How to reinstall drivers from Win 7 recovery menu?

[Erkhm]

I have a system image of my hard drive before I performed a fresh install of Windows on my SSD. I reformatted my hard drive, so none of its files are on there anymore. I am trying to restore my hard drive from my system image using the recovery program in Windows 7. When I am about to recover from the ISO, there is an option to format/repartition disks to the state they were in at the time of creating the ISO, and I thought it might be important to do that. However, this option is greyed out, and it says that I need to reinstall my drivers. When I do this, my system 32 folder opens up with hundreds of different folders. What do I need to do now? Is this normal?

 

[i7Baby]

If recovery doesn't work then you should do a clean windows install. Before you do, copy off any data you want to keep. Then do the Windows install, re-install drivers and apps and copy back data.

 

[Erkhm]

If recovery doesn't work then you should do a clean windows install. Before you do, copy off any data you want to keep. Then do the Windows install, re-install drivers and apps and copy back data.

I did all of that. I'm asking how to reinstall my drivers like you mentioned.

 

[i7Baby]

Use the disc that came with your motherboard or go to your motherboard webpage and download them.

 

[Erkhm]

Use the disc that came with your motherboard or go to your motherboard webpage and download them.

My router isn't being detected by Windows and the drivers can't be found. Is there any way to install my router drivers even if they can't be detected automatically?

 

[i7Baby]

Use the disc that came with your motherboard

 

[Erkhm]

Use the disc that came with your motherboard

Even if I had that disc, it didn't have the drivers for my router, it's an airport extreme by apple.

 

[i7Baby]

It has nothing to do with your PC. It uses firmware of its own.

 

[Erkhm]

It has nothing to do with your PC. It uses firmware of its own.

Well, I don't have the disc...

 

[i7Baby]

Login to the router and use that to update the firmware. No need for a disk.