I would like to know about the driver programs that I have on my computer.   

Where on my system do I find them? 

How can I copy them to a CD or flash drive?

How can I list them? 

How can I add to them? 

How can I delete a driver?

Thank you.

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[Identifying and backing up] Computer drivers Friday, March 6, 2009 at 1:14 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) [Order of items altered by me.] Viking wrote: |I would like to know about the driver programs that I have on my computer. |How can I delete a driver? | Driver == Device Driver To manage devices: Device Manager. Start; Settings; Control Panel; System; Device Manager. NOTE: When you Remove a device driver, that device will no longer work under Windoze. |How can I add [a device driver]? | Control Panel. Start; Settings; Control Panel; Add New Hardware. Generally, connecting new hardware to your system will throw an error at Startup and Windoze will offer to add the item to the Windows Registry. You simply point it at the media that contains the install file for the device. Alternately, to manually add a device driver, right click the install file and select Install. |Where on my system do I find them? | All data about your system's configuration is contained in the Windows Registry (which uses a bloated, clumsy, proprietary database format). Manually poking around in your Registry is not advised for novices. |How can I list them? | What you seek is called a SysInfo Utility. There are several: cache of http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000017.htm |How can I copy them to a CD or flash drive? | Use Mike Moniz's utility: http://web.archive.org/web/20070106035713/http://www.safe-install.com/programs/windriversbackup-personal-edition.html The page where you can actually download the file is very busy at the moment and is having problems keeping up with traffic demands. Here is a copy of the description to read in the meantime: cache of http://www.downloadfile.org/Utilities/Backup_and_Copy_Utilities/WinDriversBackup.html NOTE: There is a scumbucket who goes by many names, including HunterSoft. AVOID that imposter's plagiarism of the original. cache of http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/Huntersoft.php [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer drivers Friday, March 6, 2009 at 3:25 pm Posted by Bill (5 messages posted) |How can I list them? Here's the method Windows provides: 1. Right-click My Computer and select Properties. 2. Click the Device Manager tab. 3. Click Print, select "All devices and system summary," then click OK. This produces a system resource report that gives lists of device driver files, among other things. Interestingly, this appears to produce a more complete report than anything that can be had on screen. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: [Identifying and backing up] Computer drivers Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 8:12 am Posted by Rudy Kreubel (150 messages posted) Thanks for that very detailed answer gewg. It is of great help to me. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: [Identifying and backing up] Computer drivers Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 8:17 am Posted by viking (2 messages posted) I think I can follow all of that OK. On Friday, March 6, 2009 at 1:14 pm, gewg_ wrote: >[Order of items altered by me.] >Viking wrote: >|I would like to know about the driver programs that I have on my computer. >|How can I delete a driver? >| >Driver == Device Driver >To manage devices: Device Manager. >Start; Settings; Control Panel; System; Device Manager. > >NOTE: When you Remove a device driver, >that device will no longer work under Windoze. > >|How can I add [a device driver]? >| >Control Panel. >Start; Settings; Control Panel; Add New Hardware. > >Generally, connecting new hardware to your system will throw an error at Startup >and Windoze will offer to add the item to the Windows Registry. >You simply point it at the media that contains the install file for the device. > >Alternately, to manually add a device driver, >right click the install file and select Install. > >|Where on my system do I find them? >| >All data about your system's configuration is contained in the Windows Registry >(which uses a bloated, clumsy, proprietary database format). >Manually poking around in your Registry is not advised for novices. > >|How can I list them? >| >What you seek is called a SysInfo Utility. There are several: >cache of http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000017.htm > >|How can I copy them to a CD or flash drive? >| >Use Mike Moniz's utility: >http://web.archive.org/web/20070106035713/http://www.safe-install.com/programs/windriversbackup-personal-edition.html > >The page where you can actually download the file is very busy at the moment >and is having problems keeping up with traffic demands. >Here is a copy of the description to read in the meantime: >cache of >http://www.downloadfile.org/Utilities/Backup_and_Copy_Utilities/WinDriversBackup.html > > >NOTE: There is a scumbucket who goes by many names, including HunterSoft. >AVOID that imposter's plagiarism of the original. >cache of http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/Huntersoft.php [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer drivers Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 8:19 am Posted by viking (2 messages posted) That's great. Thanks On Friday, March 6, 2009 at 3:25 pm, Bill wrote: >|How can I list them? > >Here's the method Windows provides: > >1. Right-click My Computer and select Properties. >2. Click the Device Manager tab. >3. Click Print, select "All devices and system summary," then click OK. > >This produces a system resource report that gives lists of device driver files, among >other things. Interestingly, this appears to produce a more complete report than >anything that can be had on screen. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Computer drivers Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 9:09 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1655 messages posted) Viking wrote: |I would like to know about the driver programs that I have on my computer. |Where on my system do I find them? |How can I copy them to a CD or flash drive? |How can I list them? |How can I add to them? |How can I delete a driver? It isn't a matter of copying drivers to a CD or flash drive. These drivers are normally registered in the registry. As regards flash drivers then this has bee talked about meny times as gewg will confirm and he will show you links too. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum