Yeah, that's the only way I can see this work. I use Linux with the Mesa drivers, that are part of the kernel, anyway, so there's not really a need for me to make driver backups.

and not just through the american archive.org.

but I wpuld say if you can't hold all the driver files yourself, keeping a list of sha256 hashes or better of them could be worth it too, to later verify their authenticity if you find it somewhere. its also easier to search by hash sometimes