Best 3 Free Programs to Backup and Restore Computer Drivers

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Whenever Windows decides not to be with us anymore, we are left with no other option but to reinstall it. But after reinstalling Windows we face another difficult task of finding and installing all the device drivers for the devices to work properly. It’s a difficult task as most of the time we tend to loose our driver disks or worse driver disks may be corrupt. If this is the situation then we are left with no option other then searching the manufacturer’s site for device drivers for our particular devices. It becomes more difficult to find them if the devices old and no longer supported.

We could have avoided such a situation if we had taken a backup of our device drivers and after reinstalling Windows just restore them back. Use any of these 3 free utilities which can help you easily take backup of your device drivers and restore them back whenever you want. This will also save you a lot of time since restoring for most of this utilities is an one click job! Also, some of them provides the facility of updating your drivers online.
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Easily Backup Mozilla Firefox “about:config” Settings

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If you want to tweak Mozilla Firefox to the extreme, then about:config is where you should look out for all the advanced settings. But tweaking about:config without any knowledge of what the settings does, may be very harmful for Firefox’s health. So it would be a good idea to backup about:config first. This backup will help you very much. Even if anything goes out of your hands. You can easily restore everything back to normal.

It’s also a good idea to backup about:config if you have customized Firefox a lot. So, the next time you reinstall Firefox, you can replace the default settings with your customized one. [Read more...]

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Grab Your Free East-Tec Backup 2009

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east-tec-backup2009If you visit Softpedia, a popular download portal, than you will notice a banner announcing the giveaway of East-Tec Backup 2009 until July 31. The value of this backup software is $40, which you can download and register for free until July 31 2009. You may download and register the software by visiting Softpedia’s home page and clicking on the banner or you can visit the promo page directly by clicking here.

After you visit the promo page, click on the button that says Get It Free. You will have to now provide your name and a valid email address. A verification email is then send to the email account. After you click on the verification link, a website containing the download link of East-Tec Backup 2009 and the registration code to register the software program will open. [Read more...]

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GFI Backup Free: Easy To Use Backup Solution

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GFI Backup Freeware Edition is an easy to use backup solution for your Windows system. It is fully featured application that keeps all your files safe and secure. With the help of its easy to use wizard-driven interface, using this software is very easy. This helps a new user to easily accomplish the task of creating backups and setting up scheduled backup tasks easy.

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GFI Backup provides you with a lot of options. It allows you to back up on internal or external hard disks, on local area network (LAN) locations, CD/DVD media, removable media devices (USB sticks, memory sticks, flash memory, floppy disks, etc.), and remote locations using FTP with upload auto-resume. Since it does not use any proprietary archive formats but uses the standard Zip file format. This allows for data to be restored manually from the backup even if GFI Backup 2009 is not installed.
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