Export Windows drivers with DISM

Did you know you can use the built-in DISM σε μηχανήματα to export the drivers?

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Windows comes with a set of drivers so that most devices will work properly on your operating system. In addition to the generic drivers provided by Windows, the manufacturers of the various components also create predrivers for their devices that users can install.

These drivers, that is, third-party drivers, usually add general hardware functionality to the general Windows or may even be required to run a device on a Windows computer.

If you're planning to switch to a new Windows computer or set up your current one from scratch, you might want to have these custom installed drivers on hand so you can reinstall them. It's much easier to get them than the existing operating system rather than searching the internet again or later discovering that the accompanying graphics card cd (for example) is no longer readable.

Advice : You can list all third-party Windows drivers installed using free DriverView tool. Nir Sofer has another tool, the InstalledDriversList, which you can also use. There is also Driver Store Explorer that you can use.

How to export drivers using DISM
1. Click Start.
2. Type cmd.exe
3. Right-click cmd.exe and select Run as administrator.
4. Execute the command dism /online /export-driver /destination:path
Replace the path with the path in which you want the exported drivers to be saved, e.g. d: \ drivers \ (watch out for slash \ and back slash /)
Note that the folder must exist, otherwise an error and no export is displayed.

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The command exports all third-party drivers to the destination folder. The process can take up to a minute to complete. The exported drivers are placed in the specified folder. Each driver is placed in a separate folder.

Η can be tricky as the folder names may not reveal much about the driver. You can open the .inf file in a folder in a plain text editor to look for additional information.

Import the exported drivers
The import can be done for individual drivers or, using a special command, for all drivers.

You can right-click an .inf file and then click "Install" to install the driver. Another option is to open the Windows Device Manager to use the driver update button. Using it, you can select a driver from the local system. Just select the driver you want and wait for the process to complete.

Alternatively you can import all the drivers at the same time with the command line pnputil.exe tool. Run the following command in a command prompt window with administrator privileges:

pnputil.exe /add-driver path\*.inf /subdirs /install
Replace the path with the full path of the folder you have the drivers (d: \ drivers \ for our example). Again, note the differences between \ and /.

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