Installing on top of previous driver install

[chrcoluk]

If i deselect components and install this as an upgrade over an existing driver would those components on the old driver still be installed or does this remove them?

 

[W1zzard]

It removes them. The NVIDIA installer will automatically remove the previous driver completely, before installing the new one.

 

[chrcoluk]

Awesome, and thank you for responding so quickly.

 

[WatEagle]

if you have nvidia when installing new drivers to be extra sure (that's what I always do), you can tick "perform a clean install" in the main window

 

[chrcoluk]

if you have nvidia when installing new drivers to be extra sure (that's what I always do), you can tick "perform a clean install" in the main window

I asked the question as I wanted to preserve my settings, so the answer was the ideal one, although sadly nvidia driver updates still have a habit of overwriting profiles.

 

[ChameleonNeeko]

I asked the question as I wanted to preserve my settings, so the answer was the ideal one, although sadly nvidia driver updates still have a habit of overwriting profiles.

Go to C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs then copy "nvdrsdb0.bin" and "nvdrsdb1.bin" to your desktop. Do your clean install and then put them back there. They contain almost all of your settings. (Like 99% of it)

 

[phaolo]

If i deselect components and install this as an upgrade over an existing driver would those components on the old driver still be installed or does this remove them?

In the past I added NvContainer (from Driver Slimmer) and the new basic installation with NVCleanstall didn't remove it until I selected "perform a clean install".

I asked the question as I wanted to preserve my settings, so the answer was the ideal one, although sadly nvidia driver updates still have a habit of overwriting profiles.

The installation seems to preserve graphic settings, unless you select the clean option.
Sadly, HD audio settings are always lost, instead.

Go to C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs then copy "nvdrsdb0.bin" and "nvdrsdb1.bin" to your desktop. Do your clean install and then put them back there. They contain almost all of your settings. (Like 99% of it)

I the second maybe just a backup? The files are identical in size.

 

[ChameleonNeeko]

I the second maybe just a backup? The files are identical in size.

IIRC, one of them is your global profile and the other is the program specific settings. Save them both to keep all your settings.