If you are looking then you are the right place because this website provides programs for free without any charge or malware here is the link to the website: https://sites.google.com/view/write-up/menu/windows/windows-10-drivers-backup-and-restore-for-all-devices

On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:18:18 +0000, RocksolidAero wrote:
> If you are looking then you are the right place because this
> website provides programs for free without any charge or malware
> here is the link to the website:
[snipped]

How refreshing! Spam that's not from Google Groups!

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On 12/24/2023 5:37 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:18:18 +0000, RocksolidAero wrote:
>> If you are looking then you are the right place because this
>> website provides programs for free without any charge or malware
>> here is the link to the website:
> [snipped]
>
> How refreshing! Spam that's not from Google Groups!
>

https://rosalind.home.xs4all.nl/nocemreg/nocemreg.html

Presumably, Retro Guy is available as abuse @ novabbs.com

I don't see a feature on their website fora, for reporting abuse.

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Paul

Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote

> How refreshing! Spam that's not from Google Groups!

When I saw this on the Windows 10 ng, I hadn't realized it was spam
(as I had responded to the followup by Zaidy036, but what I found out
for Windows 10 "may" apply to Windows 11 so it's probably worth adding
value here.

Everything below is tested on Windows 10.
The question to ask here is whether Windows 11 is the same or different?

1. C:\> DIR C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\
06/16/2023 11:45 AM <DIR> en-US
12/15/2023 10:05 AM <DIR> FileRepository
12/16/2023 11:07 AM <DIR> Temp

2. Win+R > C:\Windows\System32\ & rightclick on DriverStore properties.
Size on disk: 3.83 GB (4,115,456,000 bytes)
Contains: 3,430 Files, 765 Folders

3. Win+R > C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore
a. rightclick on en-US
Size on disk: 2.70 MB (2,838,528 bytes)
Contains: 509 Files, 0 Folders
b. rightclick FileRepository
Size on disk: 3.83 GB (4,112,617,472 bytes)
Contains: 2,909 Files, 762 Folders
c. rightclick on Temp
Size on disk: 0 bytes
Contains: 12 Files, 0 Folders

But what about the "drivers" directory?
C:\> DIR C:\Windows\System32\drivers\
476 File(s) 211,082,703 bytes, 9 Dir(s)

Most of the "drivers" files have a simple ",sys" extension, while most of
the DriverStore files seem to be ".inf_loc" & ".inf_amd64_a1234a56b7cde8f9"
extensions so it's confusing to me whether we need to change the extension.

Looking it up, I found this which suggests backing up bother folders.
<https://www.minitool.com/data-recovery/windows-10-driver-location.html>

MajorGeeks recommends "driverstore explorer" to back them up
<https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/driverstore_folder.html>
<https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/driverstoreexplorer.html>
<https://github.com/lostindark/DriverStoreExplorer>
<https://github.com/lostindark/DriverStoreExplorer/releases/latest>
<https://github.com/lostindark/DriverStoreExplorer/releases/download/v0.11.92/DriverStoreExplorer.v0.11.92.zip>

Save to wherever you save your driver utilties (such as Dumo/Sumo utils).
For example, save to: C:\software\hardware\drivers\dsexplorer\.
Name: DriverStoreExplorer.v0.11.92.zip
Size: 982052 bytes (959 KiB)
SHA256: B80405B180FA879CECCBC87C27FEBE815605BF5FF7C25F25347FC85D6EDA4B5F

This extracts to multiple files (mostly apparently language files).
The executable appears to be this file though.
Name: Rapr.exe
Size: 2166784 bytes (2116 KiB)
SHA256: 2F1FE59A0131AD219ACFF0354030CF73E30DE2BD412E687DE4DCE114573B31FC

To install, just move to wherever you put your driver utilities:
C:\> move DriverStoreExplorer.v0.11.92 C:\app\hardware\drivers\dsexplorer

Create a shortcut in your WinXP-style Windows 10 accordion menu:
C:\> move Rapr.lnk C:\menu\hardware\drivers\dsexplorer.lnk

Test & report back your results so the team benefits from every post.
And so your results are permanently archived in dejanews for future use.

If I had known a simple "copy" would suffice to back up all the installed
hardware drivers, I would have copied them into my "data" directory
(as the data directory contains EVERYTHING I need to back up at any time).

C:\> COPY C:\Windows\System32\{drivers,DriverStore} C:\data\sys\drivers\.

Merry Christmas to all!
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