Extract a driver?

I have a pc with a dazzle capture card and tv tuner.

It is on a system which I have reformatted and now cant find thge driver as
i lost the disc.

But I have an image of the original syatem with the driver in place.

Can I load the image onto a spare hd and somehow extract the driver I need
from it?

Then transfer that driver to the newly reformatted hard drive?

 

Maybe using a virtual drive with http://daemon-tools.en.softonic.com/
and mount the image.

 

What software did you use to create the image?

Chris

 

I've done this several times successfully for various bits of hardware,
so the extraction bit should work. I'm assuming that loading the image
onto a spare hd won't present a problem..

You may find that the driver files are scattered around in various,
non-obvious, folders. However, generally the driver install process will
show you the name of the file it is looking for. It helps to have a
"file find" window or two open, looking at the spare hd, so that you can
locate the file currently being asked for and hence tell the install
process where to look for it.

Tip: If this finds it in a hardware-specific folder, brill, use that one
and it should find all the others needed in the same place. That can
save a lot of time and effort.. Otherwise most likely the files will be
in the "inf" and "dll" folders within the system folder and you will
have to keep telling the install process to go and look in the other one

I'm afraid that, with something complicated like a tv/capture card -
there may also be chunks in the registry that are needed for full
functionality. Generally they aren't too difficult to find and copy
over, but you will need to load the registry file on the spare hdd to
access them. See:

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...gistry-key-values-without-booting-in-windows/

HTH

 

Are the drivers not available on Pinnacle's website?

http://bit.ly/frNuRL

The list looks pretty comprehensive to me.

Chris

 

This sounds like really hard work by the time you have worked out which
files you need plus the registry entries. What are the card details, as the
chances are that the drivers are available online?

 

that`s the problem guys i`m usually a dab hand at finding drivers but the
only info on the card is

super digital video dazzle series

then a box ticked at `pal I`

on the back is a sticker which says `super digital video master series` then
a serial number

s/n 692131410013439

ok so after writing the above i did indeed install the backup onto a 20gb hd
then i went to device man and there were 2 entries one for capture one for
tuner
in the details it listed all the drivers used they were in sys32 and
sys32/drivers

i thought i could just put the files back in the relevant folders but then
as an alternative i seached jeeves for a free driver backup prog

took me here

http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/

i thought.....there will be a `you gotta buy` catch somewhere

i backed up the 2 drivers went back to the new install on the other hard
drive and installed them

duh

sorted

so i`ll never know if the copying files method would have worked

thanks for the help guys i appreciate it.

 

ha ha now I need more help

the software on the pc was windvr which I don`t have

anyone know of some generic free software that can be used to tune in the
freeview channels and record video from the video in socket?