I know many of us find it a hassle to search for drivers after formatting a computer. It’s even worse if the computer belongs to your friend and your friend doesn’t have any idea what is on their computer. You’ll have to run third party software to identify the chip and search from the manufacturer’s website. Some display drivers like nvidia are very huge in size. You’ll have to wait for it to download and then install.

What if you have a FREE software that is able to backup all your drivers and then easily import them when you need to?

DriverMax is a FREE program which allows you to easily reinstall all your Windows drivers. No more searching for rare drivers on discs or on the web or inserting one installation CD after the other. Simply export all your current drivers (or just the ones that work ok) to a folder or a compressed file. After reinstalling Windows you will have everything in one place!
Backup and Reinstall Driver
Most of the situations when Windows is running slower are caused by faulty driver installations. Windows stores all versions of older drivers just in case you want to go back; sometimes it messes up older versions with more recent ones. The Export Wizard will only export the drivers you select by copying the needed files to a folder or a compressed ZIP file.

After reinstalling Windows all drivers will be back in place in less than 5 minutes – sparing you of searching, inserting disc after disk and losing precious time. The Import Drivers wizard allows you to install all the drivers that you exported earlier. The entire operation might take up to 5-10 minutes. Just one single computer restart will be required after all drivers are reinstalled!

DriverMax is able to display a complete report of all drivers (versions, release dates) installed on your system. This feature can also be very useful when you want to analyze the differences between the drivers installed on different machines.

You need to register to get a free registration code for DriverMax. It requires you to enter your name and your email address. For me, I’d avoid entering my personal email to avoid being spam. I’m not accusing Innovative Solutions of spamming people but I prefer to be on the safe side. I used temporary email address to request for free registration code and it worked!

When you want to export your drivers, you’ll see about 100+ devices listed. It’s not necessary to backup all of them. Just click on the settings button and check only the “Only show driver versions currently in use“.

DriverMax can ONLY work on Windows XP and Windows Vista. My advice for those people who wants to try using it on Windows 95, 98, ME or 2000, please don’t because a missing or corrupted driver file can cause a lot of problems.

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