[stvsxm]

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 ?  

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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.

[phillpower2]

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.

[stvsxm]

 

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.

[phillpower2]

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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

[stvsxm]

 

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.

[phillpower2]

You are welcome 

[stvsxm]

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 ?

[phillpower2]

Not sure what went on but looks like the site may have been down.

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.

[phillpower2]

No follow up from the OP so thread marked.