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Clean re-install of Windows 7 and motherboard drivers
Hi
How do I perform a clean re-install of Windows 7 which would completely remove motherboard drivers on the system? This is my very first self-build and I have some system instability as some motherboard drivers failed to install correctly. For example, despite having installed an audio hd driver, the audio GUI kept turning on and off by itself and so I've had to disable it. It's properties in Device Manager says it is not working properly because it has a problem.
My usual way of re-installing Windows 7 is as follows -
Custom (advanced) → Choose drive partition to completely erase (primary) → Drive Options (advanced) → Format → OK → Choose Disk 0 Partition (unallocated space) → Next → Installing Windows.
This method always leaves the motherboard drivers intact and I need to get rid of them and start afresh. My new build specs is -
Motherboard: ASUS B85M-G
Processor: Intel Core i5 4570 3.2GHz (s1150)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600 XMP 2 x 4GB
Thanks.
Last edited by sjc312; 02 Jun 2014 at 19:47. Reason: Font change