
These drivers are critical to start the operating system. Use the CD or DVD supplied by the hardware vendor or download the drivers from the vendor’s Web site. The driver files should have the *.inf, *.sys or *.oem extensions.

If you download the drivers in the *.exe, *.cab or *.zip format, extract them using a third-party application (e.g. Note for Windows XP users: as Microsoft has stopped Windows XP support on April 8, 2014, more and more hardware manufacturers discontinue testing their harware for compatibility with Windows XP, thus you may experience issues when/after restoring a Windows XP system to new hardware. Please consult your hardware manufacturer to make sure the new hardware is compatible with Windows XP. Windows 7 includes more drivers than the older Windows operating systems. There is a great chance that Universal Restore finds all necessary drivers in the Windows 7 driver folder. So, you may not necessarily have to specify the external path to the drivers. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion The Windows default driver storage folder is determined in the registry value DevicePath, which can be found in the registry key Nevertheless, performing Universal Restore is critical so the system uses the correct drivers.



To choose a new location, click the Browse button: When you choose a new location(as in the example above), the selected items will be recovered by default without recovering the original, absolute path.
