Motherboard Swap: Do I Need to Delete Old Drivers?

[rloso]

Ok so I am swapping out my old stock motherboard with a new one as well as installing new RAM and CPU and was wondering if I could just change them without having to delete old drivers or install new ones. Many videos I see say that you can corrupt your computer if you do not delete old drivers.

I am currently running Windows 10 (OEM Version), I understand that I may have to reinstall windows 10 but this isn't a problem for me. Just wondering how to go about doing this without backing up my entire hard drive and doing a fresh install.

Any thoughts?

 

[CountMike]

W10 is pretty forgiving when it comes to such changes but I would still make a full backup with let's say Macrium Reflect. If you can, connect by wire to internet when starting first time. W10 may need to download drivers at that time. Another prudent thing to do is to make a bootable USB with windows installation files with same edition you have now. If there are any problems, you can boot from it and go for Repair option.