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We are trying to improve the process of re-building a customer's PC with either XP, Vista, W7 or W8 depending on what it came with.  Of'course, the primary difficulty of putting the  original OS back onto the machine is that the drivers are often needed from the manufacturer website.

Let's assume for the purpose of this conversation that the repair or recovery partition is corrupt or otherwise unavailable.

This means we need to re-install and vendors like Dell, even with the right service tag, have multiple drivers listed for each component.  The NIC or Wireless drivers are particularly troublesome, and even if all the drivers are clear, it's still a huge time waster to look for them all and ensure that they work properly.

Is there a quick solution to ensure that the machine has the correct drivers without having to track them each down individually from each vendor?

Not sure about Lenovo

All I specify for clients are Lenovo machines. The driver matrix section is excellent for getting drivers. Thinkvantage Software Update works quite well.  And Lenovo will sell you recovery DVD's at nominal cost.  

.... Thinkpads_User

this may also help :  
http://driverscollection.com/
http://driverpacks.net/driverpacks

other tools :  
http://driveridentifier.com/
http://drp.su/

i must say imo no automatic program is 100% correct, but they surely doa good job

Prior to rebuilding, install DriverBackup and backup all drivers to a USB key.  This way you do not have to go to manufacturers website and download drivers.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=driverbackup&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr

I agree with Nobus and Rindi with respect to visiting the vendors' site for drivers. I do that myself.

Another thing myself and a colleague are doing is creating Images on a USB hard drive of systems we have built with Symantec Ghost. One or two large USB drives will hold a lot of images for a small client. If you have multiple like machines, you can build a common image. This approach is a lifesaver when something goes wrong.

We have experimented with local (on the computer) backups of images. This works as well, but we have had some issues with recovery, and of course, the approach does not work if the hard drive fails.  The first approach above is more robust.

It is really important to build good images first and test them well.

.... Thinkpads_User

duncan  - slimdrivers is FAST + FREE

It usually is pretty straight forward to visit the manufacturer's site and download the drivers. If they have multiple versionsof devices in the unit, for the wireless or lan adapter for example, quickly opening the cover to that part and noting the markings on the device is also a simple task. You probably have to open the box anyway to replace the HD, or to clean out the dust, as PC's like that usually need a clean out...

Apart from that, if the disk is gone and the owner ommited to create his own recovery media when he got the PC, you should order recovery media replacements from the manufacturer. That will ensure you stay properly licensed, and the drivers should be already included.

So generally reinstalling the OS and it's drivers really is the least of the problems. What takes more time is to install and configure any other software which the customer had on the PC and you know nothing about, and to restore data. Or to convince him to buy a new OS because the original isn't available anymore or won't be soon (like XP).

do it all automation is no problem at al todays but need pay $
otherwise you need to computer & programming expert , do it by yourselve

i recommend the manufacturerrs site for downloading drivers
but since you want a more "automated" system, you can use a service like these :
www.drivereasy.com
https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimdrivers.php

**you can also run windows updates>optional updates, andd let it install drivers - but that is not automated also

I think you need a script that can
detect all computer device driver that whethe it is
in problem or not, if yes, just fix it and updated its laterst driver.
there is certain tool on line, please check it on google if need


If you need re-install OS without any DVD disk, just go to
search any item in google, " installation Window online"

What do you want for  repair besides that ?

most window system(....xp,  window7..etc.) already have window system automaticion  recovery software installed,

so just go

computer--->properties-->advance setting-->advance-->click repair setting and
chose those setup setting to start quick repair/recovery, in which you
can recover the system to date you want or you setup the check point before(or in advance)