Poll: do you keep your driver cds?

[bigj3347]

I was just thinking about this because i'm formatting my hd and i realized all my driver cds were outdated. I just downloaded all my newest drivers and stored them on my thumbdrive. I was wondering if I was the only one who actually still keeps the cds from my original build; considering how fast these drivers are updated.

 

[Mik3y]

no, i use the web for the latest and greatest.

 

[dc5]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
no, i use the web for the latest and greatest.

can't use the web if you don't have ethernet drivers.

 

[flamingspinach]

I keep them anyway. The ones that ship with the product are pretty much guaranteed to work. If something goes wrong I always start with my original drivers, then try to upgrade them.

-fs

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
no, i use the web for the latest and greatest.

Same here. Even if I just get a product I use drivers from online as ussually the ones on the disk are outdated,

 

[daniel1113]

I don't keep the CDs, but I do keep updated copies from the internet on my computer at all times.

 

[Mem]

I keep them,however I have a DVD+RW disc that I use only for all my drivers,so as new ones come out I delete the old ones from the disc and reburn with the latest drivers.

 

[compudog]

I keep the CDs/floppies but download the latest once the system is up and running.

 

[mircea]

I keep them for hardware that needs originals (Audigy needs it no matter what) but have all updates on my PC and CD-R.
Usually all I use is the Audigy drivers, the rest installing off the HDD with updated stuff. I do have all my original CD's stacked in a place I know I can find them if anythings happenes.

 

[mwmorph]

i always keep them. never know when i have to recover my pc completely (had to do this about 6x so far)

 

[imported_yetti]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
no, i use the web for the latest and greatest.

 

[MDE]

I keep them in the boxes just in case, but rarely if ever use them.

 

[Jayczar]

I keep them just in case I decide to sell whatever they go with, but I generally
use the newer ones I have downloaded.

 

[His Lord Uberdude]

I've needed to re-install them countless times on this piece of Windows ME junk.

 

[BFG10K]

I keep them but I seldom use them.

 

[stars]

I keep them along with manuals, packaging etc incase I sell the hardware later on.

 

[Tostada]

Like most people, I keep them as long as I keep the manual. I haven't actually used a driver disc in years, though.

 

[montag451]

keep them till i can be bothered to dl them from the net. then they get the distance test

 

[Amaroque]

I keep the CD's in a drawer. But I usually download any needed software, or drivers...

 

[CMar]

I keep them in a box of misc. computer crap, and use some of them, like by mobo driver cd, whenever I do a reformat.
The updated versions, along with freeware and shareware and updates I download, are on a "downloads" partition on an old spare 7g drive I have on my system to store stuff I never use.
If I were smart I would just reformat, install all my core stuff and clone the system partition, but I am not.

 

[hopejr]

To get the system up and running, I use the original drivers. Then, I go to Windows Update and get the latest (I like it how they do that now, put the latest drivers for your particular version of Windows).
When I first used 2k3, I there were no drivers that worked on my hardware and 2k3 (an old thing from 1999). I tried some of the XP drivers and they didn't work properly. So I installed the original NT 4.0 drivers that came with the hardware and they worked perfectly (weird).

 

[rbV5]

I keep my video card and soundcard driver CDs since they generall contain DVD software and utilities/programs that aren't available for downloads. ATI uses the CD for verification to enable upgrade DVD decoder downloads as well.

 

[eplebnista]

Yes, I never know when I might need them again

 

[neoreturns]

Need to keep my mobo's driver cd because XP doesn't recognize the Nvidia NIC, so I need that one for sure

I keep all the others but don't use them.

 

[jterrell]

the thumbdrive would scare me as when/if it goes or gets misplaced you lose ALL of your drivers.
if i went that route I'd have to make a coupel of copies to disc as well.
i love to jack around with my system and need the drivers occasionally.