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?
I think that's good enough. The most important thing is that your device has never been connected to the internet; then you're good to go. However, it would be even better if you physically remove your network components to ensure that your device would never connect to any network.
And will it be possible for an hacker to install those drivers remotely?
It won't be possible for a hacker to install any network drivers remotely if the PC isn't connected to any network especially if you remove your internal components from it. You'd be fully safe to go in that case.
The only way you could get hacked is if the hacker physically steals your air-gapped PC.