Question about driver

I got a new PCI wireless adapter. I went over to the manufacturer web
site to download the latest drivers, but it requires you to install
the manufacturer wireless utility, which I don't want. I just want to
use Windows' built-in wireless utility. So I went into the Device
Manager and told Windows to update the driver for the wireless
adapter, and it found it on the Internet somewhere.

I want to make a backup of that latest driver, in case I ever need to
re-install it and the internet is down or the driver is no longer
available from whichever site Windows found it on. So which files do
I need? Just the .SYS file? Or do I also need .CAT and .INF files?

You can download a free tool to backup all your drivers installed in
your system. Try this link:

<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=176359&package_id=255124>

hth


void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:

>I got a new PCI wireless adapter. I went over to the manufacturer web
>site to download the latest drivers, but it requires you to install
>the manufacturer wireless utility, which I don't want. I just want to
>use Windows' built-in wireless utility. So I went into the Device
>Manager and told Windows to update the driver for the wireless
>adapter, and it found it on the Internet somewhere.
>
>I want to make a backup of that latest driver, in case I ever need to
>re-install it and the internet is down or the driver is no longer
>available from whichever site Windows found it on. So which files do
>I need? Just the .SYS file? Or do I also need .CAT and .INF files?
>
>

On Sat, 24 May 2008 22:02:49 +0100, ANONYMOUS <ANONYMOUS@EXAMPLE.COM>
wrote:

>You can download a free tool to backup all your drivers installed in
>your system. Try this link:
>
><http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=176359&package_id=255124>
>
>hth

VERY NICE!!

>
>void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>I got a new PCI wireless adapter. I went over to the manufacturer web
>>site to download the latest drivers, but it requires you to install
>>the manufacturer wireless utility, which I don't want. I just want to
>>use Windows' built-in wireless utility. So I went into the Device
>>Manager and told Windows to update the driver for the wireless
>>adapter, and it found it on the Internet somewhere.
>>
>>I want to make a backup of that latest driver, in case I ever need to
>>re-install it and the internet is down or the driver is no longer
>>available from whichever site Windows found it on. So which files do
>>I need? Just the .SYS file? Or do I also need .CAT and .INF files?
>>
>>

void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> I got a new PCI wireless adapter. I went over to the manufacturer web
> site to download the latest drivers, but it requires you to install
> the manufacturer wireless utility, which I don't want. I just want to
> use Windows' built-in wireless utility. So I went into the Device
> Manager and told Windows to update the driver for the wireless
> adapter, and it found it on the Internet somewhere.
>
> I want to make a backup of that latest driver, in case I ever need to
> re-install it and the internet is down or the driver is no longer
> available from whichever site Windows found it on. So which files do
> I need? Just the .SYS file? Or do I also need .CAT and .INF files?

It's already backed-up on the internet thingy.