System Cleanup Series: Driver Booster

2023-08-18 16_37_40-Window

In this FREE blog post, I will walk you through the basics of using Driver Booster from IOBIT. They offer FREE and PRO versions. I strongly recommend the PRO version, particularly because it allows you to upgrade multiple drivers at once before restarting your computer.

This blog post is part of my System Cleanup series. I aim to be as transparent as possible about my process during the work I'll do on your computer.

Various hardware manufacturers release many drivers each month, and Driver Booster does a much better job of keeping them up to date than what Microsoft offers through Windows Update.

Using Driver Booster

Click Image To View Larger Version

Open Driver Booster and click "scan".

Driver updates will very likely be listed. In the FREE version, you can ONLY update one at a time.

To install the driver, click the big red "Update Now" button or each "Update" button.

Click Image To View Larger Version

Click Image To View Larger Version

That driver will then be downloaded. This might take a few minutes.

Then, the driver will be installed. Again, this might take a few minutes.

Click Image To View Larger Version

Click Image To View Larger Version

Once the driver(s) are updated successfully, you'll see this screen with a few options. I recommend cleaning up invalid driver data, which means downloaded install files that are no longer needed and take up valuable space.

The drivers on your computer are now up to date!

Click Image To View Larger Version