Driver Magician is a commercial software program to backup, restore and update system drivers. System drivers ensure that computer hardware runs properly on a computer system. Many computer users on the other hand tend to ignore drivers as much as they can because it takes time and some knowledge to update the system drivers regularly.
That’s why most troubleshooting guides on the Internet recommend to perform a system update that includes updating the system drivers to see if the updated drivers resolve the encountered problems.
Windows does not have an official repository for drivers which means that users either need to visit the websites of the hardware manufacturers individually, access a third party driver database instead or use a program like Driver Magician to aid them in the updating and handling of system drivers.
Driver Magician recommends a driver database update on the first startup to ensure that the latest driver signatures are used in the detection of the drivers. It will afterwards display the list of drivers in its interface with options to backup, restore and update some or all of the drivers.
The driver manager will only display drivers that are not installed by the Microsoft Windows operating system. This usually means that drivers for video and audio cards, computer monitors, printers and other connected devices are displayed in the list.
It is possible to display the drivers that have been installed by Microsoft as well so that some or all of them can be backed up as well. Drivers can be backed up to folders, as a compressed file, as a self-extracting file or an auto setup package that will install all the drivers in the package upon execution.
Driver Magician offers an option to update system drivers as well. The update button will query a database on the Internet for all drivers of the system. Updates are displayed in a list with an option to download them to the local computer system.
This will install the standard driver installation files that the user needs to execute manually to update the drivers. It is recommended to double-check the updated drivers before installing them to make sure that they are indeed newer than the installed drivers and compatible with the operating system.
The program offers additional tools to work with drivers including tools to uninstall drivers, identify unknown devices and to backup or restore the Windows Registry, MyDocuments and desktop.
Driver Magician makes it very easy to backup, restore and update drivers in Windows. The software is currently available for free at the Giveaway of the Day website. It is also available at the developer’s website where a trial version of Driver Magician can be downloaded.
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