Topic: DriverBackup!

Simple -GPL- tool for backup hardware drivers' files. DriverBackup! preserves drivers of your hardware peripherals from injury of time,saving important files into a specified directory.So you can use these files to reinstall your perip. without CDs or Floppys

SF.net's project page

I hope this could be useful to build the Open source driver updater...

Last edited by forart.it (2008-01-02 00:05:21)

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Re: DriverBackup!

very interesting, but not a compliment to the scope of the driverpacks

the main idea of DriverPacks is slipstreaming drivers into an OS installation.

if i understand the tool you describe above correctly.
it makes copies of drivers on an existing system and it makes that copy on the local HDD.
That is not very useful:

what if the HDD driver is the one that is blown up?

what if the existing driver was the problem to begin with?
If my driver is blown up first thing i am going to do is get the newest one available from the net.

In my experience if a driver is blown up i have a virus or a bad hdd
it is very rare a driver will become corrupted and even more rare that simply re-installing the original driver is the fix. 

the only scenario where i think this may help is if the NIC driver were to become corrupt. that is a very small window of opportunity for this tool to be useful.

Thanks for your continued input here at DriverPacks.
Please don't stop bringing us your thoughts and ideas.
We are always interested in new ideas like the ones you bring to the forum.

we ARE glad your are here...

I have to agree with Bâshrat the Sneaky in the other thread this is not something that I personally will be adding.

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Re: DriverBackup!

The program here is better as it can be run from a regular system or from PE:

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php? … p;p=138089

It is useful for grabbing a backup of drivers if OS reinstallation is needed and you can't remember where all the original driver files or disks are...

Regards,
Galapo.

Re: DriverBackup!

but that would require a cd or a floppy wouldn't it?  his post said without either...

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