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Hello and welcome to my problem

I have successfully used a bootable USB to nuke my laptop using DBAN, and have now reinstalled Windows 10 (had a pesky virus, and this seemed the only option that would finally free me)

The virus has - due to recklessness - transfered it's way to my stationary PC. So my question is, due to the fact that my pc is not made complete in a factory, and therefore each part was manually put in and installed, is it then neccessary for me to backup all of the drivers and the like for various things (CPU, GPU etc.) - and if so, what is the easiest way to do this?

I haven't build the computer myself, and I only managed to DBAN my laptop after several hours of Googling.

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  • IME, your best bet is to gather the drivers from the various manufacturers BEFORE you start the reinstall, vs. trying to back them up and restore them.
    – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
    Commented Apr 11, 2017 at 20:07
  • The best way to do this (on a machine that isn't infected, of course) is to backup the %SystemDrive%\Windows\System32\DriverStore folder. This will allow you to easily install any device drivers (within Device Manager) that may be missing after an OS clean install.
    – Run5k
    Commented Apr 11, 2017 at 20:14
  • If you have a good backup of that folder, after reloading the operating system you can utilize the same method that I described within a similar question: Fresh install of computer but missing many drivers
    – Run5k
    Commented Apr 11, 2017 at 20:27
  • Thanks for the help guys, my plan was also to gather the drivers before the cleanup The thing is, the machine is one-of-a-kind, meaning that I can't really do a backup of the driverstore folder where it isn't infected
    – Frederik Popp
    Commented Apr 11, 2017 at 21:15
  • If that's the case, you can potentially backup the DriverStore folder and then scan it with at least a pair of good applications (like your antivirus application as well as Malwarebytes) to give you some peace of mind that the contents are relatively safe.
    – Run5k
    Commented Apr 11, 2017 at 21:18

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