Installing hardware drivers for Windows: easy to think but difficult?

If you use the included Driver disk to install for Windows, you should take care to avoid installing unnecessary components for Windows. After installing Windows, the next thing users usually do is to find, download and install a computer hardware driver for Windows to identify and exploit the power of the system.

If you are accompanied by a DVD with a driver that includes drivers and software for your computer, you can use it immediately, but if you install all the components included in the included DVD, then your system may become heavy and warm up time can be extended. Therefore you should consult some of our ideas in this article.

Download and install the minimum driver software required for Windows

Manufacturers often provide additional download support for the Driver software - usually Laptop - and they are arranged in groups of hardware. Besides, the manufacturer also provides a software package containing all the Driver software according to the model line so that users can save download time. However, you can still choose smaller packages if you know what your drivers need to install.

This method is quite good but is currently applied by a few manufacturers.

Avoid junk settings

Some installers will give you the option to install exactly what is needed. And through that you can remove unnecessary software installations and only prioritize the installation of driver drivers. Often these options are placed in the options section named 'Custom', if available. Otherwise, you don't need to be surprised if you have to install it all.

Unzip the installation and reinstall packages by manual method

Even if the manufacturer only provides a large package that contains the driver software and associated applications, you still have a way to choose to install only the driver, which is to extract them.

Often small packages will be packaged into a large EXE or ISO format package, and you can easily extract them to extract the internal components. Sometimes you can open this installation file with a file extraction tool - typically 7-Zip to see the internal components and extract it manually.

After the extraction is complete, you can install them manually by opening Device Manager , clicking on the hardware name to install and choosing Update Driver Software.

Next, navigate to the location of the extracted driver packages, Windows will automatically identify and install them automatically.

Thus, your Windows will avoid installing redundant components that affect computer performance.