Frequently Asked Question

To make it easy for you, AUTOMATIC BACKUPS are created whenever you download a device driver using the program.

If you want to back up other drivers in your system - or all of them - at any given time you can easily do so as well.

How to Backup a Specific Driver:

1. On the main window, click the Backup button.
   
   





2. Beside each device, click the checkboxes to back up a specific driver.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Backup button.

How to Backup All Drivers in Your System:

1. On the main window, click the Backup Drivers button.
   
   
   


2. Click the first checkbox to back up all your existing drivers in one go.
   
   
   
   Note: It is highly recommended to backup existing drivers before downloading and installing new drivers. This is to ensure that you have a complete set of existing drivers before you make any changes to your system. Further, having these drivers may come in handy should you need them for another computer.
   
   
3. Click the Backup button.

By default, backed-up drivers are automatically stored here:

• For Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\DriverFinder\Backup
  
  
• For Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\DriverFinder\Backup

To change the backup location, please see the article titled "Changing Driver Backup Location in DriverFinder".

To restore backed-up drivers, please see the article titled “Restoring Drivers in DriverFinder”.

To remove backed-up drivers, please see the article titled “Deleting Backed-Up Drivers in DriverFinder”.