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| Thread ID: 104071 | 2009-10-15 10:45:00 | just installed windows7. now usb ports dont work | caviliar (15021) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 820964 | 2009-10-16 03:37:00 | Looks like people have been having probs with Win7 and USB according to google. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 820965 | 2009-10-16 03:59:00 | Just out of interest, where did you get the OS from - in the report it says "OS: Windows 7 Professional" |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 820966 | 2009-10-16 04:26:00 | Just out of interest, where did you get the OS from - in the report it says "OS: Windows 7 Professional" i got it from the microsoft student website. comes with a legit cd key and stuff |
caviliar (15021) | ||
| 820967 | 2009-10-16 05:20:00 | I'd try a re-install then, tell it *not* to do Automatic Updates and see how you go :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 820968 | 2009-10-16 05:30:00 | I'd try a re-install then, tell it *not* to do Automatic Updates and see how you go :) ok question. first.. if i do a factory restore will it go back to vista? second.. if not above, then if i reload vista on with an install cd, then would upgrading or something to win7 be better? third... or should i just clean install win7 again |
caviliar (15021) | ||
| 820969 | 2009-10-16 05:56:00 | The reason I asked Re where you got it from is becasue its not available to the general public yet - but the student along with various other places is. If the laptop has a recovery partition, doing a factory reinstall will put back what it came with - prob Vista. IF you put back Vista, then did an upgrade, be prepared for a lonnnggggg wait. There have been reports of an upgrade talking anywhere from 5 - 25 hours. What I would do is this - reload the factory default - see if the ports work. If they do, then do a clean install of W7 - if the ports then play up again, you will know its not fully compatible with w7. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 820970 | 2009-10-16 06:18:00 | ok. so question haha. how to do a factory reinstall? never done one b4 | caviliar (15021) | ||
| 820971 | 2009-10-16 06:27:00 | "Normally" Theres two ways. 1. On start up you press a key combo to start / Enter the recovery partition (assuming it has one) OR you will have been prompted when the PC was first started ( when you got it) to make recovery DVD's. 2. From within the start menu - but if the original OS has been deleted then that wont help. When you start the PC, it sometimes tells you ( quickly) what keys to press to start a recovery. Other wise you may have to get hold of a Vista DVD and install from that, along with drivers. When you open W7 - look under "Computer" where the drives are, does it show another smaller drive / partition. Just had a very quick look back over the posts ??? - IS this a laptop, or PC and if so what brand/ model. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 820972 | 2009-10-16 06:34:00 | If you do a factory restore then want to go *back* to Win7, when you pop the disc in, tell it you want a CUSTOM install, not an upgrade. As Wainuitech says, it's been known to take ALL day :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 820973 | 2009-10-16 06:54:00 | If you do a factory restore then want to go *back* to Win7, when you pop the disc in, tell it you want a CUSTOM install, not an upgrade. As Wainuitech says, it's been known to take ALL day :D TBH I don't find that there's is anything wrong with that. Its not like you sit there waiting for it all day lol:p |
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