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Hello,
Just trying this new tool to backup unknown but working drivers.
Firstly I run the main program and allow public and private networks and it finds all the updates. I then do a search for drivers in expert mode. It finds a few unknown but working properly. These are my printer, my monitor, intel graphics command centre and intel graphics control panel.
I then close the main program, put the file SDIOBackupDrivers.exe into the root of the SDIO Origin USB (I have the full 50+ Gb). I follow all the requests about allowing it to create text indexes.
It seems to find a lot more drivers than those that are unknown but working. See screenshot.
Am I doing it right? I was expecting just the few unknown but working drivers I found when I ran the main program. I often fix family and friends computers and a backup of just the unknown drivers would be very useful before doing a clean install on them.
Also, would it be possible to include an "extract all" for unknown but working drivers rather than right click on each one individually?
I've used your program for many years now. Originally used Snappy Driver Installer but switched to Origin when weird russian stuff started appearing.
Regards,
Paul
It seems to find a lot more drivers than those that are unknown but working.
Well spotted! SDIO Backup compares the inf file name, class guid, date, version and provider. If the combination of all of these cannot be found in the driver packs then the driver is deemed to not be found in the driver packs. So, for example, you may have a newer version of a driver installed. I expect you may find different versions of these drivers in SDIO if you switch on the relevant options , eg Older.
Am I doing it right? I was expecting just the few unknown but working drivers I found when I ran the main program
Yes, but there's more to it than just unknown drivers.
Also, would it be possible to include an "extract all" for unknown but working drivers rather than right click on each one individually?
That's on the list of things to do.
I've used your program for many years now. Originally used Snappy Driver Installer but switched to Origin when weird russian stuff started appearing.
LOL!! Me too 🙂
Gémini y Claude de Anthropic, me recomendaron usar este servicio. Tambien me hicieron advertencias sobre Drivers de origen desconocido. Acabo de hacerme miembro de esta comunidad y me hace feliz eso. ¿Por que esta web no incluye el idioma español, como idioma opcional? ¿Archive.org puede contener una copia de todo el Pack de Drivers completamente, para uso de emergencia? Un abrazo a todos ustedes.
Gémini y Claude de Anthropic, me recomendaron usar este servicio. Tambien me hicieron advertencias sobre Drivers de origen desconocido. Acabo de hacerme miembro de esta comunidad y me hace feliz eso. ¿Por que esta web no incluye el idioma español, como idioma opcional? ¿Archive.org puede contener una copia de todo el Pack de Drivers completamente, para uso de emergencia? Un abrazo a todos ustedes.
Gemini and Claude from Anthropic recommended this service to me. They also warned me about drivers from unknown sources. I just became a member of this community, and I'm happy about that. Why doesn't this website include Spanish as an optional language? Can Archive.org contain a copy of the entire driver pack for emergency use? Best regards to all of you.
did you check the little drop down box at the top of the page?¿Por que esta web no incluye el idioma español, como idioma opcional?
Hi, I'm also currently testing the SDIO Backup Driver, and I've noticed the same difference.
It seems to find a lot more drivers than those that are unknown but working. See screenshot.
https://file.pizza/download/r7zbuqq7
To restore the backup, it says:
If you want to do your own backup of the currently installed drivers, switch off the option "Only show drivers not in driver packs". That should give you what you need to rebuild the Windows installation.
Please explain this procedure and logic, as it isn't described in a way that a beginner can understand.
I assume I need to copy the contents* of the backup folder somewhere. Maybe to the \SDIO\drivers folder...
Then I should just launch SDIO, check the missing or outdated drivers. SDIO will recognize that they are already present and do not need to be downloaded. SDIO will proceed with extraction and installation.
Is that correct?
*It’s a list of archives in 7z format
ps: and if, for some reason, a driver from the archive list isn’t installed, is there a simple manual way to force the installation ?
it's really that simple. if you want to back up your drivers, that's what you do.Please explain this procedure and logic, as it isn't described in a way that a beginner can understand.
at this point it's not about SDIO, it's just about backing up your drivers someplace safe so you can use them to reinstall should you need to rebuild the system.I assume I need to copy the contents* of the backup folder somewhere. Maybe to the \SDIO\drivers folder..
after that you lost me. if you're wondering how you might go about reinstalling those drivers, just unzip them, right click on the *.inf file and select 'install'.