- Create a backup of your boot volume. For more information, see How to: Create a system image in Windows 10.
- Identify your NVIDIA GPU make and model before downloading the appropriate driver to make sure you have the correct drivers.
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Confirm the driver type you have. Your two choices are Standard and DCH. To determine your driver type, open the NVIDIA Control Panel and click System Information in the lower left corner of the control panel. In the System Information dialog, locate the type of driver next to the Driver Type field. If you do not see this field, you are most likely using a Standard driver.
NVIDIA DCH display drivers are supported on Windows 10 x64 April 2018 Update (Version 1803 OS Build 17134) and later versions. Go to this link for more information regarding driver types.
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Open the NVIDIA Driver Downloads page.

This might happen if the restart is pending or any NVIDIA service is still active in the background process under Task Manager. Restart your system if you get this error.
For more troubleshooting help, see Solving NVIDIA installer issues.