Issue performing a clean Windows installation
My graphics driver seems to be throwing errors even after being updated using a clean installation as one of the Heroes in the bug forum pointed out after looking at my dxdiag. With that said, my p...
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Nightgypsy Having a RAID setup would certainly do it. The type would definitely matter if you cared about data loss, but since you're wiping the drive(s) anyway, I guess you don't have to care about that. In case you're still poking around, this is a case where the Wikipedia entry has all the relevant information and not too much extra.
In terms of reinstalling Windows, the way I would go about it is to save the graphics driver, and all the drivers from the product support site, on a separate USB. Perform an offline installation of Windows 11 so that the OS doesn't install any drivers for you at all. Install your saved chipset drivers, reboot, install the graphics driver, reboot again, install any other drivers HP provides (and not any bloatware it pushes, of course), and only then go back online. You'd get exactly the drivers you want before Windows had a chance to interfere in the process, and offline also means you can keep your Windows account local.
You do of course need a separate drive or USB, or at least a separate partition on your existing one, since creating the bootable installer erases anything else on that drive.
If you were to perform an online installation, Windows would definitely attempt to install the graphics and chipset drivers it found suitable, which you could replace later, so it's probably fine but maybe not as clean an approach as you're looking for.
The Windows 11 usb drive is a bootable installer and the used space on it is only 5.15 of 22GB. I was going to put a folder on it with everything I needed in it. That would work right? I do have two drives on the pc and was thinking I would wipe both drives and install windows to what is currently the D: drive. It is 2TB and the one Windows is on right now is only 1TB. With my games I only have 388GB free on C: and I don't even have Sims 2 or 3 installed atm. I don't keep data on my pc as I use externals for that and disconnect them when not needed. So switching the drives would just give my C: more room. I do not see any difference between the two drives in the drive properties. and they're both listed as basic drives. I don't think I am missing anything there?
I'm going to remove my hdmi switcher and connect the hdmi cable directly to the tv. I'm not sure that would cause any problems but it seems better to disconnect any unnecessary external devices and I don't really need it right now since I left my job after a car accident and returned the iMac.
I will definitely do the installation offline, glad you mentioned that because I might have forgotten. I'll have to go back and get the other drivers you mentioned. I thought I could just get those afterwards. The problem is even though they know my machine, they show all of this different stuff that is meant for different machines. If I use the option for them to autodetect, it sounded like they might only offer items that I don't already have installed. I guess I can try it to be sure as it would be much easier to get everything you said and know it was the right ones if I do it that way.
I was just reading that wikipedia about the raid setups and I think that blew up my brain. I can't determine which one my computer is using because most mention splitting data across drives and my D: has nothing on it but what I put there. There is a folder but it would normally be hidden and is probably just the usual windows stuff. I guess I will have to look in my bios and see if I can tell there. I'm not sure it makes a difference but if I get asked to make a choice during installation I need to know the answer. That would be my luck. So, I am going to grab some sleep and be ready to tackle all of this over coffee later lol. I really appreciate your help as I wouldn't have known to prepare more without you making me realize that I needed to. It's bananas I am doing all of this for my darn sims lol. Not totally, but definitely in the moment. So thank you,
So I just went in to my bios to check on the drive configuration and now I am really confused. The drives are not set up as raid. There has to be something, somewhere that said they were. I wouldn't just make that up. I wonder if I could have somehow messed everything up somehow the last time I was attempting this. I don't see how though when the installer wouldn't see the drives. I can access them through disk management but I wouldn't have attempted anything with the drives while in a live environment. With that said I did find that the C: is a PCIe drive and D: is sata so that foils my switching them at this time.
Ok now I'm off to try and get the drivers you mentioned.
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