Can i delete my motherboard driver files after downloading>

YungTeq said:. Joined Oct 3, Messages 0. He will keep the compressed files zip, rar, 7z.. Joined Nov 7, Messages 0. Washington, MD System Specs. I just delete all the folders from the motherboard drivers from download folder in file explorer after I installed them. Joined Oct 22, Messages 12, 4. Last edited by a moderator: Aug 18, I have one more question if I download the motherboard driver and it is in my download folder and I extracted the folder but I downloaded the wrong folder driver version can I delete it in my download folder like nothing happen is there any side affect if I just downloaded a folder driver from the motherboard website and extracted the folder and deleted it after in the download folder because I downloaded the wrong one but I did not run the folder that I accidentally downloaded and extracted it I just deleted it because from download folder because it was the wrong one.

Last edited: Aug 18, Fry said:. Joined Dec 31, Messages 19, 4. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Can I delete the unzipped driver files after I've installed the new drivers?

Thread starter Elliah Start date Jul 3, Status Not open for further replies. If you installed them you can delete but it wouldn't hurt to have them tucked away if you ever need to reformat.

I'm sort of a pack rat, and I save the. Not better or worse, just my preference. There might be a limited time span a few years after which they just disappear Then again, there are many sites such as DriverGuide. So what do I do? Without drivers installed, Windows will not be able to communicate with the hardware. Windows 10 comes with a collection of trusted driver packages of the most common hardware from Microsoft and third-party vendors. This is called the Driver Store.

Windows 10 saves all the drivers inside of this folder called DriverStore. Its exact location is:. Since the files inside this folder are critical for system functioning, it is advisable not to touch the folder. Over time, Windows will keep on installing device drivers for all new hardware plugged into the PC like printers, USB devices, monitors, etc.

If new drivers are available for a particular device, Windows will automatically try to download and install the latest version through Windows Update. There is one caveat to this. While Windows keeps on adding and installing new drivers, it will not delete the old ones.

The old drivers keep on taking up hard drive space and eventually will fill up the system drive. This is when you should worry about deleting old drivers from the system to free up disk space from the system volume. There are a few ways to clean up the old drivers safely. We will discuss each method step by step.