Ethernet not working after using recovery drive

BobbyVP said:

My particular network adapter is Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller.

I've got about 6 of those. Very common network controller that is supported by Windows 10.

Click on search and type network, then click to open Network and Sharing center. Click on Change adapter settings on the left. Right-click on your network connection and select Properties. Click on Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and then Properties. This should be to automatic both in IP and DNS. If not, set it to auto and then click OK and OK. You may have to disable the adapter (right-click on it) and enable it again for changes to take effect. If this doesn't work, try updating the Ethernet drivers.

Ztruker said:

Many of us have Realtek NICs and they work fine under Win 10.

I can see why someone thought my two threads should be combined but I was actually trying to figure out two separate things. I get that realtek should work fine on windows 10 with everything in place. My main question from first thread was where/how to find out which drivers would come with windows 10 if you were installing it on a newly wiped drive.

I ask this because I will not be able to use other usb/hdd to transfer drivers to the clean install so I want to be sure it comes with ethernet driver before I do it.

As for the second thread I figured it out.

For Realtek Gigabit LAN adapters, the correct driver is at 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet -> PCI Express. To make sure, use Aida64 to see the exact model.

BobbyVP said:

My main question from first thread was where/how to find out which drivers would come with windows 10 if you were installing it on a newly wiped drive.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/driverview.html will show all your drivers. From this the ones where product name = "Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" are supplied by Windows. The others you (or your OEM) added.