So if you ever need to re-install any drivers, you don’t have to bother downloading them again.

Here’s how you do it…

Step 1 — Select the drivers to back up

Start Driver Detective and click History on the main menu.

Check (tick) all the drivers you want to back up.

Then click Backup Selected at the bottom left of the screen.

This will launch the Driver Backup Wizard.

Click Next to continue.

Step 2 — Choose a backup location

This can be your hard drive, a USB drive, or a CD/DVD.

I’ve chosen my slave (internal backup) hard drive.

Click Finish.

Step 3 — Creating the backup

Driver Detective will now copy the drivers to your backup folder.

Click Close once the back up is complete.

Step 4 — Check your backup

Go to the backup folder and check your drivers are there.

And that’s it. Done.

Any questions?

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Here’s how you do it…

Step 1 — Scan your drivers

Start Driver Genius and click Backup Drivers on the main menu.

Driver Genius will now scan your computer and gather the details of your drivers.

Step 2 — Choose which drivers to back up

You can back up currently used drivers, original Windows drivers, and disconnected device drivers.

They’re all selected by default, so unless there are drivers you don’t want to back up, leave it as it is.

Click Next.

Step 3 — Choose the backup type and location

Driver Genius gives you four backup types.

I’ve chosen the default option, which copies the drivers to a folder.

The default backup folder is C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Windows Username]\My Documents\DriverGenius\Backup. Click Browse if you want to save your drivers somewhere else.

I’ve selected a folder on my backup hard drive.

Click Next.

Step 4 — Start the backup

Driver Genius will now back up your drivers.

It took about 20 minutes on my computer, so plenty of time to make a cup of tea, or pour a cold beer…

Click Finish when it’s done.

Step 5 — Check your backup

Go to your backup folder and check the drivers are there.

And that’s it. Done.

Any questions?

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But before you can restore any drivers, you have to back them up.

Here’s how you do it…

Step 1 — Choose drivers to back up

Start Driver Checker and click Back Up on the main menu.

Now choose which drivers you want to back up.

At the top right of the screen there’s a drop down menu where you can select “Currently Used Devices” or “Windows Original Devices”.

They’re all selected, by default, so unless there are drivers you don’t want to back up, just leave it as is.

Step 2 — Choose your backup folder

The default backup folder is C:\Program Files\Driver Checker\ (replace C:\ with your hard drive’s letter).

If you want to save them to different folder or drive, click Browse.

Step 3 — Back up your drivers

Click Next to start the backup process.

The next screen will show you the progress and what drivers are being backed up.

This shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete.

When it’s complete you’ll get a “Backup is completed!” confirmation message.

Click OK.

Step 4 — Check your backup

Open My Computer and find your way to C:\Program Files\Driver Checker\Drivers\ (or your backup folder).

You should see a list of folders containing all your drivers.

You can also open the folders to check they contain your driver files.

And that’s it. Done.

Any questions?

Please use the comments form below or contact me if you have any questions about using Driver Checker.

Give Driver Checker a go

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