Uninstalling Graphics Drivers Before Clean Install of Windows 7

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JakeEddie

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Hello All.

I have recently bought a new Nvidia GPU as an upgrade (GTX 780 to GTX 1080) and I plan to uninstall all the old graphics drivers before I do a clean install of Windows 7 Professional.

Before I do that, I need to ask this: Is this an extra step? Do I uninstall all of the drivers first before the clean install, or will the clean install automatically get rid of the old drivers so I can get the new ones afterward?

I know I don't have to do a clean install of the OS for a GPU upgrade, I'm just doing it for general PC cleaning and revamping.

Thanks for your time :)
Jacob
 
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If you're clean installing an OS there wouldn't be much point in uninstalling old drivers (they'd be wiped during the process). Clean installing the OS should mean the OS reverts to its basic state.
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A clean install is just that. Anything that the OS knew about before is forgotten... usually without a folder entry on the disk drive. That means apps, data, and drivers. (Yeah apps: like games, office software, development software, stand alone media viewers, etc.) You can waste time going through the exercise of removing them, but it isn't necessary.

Backup/copy to a different drive, partition (if you aren't deleting partitions), or other media, anything you can't afford or don't want to lose.
 
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