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    Clean install Windows 10

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by LinkinForcer, Dec 1, 2015.

  1. LinkinForcer

    LinkinForcer Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    Just looking for some insight. I'm planing on clean installing windows 10 on my 2013 Alienware 17. I've got all the drivers from the Dell site.

    Does anyone know if I can skip connecting to the Internet on the install of windows 10 so that I can install these drivers first before the windows update try to do it for me?
     
    LinkinForcer, Dec 1, 2015
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  2. nick81

    nick81 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey man

    You can always install the drivers on top of the old ones. Never had an issue with that. Anyway, you can certainly install windows 10 without being connected to the internet. However I am almost sure this won't prevent Windows from installing default drivers for most of the devices in your laptop... The only exceptions in my case were the free fall sensor and the on screen display.
     
    nick81, Dec 2, 2015
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