{"id":8765,"date":"2025-02-11T21:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2025-02-22T21:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T21:13:20","slug":"back-up-windows-drivers-with-command-prompt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/software\/windows\/command-prompt\/back-up-windows-drivers-with-command-prompt\/","title":{"rendered":"Back up Windows Drivers with Command Prompt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To export all drivers on a Windows 8, 8.1, 10, 11 or Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 system to a specified folder (e.g., <code>D:\\drivers<\/code>), you can use the <strong>DISM<\/strong> (Deployment Imaging Service and Management) tool in Command Prompt. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open <strong>Command Prompt<\/strong> as Administrator:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press <strong>Win + X<\/strong> and select <strong>Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong> or <strong>Windows PowerShell (Admin)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Run the following command:cmdCopyEdit<code>dism \/online \/export-driver \/destination:D:\\drivers <\/code>This command will export all third-party drivers to the <code>D:\\drivers<\/code> folder. Make sure the folder exists or DISM will create it automatically.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait for the process to complete. DISM will display a message confirming the export.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This will back up your drivers, allowing you to restore them later if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DISM is not recognized error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re receiving a &#8220;DISM is not recognized&#8221; error, it could be due to one of the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Command Prompt is not running as Administrator<\/strong>: Make sure you\u2019re running <strong>Command Prompt as Administrator<\/strong>. You can do this by:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pressing <strong>Win + S<\/strong>, typing <strong>cmd<\/strong>, right-clicking <strong>Command Prompt<\/strong>, and selecting <strong>Run as administrator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DISM Path Issue<\/strong>: Occasionally, the system path might not include the location of the DISM executable. Try specifying the full path in the command:cmdCopyEdit<code>C:\\Windows\\System32\\dism.exe \/online \/export-driver \/destination:D:\\drivers<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corrupted System Files<\/strong>: If you still encounter issues, your Windows installation might have a missing or corrupted system file. You can try running the <strong>System File Checker (SFC)<\/strong> tool to check for system errors:cmdCopyEdit<code>sfc \/scannow<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>After running SFC, attempt the DISM command again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To export all drivers on a Windows 8, 8.1, 10, 11 or Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 system to a specified folder (e.g., D:\\drivers), you can use the DISM (Deployment Imaging Service and Management) tool in Command Prompt. Here\u2019s how: This will back up your drivers, allowing you to restore them later if needed.\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/software\/windows\/command-prompt\/back-up-windows-drivers-with-command-prompt\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":209,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[77,78,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-8765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-command-prompt","8":"tag-dism","9":"tag-export-drivers","10":"tag-windows-drivers","11":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-644-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-644-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Jack Alltrade","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/author\/jacka11trade\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8766,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8765\/revisions\/8766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}