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    Driver Magician 3.32 - FREE Give Away Of The Day

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by fonduekid, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. fonduekid

    fonduekid JSUTAONHTERBIRCKINTEHWLAL

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    http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/driver-magician-332/

    Direct Download: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/download/?id=3704

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    I don't know if this is as good as (or better than) DriverMax... But for those who want to give this a try, you have ~ 22 hours left to grab it :) Cheers and feedback' are welcome!
     
    fonduekid, Oct 2, 2008
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  2. Lakjin

    Lakjin Notebook Deity

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    Bump. Seems like a good program.
     
    Lakjin, Oct 2, 2008
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    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Thanks for the heads up. Great Program.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Oct 2, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    I've never found these types of programs very useful, as I always keep the latest driver installation programs on an external backup device, arranged by the proper installation order. However, I did a quick install (read the install.txt file, otherwise you will end up with the 15 day trial instead of the registered version) and it read my system and dumped the drivers to a location I specified. I didn't try to restore those drivers, so I don't know how well those backups actually perform.

    The driver update utility found a few drivers that were out of date, but in reality I have the latest drivers installed from either Dell or the manufacturer. I read quite a few of the comments left for this application, and it looks like false positives are the norm for this particular program. Perhaps it works better on a desktop; as we all know, laptops have some pretty specific drivers, and most laptop component manufacturers don't provide direct support (that's left to companies like Dell and HP), so the updates listed by this program might not actually work for a laptop. YMMV.
     
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    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    I installed this program and it's very good and simple to use. I choose the option to backup drivers in .exe files and then save them on my external drive. Works flawless and allows you to choose what drivers you want to backup and the ones you want to don't. Very easy to read and only shows drivers not from MS OS itself.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Oct 2, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    How about the restore? Any experience with restoring them on a brand new OS?
     
    kegobeer, Oct 2, 2008
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    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Works without a problem. I saved them in .exe form and tried some on a Virtual Machine. Installed drivers flawless.

    I haven't tried backing up drivers any other way. I read the comments from the OP's link and it was suggested to saved in .exe form. Which makes sense to me.

    This app sure beats searching on manufacturer sites for drivers.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Oct 2, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    How long did you run the VMs after driver install? I'm wondering if there are any instabilities that pop up after a few hours/days/etc.
     
    kegobeer, Oct 2, 2008
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    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    We'll just a couple of hours, I don't see any reason for instabilities being that these are the same original drivers from my reinstall disk. This program just backs them up. So far I test the audio, touchpad, and mouse drivers. I didn't try the display drivers cause I'm not sure if it will work correctly under VMWare.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Oct 2, 2008
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