How to manually back up single driver file?

[T]

I wish to reinstall Windows XP however although this is a desktop PC it
connects to my router using a PCI wireless adaptor. I do not have the driver
installation disc. According to Device Manager, the driver only uses a
single file with a sys file extension.
How do I backup this driver, the Add New Hardware wizard expects driver
files to have an inf file extension?
Thanks.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I wish to reinstall Windows XP however although this is a desktop PC it
connects to my router using a PCI wireless adaptor. I do not have the
driver installation disc. According to Device Manager, the driver only
uses a single file with a sys file extension.
How do I backup this driver, the Add New Hardware wizard expects driver
files to have an inf file extension?
Thanks.

Have a look at drvback from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/.

 

[Paul]

I wish to reinstall Windows XP however although this is a desktop PC it
connects to my router using a PCI wireless adaptor. I do not have the driver
installation disc. According to Device Manager, the driver only uses a
single file with a sys file extension.
How do I backup this driver, the Add New Hardware wizard expects driver
files to have an inf file extension?
Thanks.

Since you haven't started the reinstall yet, you still have time
to determine the hardware identity of the PCI wireless adapter,
and get the driver from the computer manufacturer web site.

If the wireless adapter was purchased separately, the manufacturer
of the wireless adapter may similarly have the driver file.

A driver may have to do more than just install a file. Saving
just the file itself would not be enough. Once you look
at the INF file for the driver package, you may get
a better idea of some of the stuff the driver installer
is doing.

I would not start a reinstall, without my folder of drivers
ready. All the drivers I'm using, are stored in a folder
ready for usage. I've already had to reinstall once, and
doing the drivers was the easy part. Setting up some of the
programs again, was a major waste of time. Much more time
was spent on programs, than on the OS itself.

Paul