Copying Drivers before Reinstall

alwaystherain

My hard drive is on its last legs.
Im getting the warning on start up.
Is there anyway i can put all the drivers i have on a usb and when i have reformated the new hard drive with a fresh install of windows xp home edition, just put my usb in pc and install them this way.
What im trying to do is copy all drivers for new hard drive.
If possible id like a exact copy of old hard drive, but i be happy just to get the drivers with out looking for them.
Is this possible.

yoyo

alwaystherain wrote: »

My hard drive is on its last legs.
Im getting the warning on start up.
Is there anyway i can put all the drivers i have on a usb and when i have reformated the new hard drive with a fresh install of windows xp home edition, just put my usb in pc and install them this way.
What im trying to do is copy all drivers for new hard drive.
If possible id like a exact copy of old hard drive, but i be happy just to get the drivers with out looking for them.
Is this possible.

C:\windows\System32\drivers is where the driver files reside, Some drivers have dependencies in other folders, may be easier to just find out what mobo you have and download drivers for that spec

Nick

Gadgetman496

Double Driver V 4.1.0 will do it for you, you don't even need to install it (it's portable and free too

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If its made by a big company such as Dell, Acer, Sony etc, you'll easily find the latest drivers online.

yoyo

Deleted User wrote: »

If its made by a big company such as Dell, Acer, Sony etc, you'll easily find the latest drivers online.

I wish! One of the worst companies for having half arsed driver support online,

Nick

hearny

If the drive failing is the only problem you have with your pc / laptop you could clone the drive using HD Clone, all you need is a usb hard drive caddy and the free edition:

http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html#free