Back Up Your Drivers Before You Need Them

👉 Get Windows repair, backup, and recovery resources: https://thegrumpysysadmin.com/driver-... 👉 Get the Ultimate Windows Survival System: https://thegrumpysysadmin.com/fixmypc... 👉 Recommended USB drives, SSDs, UPS units, and other gear: https://thegrumpysysadmin.com/gear/ Most people back up their files. Almost nobody backs up their drivers. And that can turn into a giant pain later when Windows breaks, a drive fails, you reinstall Windows, replace hardware, or your “fresh start” comes back with no Wi-Fi, broken sound, weird graphics, missing devices, and a computer that suddenly forgot how to be a computer. The annoying part? Backing up your Windows drivers is actually pretty easy. Most people just do not know they can do it. In this video, I’ll show you how to back up your Windows drivers before you need them, why it matters, which tools and commands you can use, where to store the backup, and how to restore a driver later if Windows decides to be Windows. This is not about sketchy driver updater junk. This is not about buying some magic repair tool. This is not about installing 14 “free” programs that fight each other like Microsoft trying to install the latest update. This is about making a clean driver backup now, while your computer still works, so you are not hunting for network drivers later on a computer that has no network. Commands shown in this video: DISM: dism /online /export-driver /destination:E:\DriverBackup PowerShell: Export-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination "E:\DriverBackup" PnPUtil: pnputil /export-driver * E:\DriverBackup Double Driver Download at MajorGeeks: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/deta... DriverBackup! Download at MajorGeeks: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/deta... If you found this helpful, like the video, subscribe, and stay grumpy. 0:00 Intro 2:33 Why Driver Backups Matter 3:16 Important Warning 4:10 What You Need 5:30 Method 1: DISM 8:05 Method 2: PowerShell 9:01 Method 3: PnPUtil 9:56 Method 4: Double Driver 12:15 Method 5: DriverBackup! 12:59 What I would NOT Use 13:59 Where to Store the Backup 14:42 Best Practice 15:10 How to Restore a Driver 15:47 Test the Backup Before You Need It 17:30 Grumpy Workflow 18:55 Which Method Should You Use?