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Windows Vista driver folder?
I just did a clean install of Vista 5744. It did not load my ethernet driver
or my sound driver. I pointed it to the previous Vista install directory (RC1, 5600 I think) and it was able to install them. I want to wipe clean the HD that I installed RC1 on to reclaim the space (Vista is installed on my primary boot drive now), so could someone please tell me what folder I would need to save from RC1 that contains the drivers? I'm wasting 25GB of space right now that I need back. Thank you! |
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Windows Vista driver folder?
Vista has put the driver's files in you current Windows folder and/or
sub-folders, so you really don't need anything from your previous installation. It also backs up a set in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository, so you should see them there in each driver's respective folder. If you sort those folders in that directory by Date Modified, they should show up as being among the latest folders added. Dean "wolfgrrl" wrote in message ... I just did a clean install of Vista 5744. It did not load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. I pointed it to the previous Vista install directory (RC1, 5600 I think) and it was able to install them. I want to wipe clean the HD that I installed RC1 on to reclaim the space (Vista is installed on my primary boot drive now), so could someone please tell me what folder I would need to save from RC1 that contains the drivers? I'm wasting 25GB of space right now that I need back. Thank you! |
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Windows Vista driver folder?
Apparently I do need them.
When I did a clean install of 5744, it did not install/load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. The only way I got those two installed was to do "Have Disk" and point it to the drive that had the old (5600 RC1) installation. "dean-dean" wrote: Vista has put the driver's files in you current Windows folder and/or sub-folders, so you really don't need anything from your previous installation. It also backs up a set in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository, so you should see them there in each driver's respective folder. If you sort those folders in that directory by Date Modified, they should show up as being among the latest folders added. Dean "wolfgrrl" wrote in message ... I just did a clean install of Vista 5744. It did not load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. I pointed it to the previous Vista install directory (RC1, 5600 I think) and it was able to install them. I want to wipe clean the HD that I installed RC1 on to reclaim the space (Vista is installed on my primary boot drive now), so could someone please tell me what folder I would need to save from RC1 that contains the drivers? I'm wasting 25GB of space right now that I need back. Thank you! |
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Windows Vista driver folder?
Maybe I wasn't clear?
I want these available for the next time I do a clean install. I do one about every 6 months. "wolfgrrl" wrote: Apparently I do need them. When I did a clean install of 5744, it did not install/load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. The only way I got those two installed was to do "Have Disk" and point it to the drive that had the old (5600 RC1) installation. "dean-dean" wrote: Vista has put the driver's files in you current Windows folder and/or sub-folders, so you really don't need anything from your previous installation. It also backs up a set in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository, so you should see them there in each driver's respective folder. If you sort those folders in that directory by Date Modified, they should show up as being among the latest folders added. Dean "wolfgrrl" wrote in message ... I just did a clean install of Vista 5744. It did not load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. I pointed it to the previous Vista install directory (RC1, 5600 I think) and it was able to install them. I want to wipe clean the HD that I installed RC1 on to reclaim the space (Vista is installed on my primary boot drive now), so could someone please tell me what folder I would need to save from RC1 that contains the drivers? I'm wasting 25GB of space right now that I need back. Thank you! |
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Windows Vista driver folder?
At the time you installed the driver with the "Have Disk" method, Vista
updated its database and created a backup in your current C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository folder. True, the driver's files are also on your old installation. But since you basically have two new sets (those currently in use by Vista in the Windows folder and/or sub-folders, and those backed up in FileRepository), you can point your next installation to your current FileRepository folder, and achieve the same thing once again, without using an even older installation. In other words, you only need one previous installation to install the driver the way you are doing it. Once installed, though, you can delete the previous installation, because Vista has copied the files it needs to your present installation, as well as making a current backup. What I do, though, is just save the original Setup program for those Drivers that don't come with Vista. When you were running 5600 RC1, how did you get the drivers that you didn't have? If from your OEM or the driver's manufacturer, just save the installation program. If from Windows Update, you can either try Windows Update again, or save the appropriate folder created in FileRepository when the Update was installed; (using Device Manager, note the files the driver uses, and compare them with those in a sub-folder of FileRepository, and you'll be able to figure out the folder that has the Driver's backup). Dean "wolfgrrl" wrote in message ... Maybe I wasn't clear? I want these available for the next time I do a clean install. I do one about every 6 months. "wolfgrrl" wrote: Apparently I do need them. When I did a clean install of 5744, it did not install/load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. The only way I got those two installed was to do "Have Disk" and point it to the drive that had the old (5600 RC1) installation. "dean-dean" wrote: Vista has put the driver's files in you current Windows folder and/or sub-folders, so you really don't need anything from your previous installation. It also backs up a set in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository, so you should see them there in each driver's respective folder. If you sort those folders in that directory by Date Modified, they should show up as being among the latest folders added. Dean "wolfgrrl" wrote in message ... I just did a clean install of Vista 5744. It did not load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. I pointed it to the previous Vista install directory (RC1, 5600 I think) and it was able to install them. I want to wipe clean the HD that I installed RC1 on to reclaim the space (Vista is installed on my primary boot drive now), so could someone please tell me what folder I would need to save from RC1 that contains the drivers? I'm wasting 25GB of space right now that I need back. Thank you! |
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Windows Vista driver folder?
"dean-dean" wrote: At the time you installed the driver with the "Have Disk" method, Vista updated its database and created a backup in your current C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository folder. True, the driver's files are also on your old installation. But since you basically have two new sets (those currently in use by Vista in the Windows folder and/or sub-folders, and those backed up in FileRepository), you can point your next installation to your current FileRepository folder, and achieve the same thing once again, without using an even older installation. In other words, you only need one previous installation to install the driver the way you are doing it. Once installed, though, you can delete the previous installation, because Vista has copied the files it needs to your present installation, as well as making a current backup. What I do, though, is just save the original Setup program for those Drivers that don't come with Vista. When you were running 5600 RC1, how did you get the drivers that you didn't have? If from your OEM or the driver's manufacturer, just save the installation program. If from Windows Update, you can either try Windows Update again, or save the appropriate folder created in FileRepository when the Update was installed; (using Device Manager, note the files the driver uses, and compare them with those in a sub-folder of FileRepository, and you'll be able to figure out the folder that has the Driver's backup). Dean "wolfgrrl" wrote in message ... Maybe I wasn't clear? I want these available for the next time I do a clean install. I do one about every 6 months. "wolfgrrl" wrote: Apparently I do need them. When I did a clean install of 5744, it did not install/load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. The only way I got those two installed was to do "Have Disk" and point it to the drive that had the old (5600 RC1) installation. "dean-dean" wrote: Vista has put the driver's files in you current Windows folder and/or sub-folders, so you really don't need anything from your previous installation. It also backs up a set in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository, so you should see them there in each driver's respective folder. If you sort those folders in that directory by Date Modified, they should show up as being among the latest folders added. Dean "wolfgrrl" wrote in message ... I just did a clean install of Vista 5744. It did not load my ethernet driver or my sound driver. I pointed it to the previous Vista install directory (RC1, 5600 I think) and it was able to install them. I want to wipe clean the HD that I installed RC1 on to reclaim the space (Vista is installed on my primary boot drive now), so could someone please tell me what folder I would need to save from RC1 that contains the drivers? I'm wasting 25GB of space right now that I need back. Thank you! |
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Windows Vista driver folder?
Just use DriverMax(Google it) to backup all your drivers to a folder then when you reinstall Vista point each un-found driver to that location. -- Luke Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Luke Franklin's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/luke-franklin.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/627448.htm http://forums.techarena.in |