Does a Windows 10 refresh delete drivers?

[barkloaf]

I'm a Windows installation noob, and I would like to know if refreshing Windows 10 will delete drivers

NOTE: WITHOUT a custom refresh image.

 

What I mean by this, is will I have to go and fish out all of my driver CDs that came with my motherboard and stuff?

 

I've tried Googling it, but I haven't gotten what I wanted.

 

(I'm really trying not to go on a search engine rant here)

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

will I have to go and fish out all of my driver CDs

you dont do that with win10 under any condition.

 

theoretically win10 should have all drivers to at least get you going on downloading the most recent versions of drivers.

[barkloaf]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

you dont do that with win10 under any condition.

 

theoretically win10 should have all drivers to at least get you going on downloading the most recent versions of drivers.

I actually needed some drivers when first installing Windows on my computer.

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

I actually needed some drivers when first installing Windows on my computer.

win10 "should" have at leart ethernet drivers i believe. and once you have that you just download the propper drivers for the rest.

[barkloaf]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

win10 "should" have at leart ethernet drivers i believe. and once you have that you just download the propper drivers for the rest.

The main thing is Wifi card drivers. I don't use ethernet. I needed those drivers, because I couldn't get online,

[manikyath]

Just now, AwesomeAustin226 said:

The main thing is Wifi card drivers. I don't use ethernet. I needed those drivers, because I couldn't get online,

wifi card drivers are a disaster, even with the disk

(chances are wynderk doesnt ship them because a lot of the wifi cards actually prescribe to install the driver when the card is not installed)

[thekeemo]

8 minutes ago, manikyath said:

win10 "should" have at leart ethernet drivers i believe. and once you have that you just download the propper drivers for the rest.

Not always

It doesnt like my ethernet adapter

[barkloaf]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

wifi card drivers are a disaster, even with the disk

(chances are wynderk doesnt ship them because a lot of the wifi cards actually prescribe to install the driver when the card is not installed)

I found my bag that contains all of the stuff I gathered after building my computer (ie. manuals, driver cds, CPU socket cover)

 

I guess I'll just go through those.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, thekeemo said:

Not always

It doesnt like my ethernet adapter

"should"

 

you know, with an arch linux CD shipping with drivers that run on any ethernet card i've tried, it makes me wonder what the hell is wrong on the windows side of things.

[thekeemo]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

"should"

 

you know, with an arch linux CD shipping with drivers that run on any ethernet card i've tried, it makes me wonder what the hell is wrong on the windows side of things.

Its probably because the ethernet chip is not only not that common

It is also a rebranded version

[manikyath]

6 minutes ago, thekeemo said:

Its probably because the ethernet chip is not only not that common

It is also a rebranded version

 

this one's supported out the box, it's running win98SE because it barely meets the requirements of the most lightweight linux distro i could find.

 

[thekeemo]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

 

this one's supported out the box, it's running win98SE because it barely meets the requirements of the most lightweight linux distro i could find.

 

Did win 98 have the driver?

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, thekeemo said:

Did win 98 have the driver?

win98 has a shocking amount of drivers on the disk actually.

[thekeemo]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

win98 has a shocking amount of drivers on the disk actually.

That means that chip is not that uncommon. Anyway what were we talking about again?

 

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, thekeemo said:

That means that chip is not that uncommon.

 

i bet its uncommon for a disk compiled in 2010.

[thekeemo]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

i bet its uncommon for a disk compiled in 2010.

There is a surprising amount of legacy components that have drivers out of the box.

EXCEPT YOU G200e THAT INTEL DECIDED TO USE ON A SERVER IN 2010 DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU WERE OVER A DECADE OLD AT THE POINT AND NOTHING SUPPORTED YOU.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, thekeemo said:

There is a surprising amount of legacy components that have drivers out of the box.

EXCEPT YOU G200e THAT INTEL DECIDED TO USE ON A SERVER IN 2010 DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU WERE OVER A DECADE OLD AT THE POINT AND NOTHING SUPPORTED YOU.

to give you an idea, the mouse that came with the machine is no longer supported by linux since.. 2006 i think?

[thekeemo]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

to give you an idea, the mouse that came with the machine is no longer supported by linux since.. 2006 i think?

Hehe

That server I mentioned (now with GTX 560) is being used with what is possibly the first wireless kb/m ever.

Windows didnt have the driver on disk however it found it in windows update (unlike the g200e and my nic)