Updating drivers to satisfy Windows 10

[googoohead]

I'm trying to make sure Win 10 will be satisfied with the drivers installed for various devices on my computer... And if I have to update drivers, should I do it before or after the Win 10 upgrade?

Device Manager says there are no driver files loaded for "this device," but there's a driver listed! What's that all about? (Headphones, speakers...)

Does my "sound card" have a driver?
My sound is on the mobo. Donno if it's a card or a chip...
Is there a driver for it?

Does it have to be updated for Windows 10?

Whatever this is, (and I suspect it's the chip on the mobo), why is there a driver listed for it but Device Manager says no driver is loaded or required?

What about my keyboard and mouse?

I expect if my printer doesn't work after Win 10 is installed, I can try fixing that later. But I'll need my monitor, keyboard, mouse, headphones and speakers.

It's enough that I'm going to try the in-place upgrade without be able to see the screen! I need the windows magnifier, (which will disappes

 

[COLGeek]

All of those devices require drivers. Windows 10 will likely detect them all and install drivers during the installation process. Any not loaded will require you to locate and download the drivers for manual installation.

What are the specs for your system?

 

[LukeFatwalker]

All of those devices should have their drivers updated automatically. Just make sure you run a backup before and after, either a disk imager like Macrium Reflect or a snapshot tool like Rollback Rx will work.

Good luck!

 

[johnbl]

Windows will Install default generic versions of drivers for your motherboard. You should always go to your motherboard vendor and pick up the custom drivers for your motherboard. Only the motherboard vendor will know the exact chip versions and hardware decisions they used in the motherboard design. Some designs will require a custom driver (even though it has the same hardware name and driver name)

 

[googoohead]

All of those devices should have their drivers updated automatically. Just make sure you run a backup before and after, either a disk imager like Macrium Reflect or a snapshot tool like Rollback Rx will work.

Good luck!

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I have Macrium Reflect. So should I choose "IMAGE THIS DISK?"

And why does my external disk look totally full in Macrium?

 

[googoohead]

All of those devices require drivers. Windows 10 will likely detect them all and install drivers during the installation process. Any not loaded will require you to locate and download the drivers for manual installation.

What are the specs for your system?

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Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4930K @ 3.40GHz 28 °C
Ivy Bridge-E 22nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-27)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X79-DELUXE (LGA2011) 34 °C
Graphics
FS2333 (1920x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Black (EVGA) 65 °C
Storage
476GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series (SSD) 34 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA) 31 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA) 31 °C
931GB Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 USB Device (USB (SATA)) 31 °C
29GB Lexar USB Flash Drive USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
ASUS DRW-24F1ST a
Audio
Bluetooth Hands-free Audio

 

[LukeFatwalker]

All of those devices should have their drivers updated automatically. Just make sure you run a backup before and after, either a disk imager like Macrium Reflect or a snapshot tool like Rollback Rx will work.

Good luck!

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I have Macrium Reflect. So should I choose "IMAGE THIS DISK?"

And why does my external disk look totally full in Macrium?

Yup! If you need help, follow the user guide http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/Creating+a+backup+image+of+your+computer%2C+drive+or+partitions

If you have any encryption enabled that could be why.

 

[COLGeek]

All of those devices require drivers. Windows 10 will likely detect them all and install drivers during the installation process. Any not loaded will require you to locate and download the drivers for manual installation.

What are the specs for your system?

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Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4930K @ 3.40GHz 28 °C
Ivy Bridge-E 22nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-27)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X79-DELUXE (LGA2011) 34 °C
Graphics
FS2333 (1920x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Black (EVGA) 65 °C
Storage
476GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series (SSD) 34 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA) 31 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA) 31 °C
931GB Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 USB Device (USB (SATA)) 31 °C
29GB Lexar USB Flash Drive USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
ASUS DRW-24F1ST a
Audio
Bluetooth Hands-free Audio

Win 10 will likely detect and install drivers for all of those devices. Once Win 10 completes its installation, I would manually update the Nvidia GPU drivers (directly from NVidia.com) and Intel chipset drivers (from support.intel.com), at a minimum.

 

[googoohead]

I have Macrium Reflect on my screen right now and I'm puzzled as to why my external drive, (1TB G-Drive), appears to be full.... and it says, "UNFORMATTED PRIMARY." But in Computer Management, DISK MANAGEMENT, it says, HEALTHY PRIMARY. Did something get corrupted after I formatted the drive so it would work with Windows. (Out of the box, it's a Mac drive.)

 

[googoohead]

I fixed the Macrium issue! I change the file system from exFAT to NTSF.


After I install the new OS, why can't I just ask DEVICE MANAGER to find and install the latest drivers?

 

[googoohead]

I wanna thank everybody for the help you gave me. I still have a ways to go. Hope I can make the deadline.

 

[COLGeek]

I wanna thank everybody for the help you gave me. I still have a ways to go. Hope I can make the deadline.

You are welcome. Good luck with the future upgrade.

 

[googoohead]

OK, please remember that my brain doesn't work right. So "silly questions" is my middle name.

Can someone give me a literal step by step on what I have to do to download Win 10 to installation media? I have a 1TB external drive, and a 30GB thumb drive. It looks like I'm gonna have to do this myself. There's nobody coming here to do it for me. And time is short!

 

[COLGeek]

Go here, follow directions. Easy as pie:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/software-download/windows10ISO