Installed my new hardware. Do i select reset this pc?

Jimbo · 14 Sep 2019 at 19:54

Ive upgraded my motherboard and cpu and ram. In windows 10 do i select reset this pc to do a fresh install. As i want rid of all the old motherboards drivers ect.

Jamin280672 · 14 Sep 2019 at 21:03

Jimbo said:
Ive upgraded my motherboard and cpu and ram. In windows 10 do i select reset this pc to do a fresh install. As i want rid of all the old motherboards drivers ect.

Yes, or just do a complete fresh install, takes about the same amount of time.

an0nym0us · 15 Sep 2019 at 00:03

If you don't need any of the previous data, a fresh install is the preferred option.

Jimbo · 15 Sep 2019 at 00:33

Is a fresh install only viable from removable media? I haven't an 8 gig usb drive to hand or disc. Anyhow ill give it a try.

an0nym0us · 15 Sep 2019 at 14:23

The easiest method would be to use a spare USB stick. All the contents of the USB stick will be wiped, so make sure there's no data on it that you need. Maybe you can try to borrow one from someone else?

Jimbo · 15 Sep 2019 at 14:39

Yeah for now ive just done a reset of pc wiping all the files. I have to say its all running very sweet though. Im very pleased with it all. Had a few problems re activating windows but its solved and its all go. Just a pain re installing game pass games, i cant wait to try out Gears of war 5 to see what this baby can do.

I'll make sure though I do pick up a usb key for future.

Grafter67 · 17 Sep 2019 at 06:00

It sounds like you used windows to go back to a fresh install and it took your old key which saved you $100 so yay you. Reinstalling games is a small loss but at least they are I assume on a ssd and not all over an old hdd.

Steveocee · 17 Sep 2019 at 08:36

Fresh install is the correct answer. A "refresh" will generally keep the drivers.

I did a refresh moving from Ryzen to Intel and it managed to keep the Ryzen power plan so I would absolutely say a fresh install would be better.