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How to Reinstall Bluetooth drivers on windows 10,8 ,& 7

Listed are the different ways which will help you to reinstall Bluetooth driver in PC

By AnkitaPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Before you reinstall a Bluetooth driver into your PC you need to understand what drivers are in a PC. A driver is a group of files that informs your PC’s hardware and guides its functioning by liaising with your operating system. Infact all associated pieces of hardware require some types of drivers to make them function seamlessly with ease. The drivers are frequently updated by your PC to ensure the smooth function of your system.

In order to reinstall a Bluetooth driver in your PC, you need to seek for your system’s compatibility for installing the required Bluetooth driver.

To look for systems compatibility follow these steps

  • Click on the search option on your taskbar.
  • Then enter settings, and click ok.
  • Click on system and then open about by clicking on it.
  • You can see your device specifications on the display window. It would be somewhat like this.

Methods to Reinstall Bluetooth driver in windows 10,7 & 8

Through device manager

Device manager is available in your PC’s control panel or settings option that manages your PC’s hardware.

Before you reinstall the Bluetooth driver in windows 10 you need to uninstall it. You can follow these elaborately mentioned steps below:

  • Click on the search box in your taskbar.
  • Enter device manager on the search box and click ok.
  • Search for the Bluetooth option in your device manager and click on it. Expand the Bluetooth category by clicking on it to see your adapter details.
  • Right click on the Bluetooth adapter entry and click on the uninstall option.
  • A dialogue box will appear asking to confirm the deletion of your driver, tick the delete the driver software for this device and click on uninstall.
  • Your Bluetooth driver will be uninstalled.

If you are using windows 10 platform then you need not trouble yourself to reinstall Bluetooth driver in windows 10, windows will automatically start the installation of missing Bluetooth driver after rebooting, in case if your system doesn’t reinstall the Bluetooth driver missing from your system automatically you can download it from the manufacturers website according to your systems compatibility and then reinstall Bluetooth driver by running the setup.

And if you are using Windows 7 or 8 then you need to visit your PC’s manufacturers website and seek for the Bluetooth driver file that might be compatible with your PC and download the compatible version of the driver for your operating system. But before downloading the file check for its compatibility with your system using the above mentioned method about checking system compatibility, And then install Bluetooth driver for windows pc by running up the setup file you have downloaded.

Using Device Booster

Driver Booster is a software that scans your PC for outdated drivers and updates them for you automatically, this enhances the overall functionality of your PC’s hardware. This software will aid you to reinstall Bluetooth driver in windows 10 with ease and you need not worry about any future updates cause this software automatically does it for you. The software has some inbuilt automatic features like It will automatically scan for outdated and missing drivers every time you launch a program or when you connect a device. And you can set fixed time intervals for scanning and updating drivers one by one or all at once with a single click.

You can use the following steps to utilise driver booster:

  • Download driver booster, Install the software and open it.
  • Click on the scan button after the software opens.
  • The driver booster will automatically start scanning for missing and outdated driver files in your PC.
  • After all of your system is scanned it will show you a list of missing and outdated drivers, click on the update option and the driver booster will automatically start downloading and will reinstall Bluetooth driver that’s missing.

Same method can be used for windows 7 and 8 as the driver booster software is compatible with all these windows. After you reinstall Bluetooth driver in your PC’s all the troubles you’ve been facing will vanish and your PC will function seamlessly without any problem.

Hope the above articles is informative and has helped you to reinstall Bluetooth driver in your PC

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