{"id":1756,"date":"2022-04-05T13:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T12:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=1756"},"modified":"2022-04-05T13:26:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T12:26:41","slug":"how-to-extract-drivers-from-your-windows-pc","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-to-extract-drivers-from-your-windows-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Extract Drivers From Your Windows PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello! If you&#8217;re here, you&#8217;re probably looking to transfer your drivers from one PC to another. In this guide, we&#8217;re going to briefly go over how to extract the drivers from your mini PC!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, this is a very simple process &#8212; and no special software is necessary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-1-open-cmd-powershell-in-admin-mode\">Step 1) Open CMD\/Powershell in Admin Mode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Search for Windows Powershell in the Windows search interface. Once you&#8217;ve located it, right click it and run it as administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/msedge_tth57AU5tD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/msedge_tth57AU5tD.jpg 340w, https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/msedge_tth57AU5tD-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason you need to run Powershell as an administrator is due to the elevated permissions Powershell will need for the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2) Extract The Drivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can extract all the drivers on your system in one fell-swoop with one simple command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type the following command into Windows Powershell as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">dism \/online \/export-driver \/destination:\"[DESTINATION]\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Replace [DESTINATION] with the exact location you wish for the folders to be extracted to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>dism \/online \/export-driver \/destination:&#8221;C:\\Lab\\drivers&#8221;<\/li><li>dism \/online \/export-driver \/destination:&#8221;D:\\temp&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Your system will then begin exporting all the drivers currently installed on your system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/powershell_fUcvVYLF1R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/powershell_fUcvVYLF1R.jpg 840w, https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/powershell_fUcvVYLF1R-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/powershell_fUcvVYLF1R-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/powershell_fUcvVYLF1R-450x375.jpg 450w, https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/powershell_fUcvVYLF1R-780x650.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once finished, you&#8217;ll be able to freely move the drivers around between systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/explorer_uXvM07zI4R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/explorer_uXvM07zI4R.jpg 437w, https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/explorer_uXvM07zI4R-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For how to install these drivers, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/installing-drivers-on-your-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">driver installation guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! If you&#8217;re here, you&#8217;re probably looking to transfer your drivers from one PC to another. In this guide, we&#8217;re going to briefly go over how to extract the drivers from your mini PC! Fortunately, this is a very simple process &#8212; and no special software is necessary! Step 1) Open CMD\/Powershell in Admin Mode [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[18,15,10,12,14],"kbtag":[149,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-1756","1":"kb","2":"type-kb","3":"status-publish","5":"kbtopic-windows-windows","6":"kbtopic-mini-laptops","7":"kbtopic-mini-pc","8":"kbtopic-ultrabooks","9":"kbtopic-windows-gaming-handhelds","10":"kbtag-drivers","11":"kbtag-windows"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}