Back Up Drivers Before Formatting Hard Drive

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From: Bob (Bob_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:31:01 -0800

I want to format the hard drive on an old computer, but I do not have all the
driver files on disk, which I will need to reinstall after formatting the
hard drive. Can I save these drivers to a disk and if so what path do I use
to find them in "C" drive. I am using Windows XP Home OS
Thanks
Bob

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