Hello, I have a Dell XPS 8500 and just did a "reset" of my Windows 10 upgrade, which kept all my files but deleted all the installed programs. I knew it would do that, but I didn't realize just how many of the programs were actually pre-installed from Dell when I bought my computer, and I didn't even think to write down the entire list of all those programs or, better yet, to have saved them to a CD beforehand. Lesson learned...
So my question is, how do I get back all those pre-installed programs? The only CD that came with my system is the "Drivers and Utilities," and I already checked that and none of the programs are on there. So are they on a partition somewhere and I can choose which ones to re-install?
Here's a few examples of the programs I'm wanting to get back since some of them seem kinda important?...
- Intel(R) Manageability Engine Firmware Recovery Agent
- Intel(R) Management Engine Components Intel Corporation 8.0.1.1399
- Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Intel Corporation 12.8.0.1016
- Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver Intel Corporation 1.0.3.214
- Intel® Trusted Connect Service Client
- Cisco EAP-FAST Module Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.2.14
- Cisco LEAP Module Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.0.19
- Cisco PEAP Module
- PlayReady PC Runtime amd64
Those are just a clump of the ones I had written down in the past, but I'm sure there are other pre-installed programs that I didn't list, but have lost.
P.S. My computer seems to be working perfectly fine, so I guess the missing programs aren't affecting the everyday usage of my computer, but I'm sort of an amateur so I don't know how I would tell if they were? I don't really know what some of the missing programs actually do, or if I will need them for something in the future. (There was one program I remember I had called "Dell DataSafe Local Backup" and judging by its name, I can tell that I probably don't need it since I use File History for backup in Windows 10.)
All my drivers appear to be up-to-date from what I can see in the Device Manager, by the way. (Just an FYI in case it's important.)
Thanks in advance!