers
point it towards here and then fingers crossed it may still
install the needed drivers.
I left this method to
last as it is a bit fiddly and cannot be relied upon to work all
the time, depending on the driver and how it get installed in
the first place. Backup system.
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is right for you.
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