Windows 10: clean-install win10 and re-install hp-factory-installed drivers, apps

hi,
i own a HP laptop (model number A1U59AV - HP Pavilion dv6t-6c00 CTO Quad Edition Entertainment Notebook PC - Driver Downloads | HP® Customer Support ). my laptop came pre-installed with genuine windows 7 home-premium and the corresponding drivers and many software-applications developed by HP and also some third-party software-applications. i had made a recovery-disc-set of 5 DVDs. after some years i made use of the windows 10 free upgrade offer, to upgrade to genuine windows 10 home.
now i am currently running 1803 version of w10

. the current situation is that i suspect the infestation of a crypto-miner in my laptop; my DNS has been hijacked to 127.7.7.14 as reported by my AV software; also the windows 10 installation is really slow to boot up. i am planning to do a clean-install of my windows 10 without retaining anything. and then i want to install the drivers and the above-mentioned 'free' software-applications that came as part of my purchase of the laptop. my doubts now are:
1. will the windows setup ask for serial number during installation, or it will be automatically activated online based on my hardware-signature? (i am not using local account and not a MS account on the laptop) if it will ask, how do i get the serial number from the current installation? or do i need to link this to a MS account?

2. i dont want the windows setup program to FORMAT my HDD while installing w10. just a deletion of the old files would suffice. i stress this because my HDD is already old and i dont want it to be formatted again and again unnecessarily.

3. since i am on a limited-data-metered-network, i dont want to download all the software again. how can i install the drivers and the above-mentioned 'free' software-applications that came as part of my purchase of the laptop, from my recovery-disc-set? do i need to install the HP recovery manager software again to achieve this?

step by step instructions would be helpful. thanks in advance to anyone for your expertise in helping me. awaiting help at the earliest

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Re-Installing HP drivers....

Hey guys!

So I just reformatted my Aunt's HP/Compaq Laptop (CQ42-292TX) and now I'm installing the drivers, but it looks like it won't

I've tried downloading and installing the drivers from the HP website, and all of them would just fail. (Even if they finished) Also the Intel driver would just show "This computer does not meet the requirements.." blah blah blah even if there's no driver installed.

the only drivers I need is:

Wi-Fi driver

what I have:
Graphics Driver (I already have the latest from AMD and Intel...)

the AMD driver would just finish installing but Catalyst won't show up :/

I'll try safe mode

Quick replies and any suggestions are welcome (except setting it to Wumbo)

Thanks!

 

Clean Install Workaround for Vista

You may remember this news story on techPowerUp! a couple of days ago relating to the lack of clean installs when using the Upgrade Editions of Vista, which required an old OS to be installed. However, Paul Thurrott has managed to find a workaround for this issue, which ironically lets users do a clean install Vista without any previous version of Windows, albeit a little tedious. Here are the steps:

• Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD as normal
• When prompted for a product code, leave this blank
• Select the version of Vista you have purchased and let Vista install
• When you boot to your desktop for the first time, run the Vista setup from Windows
• This time enter your product key
• When asked whether you want to do an Upgrade of Custom install, select custom and choose a clean install
• Windows will now install for a second time and you should be able to activate it

Remember, these steps are only advised for use in order to achieve a clean install of Vista, it is only legal to use the upgrade editions if you have previously purchased the appropriate version of Windows.

Source: DailyTech

 

I cant get drivers to install

Read my guide, goes step buy step for nvidia driver install. Though I use a different driver cause I got 8 series, same method of installation