To find files that (potentially) use a given pool tag, use the Search tool in Windows 2000:
- Click Start, point to Search, and then click For Files or Folders.
- In the Search for files or folders named box, type *.sys.
- In the Containing text box, type the pool tag you want to search for.
- In the Look in box, type the path to the system root drivers, for example,
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers, and then click Search Now.
You should receive a list of drivers that contain the tag. Although there may be some false hits here (as the text string may naturally occur in other files), this method should allow you to narrow the scope of your search.
You can use the
findstr command (in all versions of Windows) instead of Windows Explorer. To minimize the occurrence of false hits, change to the system root\drivers folder at a command prompt. If needed, use Windows Explorer to find this folder. Run the
findstr /m /l tag *.sys command, where the /m switch is used to list only the file name. If you receive multiple files, try to reduce the amount of files returns by adding the letter "h" to the tag before you run the search. This is mainly useful when the tag is comprised of three letters.
Note You may find that this query may not find the appropriate driver because the driver is not loaded from %SYSTEMROOT%\drivers. In this case, run more global searches such as
findstr /m /l tag *.sys that start from %SystemRoot%, %ProgramFiles%, %SystemDrive%, %ProgramData%.