Of course one of the most important things to understand as a newbie in the crypto space is how to secure your digital assets. Therefore I decided to give air gapping a try In other to understand air gapping I tried air gapping an old windows PC today since I didn't know a lot of technical stuff about the internal components of the computer I decided to uninstall all network drivers on the computer I tried doing this from my windows control panel.
Will this still count as an air gapped device or do I still have to remove the hard ware networking components from the PC board?
Since you said "old windows PC", does that mean the current OS has been installed long time ago and already connected to internet many times? If yes, people usually don't count it as airgapped PC. At least, you should format the storage, reinstall the OS and install other necessary software (such as wallet software) and never connect to internet again. And it's recommended to remove networking component if it's possible.
What about flashing the BIOS? In theory, malicious programs from hackers could also be installed there.
Networking components are now integrated into the motherboard, unless it is a very old computer in which the network cards were external and removable. How to be in this case? The Wi-Fi module is unlikely to be integrated into the board, but can the input for the RJ-45 connector just be desoldered just in case?