Best Free Windows Driver Backup
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 | Author: admin
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Introduction
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| Whether or not you do a full system backup, it’s a good idea to backup your windows drivers. It provides an easy way to protect you when testing new drivers and recovering if a driver is mistakenly deleted or corrupted.You can also improve performance by removing outdated or conflicting drivers and you can restore them if it turns out they were needed. It is suggested that before backing up it’s a good idea to use Windows Device Manager to check that all your drivers are working properly. |
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Discussion
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 There are a number of free solutions. My favorite is DriverMax. It has a nice clear GUI, lets you backup, restore, generate reports that include if there is a newer version available and even gives you the option of storing your backup in a zip file.
Recently updated to support Vista, they are working on updates that will allow you to quickly find updates for your drivers. Note it does require free registration to get full access to all of its features. |
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 If you need to support an older version of windows Double Driver is a great choice.
It allows you to view, backup and restore your Windows drivers. It also allows you to print out a driver list. It is no longer supported by the developer but works fine on my XP SP2 PC. Note: The author’s site appears to be down but you can download Double Driver from this download site. |
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 There are other alternatives, such as DriverGuide Toolkit, but these require paid registration to access all the features.
They are worth checking out, and even the free versions offer better GUI’s and some features not found i
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4.0 
Unrestricted Freeware 
Windows Vista, XP and Windows 2003 Server
Category: Software Review, Top Software
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