how do I format hard drive and keep drivers

[atmguy1]

I am wanting to format my HDD, I want to keep the drivers of peripherals.
I have a  HP
intel 2 cpu

I have a recovery drive; can I save the drivers to a thumb drive and do a recovery to factory then copy them back?

What recommendations does anyone have?

Thank you

[Allan]

Yes, that's exactly what you should do. Download the current drivers for all of your hardware and copy them to an off disc medium (usb drive is fine). Then format the drive and install the OS and install the drivers. Be sure that the first driver you install is the chipset driver.

[atmguy1]

maybe I should ask a different way.

Where are the drivers located so I can down load them to a thumb drive?

I am needing to reformat my hdd, would i do that from the recovery command during the boot, or how would I format the drive when the OS is on the recovery or "D" drive?

[2x3i5x]

To reformat your computer with a recovery or "D" drive (like what compaq or HP computers have), you just boot up pc and on booup, it should tell you what key to press to go do the recovery.

Press the button as indicated and follow the instructions.


You might download the drivers off the internet from the net. But I'm assuming that your recovery partition should have the drivers already for you (at least, the most current drivers at the time they shipped / you bought the computer.)

[atmguy1]

Thank you,

[2x3i5x]

Thank you,

Your welcome. Once you succesfully do the recovery, then I'd probably venture a visit to manufacturer's website and look at what they got for latest drivers and install those if you're interested.

[Broni]

DriverMax: http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/

You can also 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!