Driver Backup Windows

A. Yes. The software creates auto installer . EXE file which helps you in restoring drivers on multiple Windows systems. With auto installer file, you can create the backup of device drivers on multiple systems without installing the software on every computer.

Drivers are an important part of the system. They act as intermediaries between the system, and the hardware devices. They interpret the signals, and facilitate communication between the system and the devices. Without drivers, the devices won t work at all, or won t work properly.

Generally, the drivers come on a CD/DVD, with the hardware devices. As an alternative, they can also be downloaded from the manufacturer s site, and that s the best place to download the drivers, or their newer versions.

But, sometimes, the CDs can get misplaced, or lost, or the drivers might not be available from even the manufacturer s site, because they might have stopped providing support for the hardware. In such cases, the driver backup software are like a boon. These software back up the installed drivers for different devices, and even the drivers that come with Windows.

If you have an old system, and do not have a CD, or cannot get drivers from anywhere, it would be a good idea to backup all the installed drivers on the system, including the Windows drivers. Or, even if you have the CD, or the drivers, I will still recommend backing up the drivers, and storing them at a safe place, just in case. Its always better to be on the safe side.

I will also suggest backing up drivers using more than one software, so that if one program is not successful in restoring them, or misses some drivers, the other ones may still be able to do the job.

In this review, I have tried to cover programs which have the ability to backup drivers, and restore them. Some of them do not have the ability to restore, but still do a good job with the backup, and therefore, have been included. Restoring drivers manually, can be a bit tricky, so I have given preference to the programs which apart from backing up, can also restore the drivers from that backup.

Some of these software also have the ability to update the drivers, but I have not covered that in the review. This review is purely based on the abilities of the programs to backup and restore the drivers, and not updating them. As said earlier, the best place to download new versions of the drivers is from the manufacturer s site.

SlimDrivers has a modern and attractive user interface, which is quite appealing. For backup and restoration, it provides a driver list, which is very similar to the list seen in Device Manager. SlimDrivers is a gold certified partner of Microsoft, so maybe that was expected. However, SlimDrivers does not have the option to select non-Windows drivers, or third party drivers, which can be seen as a slight disadvantage by some who would want that feature. Individual drivers can be selected, or deselected though, based on the requirement.

One other thing I find as a disadvantage, is that SlimDrivers stores the drivers in folders with names based on generic, or hardware IDs of drivers. If SlimDrivers itself is used to restore the drivers, then it is not a problem. But, if for some reason, SlimDrivers is not used for restoration, then it can be a problem figuring out the drivers for the corresponding devices.

SlimDrivers was not able to backup the drivers for the devices that were not connected to the system at that time.

At the time of restoration of drivers, I ran across a few errors. However, after the process was over, I found that drivers had been restored successfully. But still, errors are a possibility, and therefore, reliability can be a concern.

One point to mention is that in the Options, make sure to select the same folder for both Backup, and Restore, otherwise, the list of drivers does not appear in the Restore section, because of which, you won t be able to select individual drivers, and will have to restore all of them.

By default, SlimDrivers is selected to run at Windows startup. Users will want to deselect that in the Options. Also, when installed, and run for first time, SlimDrivers will open its home page in the browser. It does not happen for subsequent runs of the program though.

SlimDrivers also has the habit of sitting in the tray, even if you close it. To exit the program fully, it has to be exited from the system tray. I find that an unnecessary feature.

For backup and restoration, SlimDrivers does quite a fair job, and works as it should.

Note : 1. An online installation of SlimDrivers is provided, and not an offline installer. This will be considered quite a drawback for people who like offline installers, myself included.

2. Take care to avoid the bundled software, during the installation. Click the button Decline, which won t affect the software installation, but will avoid installing the bundled software. They keep changing this procedure, and/or the bundled software, so pay attention during installation. I will try my best to keep this updated with each new release.

3. The program can be used as a portable program by copying the program executable from the SlimDrivers folder in the Program Files. Strangely, the program folder does not have any other files in that folder, and seems to work solely from the executable. Wonder why the developers still require the program to be installed. They could have provided a portable version making use of this. Strange that they didn t do so. Though the procedure I have written, is on their forum, still, I won t label this program to have a portable version. But, based on this, once you have installed the program on a PC, the executable can just be copied, and used as a portable program.

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