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Will resetting Windows 8.1 uninstall my drivers?

The Crazed Child
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If I was to sell one of my PC's, obviously I'd have to remove everything and reinstall Windows. Luckily for me this will be easy since 8.1 has this feature built in to the OS.

 

Does doing this remove my graphics, audio, LAN drivers, etc? I hope not, because I think I lost the disc that came with the motherboard.

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If you completely wiped the drive and reinstalled Windows 8.1, you will need to reinstall the drivers. You do not need the disc that came with the motherboard. All you have to do is go to the motherboard manufacturers website and find the appropriate drivers for your board. You can get the latest graphics drivers of AMD/Nvidia's website.

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If you completely wiped the drive and reinstalled Windows 8.1, you will need to reinstall the drivers. You do not need the disc that came with the motherboard. All you have to do is go to the motherboard manufacturers website and find the appropriate drivers for your board. You can get the latest graphics drivers of AMD/Nvidia's website.

Okay, I thought so. I've always had trouble installing motherboard drivers when I download them from the website for some reason. Hopefully this works.

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Okay, I thought so. I've always had trouble installing motherboard drivers when I download them from the website for some reason. Hopefully this works.

I suggest that you back up your SSD/HDD just for good measure. ;)

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No it won't if you still have the OEM recovery partition.

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Thats could be issue. You have to backup. If you refresh your pc using installing disk It will not erase your previous installed apps but it will erase third party software.

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