PowerShell – Backup Windows Drivers

Prerequisite: Must have PowerShell 5.0 or higher

This will backup all 3rd party drivers in a Windows based computer.

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if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 5)
    {
        Write-Output "Your version of PowerShell is not supported please upgrade to 5.0 or higher"
    }
else
    {

        $ExportDirectory="$($env:USERPROFILE)\Desktop\DriverBackup"

        Write-Output "Creating temporary directory for the driver files."
        New-Item -Path $($ExportDirectory) -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
        #cd $($ExportDirectory)

        Write-Output "Creating a text file list of all the drivers"
        $(Get-WindowsDriver -All -Onlines) | Out-File "$($ExportDirectory)\DriverList.txt"

        Write-Output "Exporting drivers to $($ExportDirectory)"
        Export-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination $($ExportDirectory)

        Write-Output "Archiving files into a zip file"
        Compress-Archive -Path "$($ExportDirectory)" -CompressionLevel Fastest -DestinationPath "$($env:USERPROFILE)\Desktop\DriverBackup.zip" | Out-Null

        #cd "$($env:USERPROFILE)\Desktop"

        Write-Output "Removing temporary directory"
        Remove-Item -Recurse -Path $ExportDirectory
    }