Device Drivers

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The Qban

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I used to know how to do this, but its been so long, that i forgot. Before i would reload a computer, if it was a buddys for example, and he didnt have his drivers reload cd or wahtever, for his, usb, video, nic, etc. I would copy two of his folders under his "c" drive. and i would put them on my USB. Then i would start reloading his computer. on my computer or laptop, i would combine these two folders together, and when i went into the device manager, from the newly loaded o/s, i can tell it to search in that directory for whatever device i was updating, and it would find it no problem. Anyone know what i am talking about??
 
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I know you can do that, thats an obvious but i learned this trick when i was underway with my ship (navy) and there wasnt alot of available internet sometimes.
 
The Qban said:
I know you can do that, thats an obvious but i learned this trick when i was underway with my ship (navy) and there wasnt alot of available internet sometimes.
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what you are talking about works just fine. you are looking for the folders that contain the inf files for the devices...my ThinkPad has a drivers folder in C:\ with the inf files. You can also try the I386 folder and the INF subfolder in c:\windows...
 
systek said:
what you are talking about works just fine. you are looking for the folders that contain the inf files for the devices...my ThinkPad has a drivers folder in C:\ with the inf files. You can also try the I386 folder and the INF subfolder in c:\windows...
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bingo, the inf folder and the 1386 folder. i knew it was something like that. Thanks alot.
 
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