Select Add or remove programs. If the device or driver package that you wish to remove appears in the list of programs, select uninstall. If your device or driver package does not appear in the list, then the device can be uninstalled via Device Manager. If that device is the only device using the driver package, then the driver package can also be removed via Device Manager.
With some devices, if the device is still plugged in when it is uninstalled, the device might continue to function until the system has been restarted. The old drivers keep on taking up hard drive space and eventually will fill up the system drive. This is when you should worry about deleting old drivers from the system to free up disk space from the system volume. There are a few ways to clean up the old drivers safely. We will discuss each method step by step.
Windows 10 comes with Storage Sense option which can automatically remove unnecessary files from the system drive. You can also schedule the cleanup process to keep your system tidy. This will automatically scan for unnecessary files including the device driver packages which are no longer being used.
Click the Remove files button when the scan is complete. The above-mentioned method does not remove all old device drivers. If we want to uninstall all the drivers for devices not currently connected to our system, we will have to manually scan through the device manager. Hidden devices are the ones which are not currently connected to our system at the moment. What's new. New posts New profile posts Latest activity.
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Thread starter Shubunkus Start date Oct 7, Forums Hardware Motherboards. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Previous Next Sort by votes. Shubunkus Honorable. Sep 17, 93 0 10, 0. Recently I've been updating my motherboard drivers and I believe I've screwed something up it's a long and scary story and I was wondering if it is possible to uninstall the motherboard drivers and re-install them? Or is the only way to clear my hard drive and start again?
Thanks for all the help. Tradesman1 Legenda in Aeternum. Jun 5, 67, 30 , 15, Best to use the latest drivers from the site, they seldom list everthing that is addressed, but give thought to, they spend the time and money to update them for reasons - to fix problems - you may not be encountering at the moment, but never know when they might pop up.
May 26, 3, 20 21, Not sure of this, but if you have the disk that cam with your motherboard, then run that and it should overwrite whatever drivers are iin there now. Rather than use the disk, go to the web site and download the latest drivers, chances are good the drivers on the disk that came with the mobo were outdated when you got it - and check for any BIOS updates while at the site. Tradesman1 :. Shouldn't be a BIOS with the disk, might even be best just to reinstall Win and toss the driver disk which is what I normally do and go with the web site drivers.
I do that with video cards as the drivers on the disk are usually outdated anyway. He wouldn't be updating from a disk either. Compare the latest drivers available for download with the ones presently installed in Device Manager reached by right clicking the Start Menu. Windows Update will also update some drivers but this is not enough in Windows You need to make sure you don't have newer or better ones from the device manufacturer. I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes.
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