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Copying a sound card driver.

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by ramms

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I have two computers with same sound card, but one of them does not have the sound driver. The operating system is WIN98.
My question is: Can I extract or copy the sound driver from the computer that is working right and how can I do this?

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by dmiles

It would be easier to download the updated driver from the manufacturers web site and download the driver that is compatible to your operating system

by curacao_dejavu

you can't since a driver consist of many files and in several folders so it's extremely difficult to do it that way.
Just go the manufacturers website or to driversguide.com and download it again.
If you have the cd reinstall it (if indeed the soundcard is exactly the same).

You might need to open the computer to make sure.

Leopold

by thechas

As stated, the BEST way is to identify either the sound card manufacture, or the sound chip manufacture and download the latest driver from them.

A good resource for links to drivers is www.driverguide.com

Alternately, there is a software package that claims to be able to extract drivers installed on a PC and back them up.

http://www.jermar.com/wdrvbck.htm

As a last resort, it might be worth a try.

Chas

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