Driver Booster - BSOD (Unsigned Drivers I think) on 2 different computers, afraid to use on my Desktop

[jvaritek33c]

I have read the two threads that seemed most relevant to this problem (Blue Screen / System Crash thread and BSOD after driver update thread) but it did not seem to offer a lot of help.

 

I first ran Driver Booster on my girlfriend's mother's laptop, and as soon as it was done and I restarted, it promptly would not boot past the splash screen. She runs Windows 8 and it was stuck in a boot cycle where it would hit an error page and reboot, only to do it again. After a lot of research, I got it to boot by going through the command prompt utility and then disabling the unsigned driver security thing on Windows 8. Then I did a system restore overnight and it worked.

 

Halfway through the System Restore on her laptop, I decided to try it on my own laptop. It is kinda old and not used beyond travel, so I figured it'd be okay if I eventually had to wipe it. I run Windows 7, and a lot of the forum posts said that the reload/reboot cycle was a Windows 8. I updated my drivers through Driver Booster and had the same problem, though mine went to the traditional BSOD instead of the fancy graphical one that Windows 8 presents you with. I was able to do a system restore on my laptop and return everything to normal.

 

My laptop is about 4 years old, and Driver Booster wanted me to update some drivers that had not been updated since I got the laptop, and that other driver update services had not prompted me to update. I was excited to see that it was a very comprehensive program that I could use to keep all of my drivers up to date. I have a new gaming desktop I build about a year ago and I would love to use Driver Booster to keep it up to date, however I am too afraid if something would happen to it. Is there some safety setting or something I missed when doing the first two driver installs on the earlier laptops?

[Scannan]

Yes. There is a driver rollback in Driver Booster....so if you make a mistake by updating a driver, you can simply rollback the driver to the previous driver that actually worked.

 

 

[jvaritek33c]

Based on the problems I had, is there a certain type of driver that was more likely to have caused the error? I'm not worried about rolling back as much as I am about losing access to my computer altogether. Is there perhaps a way to see which drivers are unsigned before running Driver Booster? It seems problematic for the average consumer if they're playing roulette with driver updates and don't have the knowledge to go and fix it.

[lost everything]

As this is my first time trying this bear with me please I downloaded drive booster and the computer went black and will not respond to anything I have an exam in two weeks and it looks like I lost everything I know stupid I should have saved is there any way to get my stuff or is it start again.

[Scannan]

Hi lost everything

Welcome to the forum.

You say you downloaded Driver Booster and your pc went black. Did it go black immediately after the download or did you actually run driver booster, and then it went black, or did you try to update drivers and then it went black.

In order for us to assist you we need to know exactly what happened. Your information so far is very limited.

In the meantime, did you try booting in safe mode and restoring your pc to a time before the issue occurred.

[fishingjoe]

I ran driver booster on my windows 7 laptop, and after a reboot it won't reboot. Wants me to repair, which I try but it won't repair. I was able to boot in safe mode, but it stops here and goes into "can't boot system" screen. Please help.

[enoskype]

Hi All,

 

For future reboot problems for Windows 8/8.1, please see the advice in THIS post about W8 and W8.1 WARNING .

 

Similar posts are in:

Advanced SystemCare v8

Driver Booster v2

Other Software Programs

Sections.

 

Cheers.

[Scannan]

Again I say,,,,we can only help if you give us the details.....you say you ran driver booster but you do not say whether you updated any drivers.

I am assuming you did update drivers and if so then most likely you have updated to a driver which is incompatible with your system.

Did you update all drivers identified by Driver Booster or did you select specific driver to update.

In the meantime have a look at This article and This article....they may provide a solution.

[Cicely]

Based on the problems I had, is there a certain type of driver that was more likely to have caused the error? I'm not worried about rolling back as much as I am about losing access to my computer altogether. Is there perhaps a way to see which drivers are unsigned before running Driver Booster? It seems problematic for the average consumer if they're playing roulette with driver updates and don't have the knowledge to go and fix it.

Hi jvaritek33c

 

Sorry for the dely. Please download http://www.cd4o.com/drivers/debug/DBInfoHelper-new.exe, >> double click to run this tool >> click “Save report to Desktop” >> find db_info_xxx_i.zip on your desktop >> send us the zip file to dbfeedback@iobit.com with your post link.

 

Email support is much more faster to respounce. Thank you so much.