The view of a selected Driver
The view of a driver provides access to the information of the selected driver via its two tabs:
- Driver Information
- Supported Hardware
The following sections provide more information about Driver Information and Supported Hardware:
Driver Information
The WinPE requires specific drivers for the OS deployment, that is, the driver for the network card installed on the target device and, if the target has a SATA disk, the SATA driver as well. Also the installation of the operating system might require specific drivers, such as video or keyboard drivers. In this view all options about the defined drivers can be viewed and modified.
The table of the driver's node displays the following information about the selected driver:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Name | This field displays the name of the currently selected driver. |
Architecture | This field indicates the type of architecture for the OS deployment, that is, the architecture of the WinPE image launching the setup program. The possible options are 32-bit for x86 and 64-bit for amd64 Windows installations. |
Catalog File | The name of the Microsoft catalog file. |
Tags | The list of tags to which the driver is assigned to. |
Class Family | The family (type) of the driver, for example, audio driver, video driver, mouse driver, NIC driver and so on. |
Class GUID | The unique identifier of the class (Microsoft specific). |
Description | This field is a free text field and can contain some descriptive text or necessary information about the object. |
Driver Description | A brief description of the driver by the manufacturer. |
Supported OS | The list of operating systems supported by the driver. |
Driver Version | The release date and version of the driver. |
Driver File List | The list of files required by the driver for installation. |
Import Date | The date and time at which the import of the driver terminated. |
Inf File Name | The name of the principal driver file (*.inf). |
Manufacturer | The name of the component manufacturer. |
Signature | The signature of the driver, which in most cases should be $WINDOWS NT$ . |
Provider | The name of the driver manufacturer. |
Type | This field identifies the type of the driver, that is, if it is a WinPE driver, a network or a SATA disk driver, a video or a modem driver, a keyboard driver, and so on, required for the execution of the operating system. |
Driver .inf File | The name of the .inf file of the driver and the path to it, for example, <code>D:/Drivers/TEXTORM/chipset/Vista32/Ethernet/nvfd6032.inf</code>. |
Creation Date | The date and time that the currently selected driver was created for the first time. |
Last Modification Date | Displays the date and time at which the selected object was modified for the last time; for folders this field remains empty. |
Notes | This free text field can contain additional information concerning the selected object. |
Supported Hardware
This tab displays the list of hardware equipments that the currently selected driver supports.
The table displays the following information about the hardware:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Description | This field displays the name of the driver hardware, such as the name of the network, the audio or the modem card. |
Component | This column displays the list of corresponding components. |
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