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Decent app- to extract Full Drivers of an win7 set up?


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Hi guys, I used few in the past as DriverMax, etc... Got to do clean reinstallation on two laptops ( one win 8, other win7 x64) both will have new w7 x32 installed and manufacturers don't provide all as per what I need, also its the time in all of that quite unnecessary individual searches etc.

I've tried front pages app- didn't like it, I wander if there is some good freeware or free app, so installation would be painless and quick?

Thanks!

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Looks good too, TY!

This is what I use. It hasn't been updated in awhile but still works perfectly for me. I used it when I did a clean install of Windows 10 on my laptop that originally had 8.1

Double Driver

http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm

Welcome to Double Driver

One of the main reasons why you would want to collect installed drivers is if you don’t have the Driver CD that came with the computer or they are unavailable online. This comes in quite handy if you purchase a computer and want to backup the initial set of drivers. It can be quite difficulty for example to find drivers for hardware installed in a notebook if the operating system has to be setup again. Luckily Double Driver can now lend you a hand with that and save you a lot of time.

Double Driver is a very simple and useful tool which not only allows you to view all the drivers installed on your system but also allows you to backup, restore, save and print all chosen drivers.

Double Driver analyzes your system and lists the most important driver details such as version, date, provider, etc. All drivers that are found can easily be backed up the application and easily restored at a later point in one go.

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This is what I use. It hasn't been updated in awhile but still works perfectly for me. I used it when I did a clean install of Windows 10 on my laptop that originally had 8.1

Double Driver

http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm

both download links are restricted etc... Driver Magitian will be the first choice! :)

BTW, starting on W7x64 first, as W8 is well (even more) messed up :/

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This is what I use. It hasn't been updated in awhile but still works perfectly for me. I used it when I did a clean install of Windows 10 on my laptop that originally had 8.1

Double Driver

http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm

both download links are restricted etc... Driver Magitian will be the first choice! :)

BTW, starting on W7x64 first, as W8 is well (even more) messed up :/

Sorry about that. Try this link from majorgeeks. I just tried it and it works

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/double_driver.html

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@ win 8.x

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824971.aspx

DISM /Online /Export-Driver /Destination:C:\driversbackup

​What will be the DISM command to re-install your backup drivers after a fresh install

​DISM /Online /Import-Driver /Destination:C:\driversbackup?

Thanks in advance​

According to this article

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824971.aspx

A. Backup

Dism /online /Export-Driver /Destination:<driver path>

eg.

Dism /online /Export-Driver /Destination:E:\Drivers

B. Restore

dism /online /add-driver /driver:<driver path> /Recurse

eg.

Dism /online /Add-Driver /Driver:E:\Drivers /Recurse

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@ win 8.x

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824971.aspx

DISM /Online /Export-Driver /Destination:C:\driversbackup

​What will be the DISM command to re-install your backup drivers after a fresh install

​DISM /Online /Import-Driver /Destination:C:\driversbackup?

Thanks in advance​

According to this article

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824971.aspx

A. Backup

Dism /online /Export-Driver /Destination:<driver path>

eg.

Dism /online /Export-Driver /Destination:E:\Drivers

B. Restore

dism /online /add-driver /driver:<driver path> /Recurse

eg.

Dism /online /Add-Driver /Driver:E:\Drivers /Recurse

​Tried, but say "This command can only be used with an offline image".

​Found information: Add and Remove Drivers to an Offline Windows Image https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825070.aspx

​Thks

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​Tried, but say "This command can only be used with an offline image".

​Found information: Add and Remove Drivers to an Offline Windows Image https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825070.aspx

​Thks

Yeah, my bad. Unfortunately /add-driver command doesn't work with the /online flag. But due to the windows recovery environment (WinRE) is a WinPE based, I think it can be possible to restore the drivers with DISM from WinRE too.

On Win 8.x/10

Open Settings, and click/tap on the Update & security icon. Click/tap on Recovery on the left side, and click/tap on Restart now under Advanced startup. Click/tap Troubleshoot, then click/tap Advanced Options, then Command Prompt.

On command prompt type

c:

Press enter then type

dism /add-driver /image:c:\ /driver:<your driver backup path> /Recurse

It should add the drivers from backup folder into C.

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For online driver installation use pnputil.exe

pnputil.exe -i -a path\inf_file.inf

To show drivers use -e, to delete use -d oem#.inf, and add -f to force a driver uninstall

Microsoft PnP UtilityUsage:------pnputil.exe [-f | -i] [ -? | -a | -d | -e ] <INF name>Examples:pnputil.exe -a a:\usbcam\USBCAM.INF      -> Add package specified by USBCAM.INFpnputil.exe -a c:\drivers\*.inf          -> Add all packages in c:\drivers\pnputil.exe -i -a a:\usbcam\USBCAM.INF   -> Add and install driver packagepnputil.exe -e                           -> Enumerate all 3rd party packagespnputil.exe -d oem0.inf                  -> Delete package oem0.infpnputil.exe -f -d oem0.inf               -> Force delete package oem0.infpnputil.exe -?                           -> This usage screen
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Thanks! After loads and loads of hasty (wrongly believed to have simple job) and using DriverMagic...

Will try those... Tomorrow.

;)

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