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Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 11

Learn how to backup and restore third-party device drivers on Windows 10/11 with this tutorial.

DISM Command

1- Open Windows Terminal as Admin. 2- Type The command "dism /online /export-driver /destination: "full path of folder" " into Windows Terminal and press Enter Replace "full path of folder" in the command above with the actual full path. for example: "c:\Users\kia\Desktop\Backup" 3-Once it is down, you can close the Windows Terminal.

pnputil Command

1- Open Windows Terminal as Admin. 2- Type The command "pnputil /export-driver * "full path of folder" " into Windows Terminal and press Enter Replace "full path of folder" in the command above with the actual full path. for example: "c:\Users\kia\Desktop\Backup" 3-Once it is down, you can close the Windows Terminal.

Export-Windows Driver Command

1- Open Windows Terminal as Admin. 2- Type The command "Export-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination "full path of folder" " into Windows Terminal and press Enter Replace "full path of folder" in the command above with the actual full path. for example: "c:\Users\kia\Desktop\Backup" 3-Once it is down, you can close the Windows Terminal.

Restore All Drivers using pnputil Command

1- Open Windows Terminal as Admin. 2- Type The command "pnputil /add-driver "full path of folder\*.inf" /subdirs /install /reboot " into Windows Terminal and press Enter Replace "full path of folder" in the command above with the actual full path. for example: "c:\Users\kia\Desktop\Backup" 3-Once it is down, you can close the Windows Terminal. The /Reboot command is optional but recommended. Make sure to reboot your computer after all the drivers are installed.

Restore Driver in Device Manager

1- Open Computer Management as Admin. 2- Click on Device Manager. 3- Select your Computer name. 4- Click on Action and then select Add Drivers. 5. From the Browser, find the path to the backup folder. You don't have to select each driver. Just the path to the subfolder is enough. 6. Click Next; this will automatically search the folder for the drivers and install them. 7. Make sure to reboot your computer after this installation is done.

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