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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 🙂
