How do I erase all traces of previously installed hardware drivers?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Frankie V. Fernandez, MD
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Frankie V. Fernandez, MD

I need to remove all the traces of the drivers and INF files written to my
PC by a previous hardware installation. Now, even if I already uninstalled
and removed the hardware, its drivers still interfere with a new hardware
I'm installing. What's the best software to completely remove these hardware
drivers? Thanks in advance!

Frankie
 
Well if its a hardware ? Then you don't need a software to do such , Just go
to the devise manager area and uninstall the driver from there >> start
buttom >>> control panel >>> system >>> hardware tab >>> devise manager ,
Locate the hardware you want to uninstall , right click on it and select
uninstall

Also a good practise is go to your prefetch folder and remove everything in
that folder , just the content , not the folder itself C:\Windows\Prefetch

And if you really want to be sure its gone ? just do a search on your
computer >>> Start >>> Search >>> Select files and folders >>> Enter the
program/software name and perform a search , whatever it finds ? Just delete
it , then delete your recycling bin , Once that is all done ? Just restart
your computer and afterward try to install new hardware

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