How do i back up the drivers in my windows XP pc?
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copy ur entire windows folder to a dvd ... if u ever need the drivers go to device manager and update driver ... point it to ur dvd and itl find them .. backup ur registry while ur at it and save that to a dvd to ... heres how::::\n\n                                    BACKUP\n\nHow to Back Up Files and Folders\nNote You must have permissions as an administrator or as a backup operator on your computer to back up files and folders. Also, backup operators and administrators can back up and restore encrypted files and folders without decrypting the files or folders.\n1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup. The Backup or Restore Wizard starts.\n2. Click Advanced Mode.\n3. Click the Backup tab.\n4. On the Job menu, click New.\n5. Click to select the check boxes for the drives that you want to back up. If you want to be more specific in your selections, expand the drive that you want, and then click to select the check boxes for the files or folders that you want.\n6. Click to select the System State check box.\n\nNote If you want to back up your system settings and your data files, back up all the data on your computer plus the System State data. The System State data includes such things as the registry, the COM+ class registration database, files under Windows File Protection, and boot files.\n7. In the Backup destination list, click the backup destination that you want to use.\n8. If you clicked File in the previous step, type the full path and file name that you want in the Backup media or file name box. You can also specify a network share as a destination for the backup file.\n9. Click Start Backup. The Backup Job Information dialog box appears.\n10. Under If the media already contains backups, use one of the following steps:\n• If you want to append this backup to previous backups, click Append this backup to the media.\n• If you want to overwrite previous backups with this backup, click Replace the data on the media with this backup.\n11. Click Advanced.\n12. Select the Verify data after backup check box.\n13. In the Backup Type box, click the type of backup that you want. When you click a backup type, a description of that backup type appears under "Description."\n14. Click OK, and then click Start Backup. A Backup Progress dialog box appears, and the backup starts.\n15. When the backup is complete, click Close.\n\n\n                                    RESTORE\n\n\nNote You must have administrative or backup operator credentials on your computer to restore files and folders. Backup operators and administrators can back up and restore encrypted files and folders without decrypting the files or folders.\n\nTo restore files and folders, follow these steps:\n1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup. The Backup or Restore Wizard starts.\n2. Click Advanced Mode.\n3. Click the Restore and Manage Media tab.\n4. Use one of the following steps:\n• If you want to restore from a backup file, expand File, and then expand the backup file that you want. For example, expand Backup.bkf created 01/01/2002 at 1:15 PM. By default, backup includes the date and time of the backup as part of the file name.\n• If you want to restore from a tape backup, expand the tape device that you want, and then expand the media name that you want. For example, expand Travan, and then expand Media created 01/01/2002 1:15 PM.\n5. Select the check boxes for the folders that you want to restore. If you want to be more specific in your selections, double-click the folder that you want, and then select the check boxes for the files or folders that you want to restore.\n6. If you are restoring the whole operating system, select the System State check box.\n\nNote If you want to restore the operating system and your data files, you must restore the System State data. The System State data includes such things as the re
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hey,use the restore cd 1st,den the drivers cd.after your restoration,you install the drivers and stuff,i did that just yesterday
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Try searching in www.drivers.com or www.freedownloads.com
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what do u mean by uploading windows , if u update it or done anyting else , u can:\n1- make a system restore to a point in a day u know ur pc was ok , u will loose all data saved during that period.\n2- roll back the driver of ur sound card
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Download all of the driver software from the manufacturer.
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Try download.com or drivers.com
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What you’ll need: \n\nA Windows XP machine in dire need of a fresh start\n(Without any crucial, un-backedup data on it) \nA Windows XP installation CD with a valid Product Key\n(Preferably the disc that shipped with the computer originally, in which case the Product Key won’t be obviously listed) \nThe CDs and serial numbers of all the software you need to install on your fresh “new” machine \nHardware driver discs that shipped with the PC and any components you added on\n(Optional, but VERY strongly recommended) \nAnother ‘net-connected computer of any OS persuasion with a CD burner, thumb drive, or other removable disk\n(Optional, but strongly recommended, for looking up stuff and downloading drivers in case of emergency) \nOne full day to get your PC fully functioning again. \n\nGot all that? Good. \n\nLet’s get started. \n\nStep 1. Back up your data.\nFirst, make sure absolutely NOTHING you cannot afford to lose is on the drive you’re going to install Windows on (let’s say the C: drive.) Move all your documents and settings off the machine. Back up your Firefox settings with MozBackup, export your Quicken file, SyncBack profiles, Apache configuration and absolutely anything else that you want restored after you’re done. Just make sure it’s off the machine that’s going under the knife. \n\nStep 2. Audit your current PC setup.\nOnce upon a time, I did tech support for Windows 95 PCs, when “Plug and Play” was a fairly new concept that was rightly referred to as “Plug and Pray” amongst my disgruntled technician co-workers. Today, Windows XP is eons ahead of 95 in terms of its amazing ability to detect all the hardware in your computer and install the right drivers for it. HOWEVER, it’s still not perfect. PC’s come with a whole wide range of video cards and network adaptors and Bluetooth thingamajiggers, and it’s very possible you’ll install XP and it won’t know exactly what brand of TV tuner card you’ve got and how to find the driver for it. \n\nSo, before we do anything, we’re going to take an inventory of all the hardware you’ve currently got installed. I used to print a report from Device Manager for this purpose (Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager, Action, Print) but a handy little utility called Belarc Advisor [via Nicholas Roussos] does a nicer job than Device Manager. Belarc will create a report detailing your system, its installed hardware components, software applications and serial numbers. Download the free Belarc, run a report and print it out. Keep it nearby for reference later. \n\nNote: for those of you who do not have the driver discs for all your hardware - go ahead and print out the report from Device Manager in addition to the Belarc report. You’ll need all the help you can get, you brave souls. \n\nStep 3. Take a deep breath, and say goodbye to everything on your C: drive.\nSeriously. It’s all going away now. Nervous? Revisit steps 1 & 2. \n\nStep 4. Insert the Windows installation disk into your CD drive. Shut down your PC. Then, boot from CD.\nThis part is important: do NOT run the Windows installation from Windows itself. Shut down first, and then boot up the machine from CD. My Dell has a little message as it’s booting up that says “Press F12 to boot from CD,” so that’s what I did. If you’re not sure how to boot from CD, check your PC’s user guide for more info. \n\nThe reason why booting from CD is important is because we’re going to delete the C: drive partition where Windows is installed and re-format it. You can’t do this if Windows booted from C:, because it can’t delete the partition from which it is running. \n\nYou CAN install Windows without deleting the partition and formatting, but that means all your program files and other riff-raff that’s collected on your C: drive will still be there when you’re done, just taking up unnecessary space. That’s not the point of all this. Be sure to boot from CD. \n\nStep 5
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try looking here\n\nhttp://driverguide.com/
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I would recommend Vision Backup from http://www.vwsolutions.com.  They even have an open file plug-in that allows you to backup files while they are in use.
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Try drivers.com or do a search for drivers, at ZDnet\n\n\nGood luck
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go to www.driversdownload.com
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use the windows CD or also called back-up cd
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Go online and download the drivers
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http://www.driverguide.com/
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It is very important with those drivers that you extract them with Winzip (if you have Win98 or 2000) or the extract here after right clicking in XP. If you don't use extract (as opposed to just opening the zip file) it might not work. You then go to device manager to the video adapter and right click then update driver. Then have it install from the location of the extracted files. (if it does not have a setup program in it)
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Do the following to solve the situation.\n(1) Right Click My Computer\n(2) in 98/ME choose device manager in w2k/xp  choose manage -> Deivce Manager\n(3) locate the hardware for which the device driver is at fault and right click it then uninstall it\n(4) reboot\n(5) when the os next asks for device driver among seek locations choose windows update and voila! you're done.
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First, you must realize that the card you are referring to is almost obsolete.  In fact the driver included with Windows XP is probably the last updated driver you might be able to find.  \n\nYou can try to go to ATI.com and download a later version of the driver if you find one but chances are it is probably identical to XP driver in terms of functionality.