It identifies all the hardware in the system, extracts their associated drivers from the hard disk and backs them up to a location of your choice. Driver files can be backed up in folders, in a compressed file, in a self-extractor or even in an auto-setup package. Then when you format and reinstall/upgrade your operating system, you can restore all the "saved" drivers just as if you had the original driver diskettes in your hands.

The driver backup and restoration process is very simple: just select the device drivers you want to back up or restore and Driver Magician will quickly and easily fulfill it. If driver files are backed up in an auto-setup package, they can be restored like installing software without installing Driver Magician first. After one system reboot, your PC will be loaded and running with the required hardware drivers. Moreover, Driver Magician can back up and restore more items such as registry, My Documents and desktop.