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Windows drivers are regularly hundreds of megabytes if not gigabytes of vendor-applied value-added trash. There's no way they could cram them all into the OS. A
by olyjohn 4y ago
Windows drivers are regularly hundreds of megabytes if not gigabytes of vendor-applied value-added trash. There's no way they could cram them all into the OS. And it's never been the case that Microsoft tries to provide tons of drivers out of the box.
Also, you're supposed to be using the machine's restore functionality. You're not supposed to install the OS your own way. It's been this way forever. You installing your own OS is not what Microsoft cares about.
- watermelon0 4y agoMost Windows drivers are quite small, in the single megabyte range. The majority of the download size is either the installer or optional utilities that are installed with the driver, but are not necessary for the device to work. Graphics drivers (and to some extend audio drivers) are exceptions to this.