hi, bought a new asus e410 and it has win 10 on it which i hate. i have factory win 7 discs and want to install . do i format this hd and the go from there or is there a way around that so i don't lose all the bios and the drivers and every other thing ?

new computer and want to wipe win 10

Best Answer phillpower2 , 06 November 2022 - 11:06 AM
are you saying i'm locked into formatting and starting over ? Nope, I`m saying that it will most likely not work properly and in fact it may not work at all, there are... Go to the full post »
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Posted 06 November 2022 - 09:55 AM

#2
Posted 06 November 2022 - 10:04 AM

is there a way around that so i don't lose all the bios and the drivers and every other thing ?
You won`t have a problem with the BIOS but you will with the lack of Windows 7 drivers and AV protection.
Check here and you will see that there are only Windows 10 and 11 drivers.
What is is that you do not like about Windows 10.
#3
Posted 06 November 2022 - 10:43 AM

is there a way around that so i don't lose all the bios and the drivers and every other thing ?
You won`t have a problem with the BIOS but you will with the lack of Windows 7 drivers and AV protection.
Check here and you will see that there are only Windows 10 and 11 drivers.
What is is that you do not like about Windows 10.
i just hate the way it works. i'm a bit of a dinosaur... 72 year old retired engineer. im used to a system where things are in plain sight . with this 10 its all hidden and everytime i try to do someting i get screens that say " are you sure you want to do this ? why not try this " i want it to just shut up and leave me alone .... it seems to be an " entertainment " OS rather than a functional OS. are you saying i'm locked into formatting and starting over ?
Edited by stvsxm, 06 November 2022 - 10:44 AM.
#4
Posted 06 November 2022 - 11:06 AM

are you saying i'm locked into formatting and starting over ?
#5
Posted 06 November 2022 - 11:42 AM

are you saying i'm locked into formatting and starting over ?
Nope, I`m saying that it will most likely not work properly and in fact it may not work at all, there are no Windows 7 drivers available and one of the most important devices on your sort of computer is the NIC (network interface card) is a device that needs Windows 10 or 11 drivers.Fwiw, they should be banned from selling such low spec computers with Windows installed on them, a 256GB SSD is the minimum that Windows should be installed on, your computer would be better with a Linux OS.You may want to check out Vistart, I've been using it since Windows 8 days and use the Windows 7 skin, download from here
thx. ill take a whack at it.
#6
Posted 06 November 2022 - 12:17 PM

You are welcome
#7
Posted 07 November 2022 - 02:08 AM

You are welcome
let me ask you this , please, i have a 1 tb external hd that i used to use for back ups and things.... suppose i scrub that ... could i then do a fresh install of win 7 on that and boot from that and use that to run this machine ? i used to have a big dell that had 2 hd in it and i did it with that but they were built in and it was configured to operate that way.... can an external hd do the same thing ?
#8
Posted 10 November 2022 - 03:29 AM

In answer to your question, installing W7 to an external drive will not change the fact that there are no W7 drivers for your computer.
Have you tried Vistart yet.
#9
Posted 13 November 2022 - 03:38 AM

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