[SOLVED] Best Way to Clear out Drivers/Software

[amulsingh01]

I'm upgrading my PC from an Intel to AMD with a new motherboard and I was wondering whats the best way to completely uninstall all old drivers and software related to Intel and my Gigabyte motherboard (Such as Gigabyte app center)? Also, this might be a dumb question, but I'm assuming I can keep my Nvidia drivers if I'm upgrading to another Nvidia GPU?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

With a platform switch you need a new clean install.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uRT-bWE2EQ&t=184s

 

[USAFRet]

I'm upgrading my PC from an Intel to AMD with a new motherboard and I was wondering whats the best way to completely uninstall all old drivers and software related to Intel and my Gigabyte motherboard (Such as Gigabyte app center)? Also, this might be a dumb question, but I'm assuming I can keep my Nvidia drivers if I'm upgrading to another Nvidia GPU?

"I'm upgrading my PC from an Intel to AMD with a new motherboard and ..."

...and you need a whole clean install.
Prepare for this.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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[amulsingh01]

"I'm upgrading my PC from an Intel to AMD with a new motherboard and ..."

...and you need a whole clean install.
Prepare for this.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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Oh wow, did not know this, thank you for the link as well. I'm assuming that this will wipe my saved files off of my boot drive?

 

[USAFRet]

Oh wow, did not know this, thank you for the link as well. I'm assuming that this will wipe my saved files off of my boot drive?

It will wipe everything.
Anything you want to save, do it now, while the current system is still working.

 

[amulsingh01]

It will wipe everything.
Anything you want to save, do it now, while the current system is still working.

I'm a complete noob at this so bear with me. Basically, I have all my games installed on my HDD (2nd drive) while the launchers are on the SSD (boot drive). Is it better to uninstall the games now or will it be fine once I reinstall the launchers after the clean install?

 

[USAFRet]

Are these Steam games?
If so, you won't need to uninstall them.

During this clean install, have ONLY the one drive connected.
Later, reconnect this game drive.

With the new Steam client you'll install after the OS and everything else, simply tell it where these games are on the other drive.
Steam games location
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder

 

[amulsingh01]

Are these Steam games?
If so, you won't need to uninstall them.

During this clean install, have ONLY the one drive connected.
Later, reconnect this game drive.

With the new Steam client you'll install after the OS and everything else, simply tell it where these games are on the other drive.
Steam games location
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder

Thank you for the help. Most of my games are on steam so that perfect, but what about stuff like Blizard, Epic games etc.

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for the help. Most of my games are on steam so that perfect, but what about stuff like Blizard, Epic games etc.

I believe Origin has a similar function, as well as Epic.
Unsure of the exact steps to do the same.