Wdw8 down to Wdw7 in laptop
If I buy a new HD for my Toshiba - which came with WDW8 - can I just install a new WDW7 program on it and toss this WDW8 OS in the trash can where it belongs ... What I want is WDW7, but couldn't f...
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First maybe someone can explain what is different in the laptop once the HD is wiped clean and a complete new OS is installed from the Wdw7 Disks - which I purchased for my last laptop.
Where does this other stuff (drivers etc) live, if not on the HD? I'm thinking memory or other activities (like Word and Photoshop are separate programs and we add it, and it lives on the HD too.
SO, one, I'm curious about this stuff so I like to investigate and understand it, and two, am upset that a company continuously builds a new product that forces you to also buy new programs when the laptop or PC fails.
As far as 'modifying' the Wdw8 program, it is still going to act and respond through the Wdw8 OS, so it will only "look different' not act different. And, I'm betting even when it looks different, it will still 'fudge' my transfer documents.
For eample: When the editor emailed my word doc in MSWord form (same form I sent her) it transferred my word document into the new word format automatically, even though I do not have that program. SO, now, in order to open this word document, I have to buy the new one. NOTE: In fact, I manipulated the download and finally opened it with wordpad - but I lose formatting and it creates an extra editing step to fix it - but I shouldn't have to do the every time.
The real issue here for me - is not so much buying a new PC, it's buying everything new to go with it, or I can't operate effectively. That's the real burn here. I own a program, it should not be invalidated because I bought a new PC. And each time I try to use it (or even learn it) the pages keep taking me to places I don't want to go, and to sales pitches for items I don't want or need. And, when you try to back out, it's always two or three steps or even four to get back to where I just was, so I can continue.
SO, what I'd like to do is simply go back to Wdw7 on this laptop, so all my units are the same OS. I'm dreaming...
Where does this other stuff (drivers etc) live, if not on the HD? I'm thinking memory or other activities (like Word and Photoshop are separate programs and we add it, and it lives on the HD too.
SO, one, I'm curious about this stuff so I like to investigate and understand it, and two, am upset that a company continuously builds a new product that forces you to also buy new programs when the laptop or PC fails.
As far as 'modifying' the Wdw8 program, it is still going to act and respond through the Wdw8 OS, so it will only "look different' not act different. And, I'm betting even when it looks different, it will still 'fudge' my transfer documents.
For eample: When the editor emailed my word doc in MSWord form (same form I sent her) it transferred my word document into the new word format automatically, even though I do not have that program. SO, now, in order to open this word document, I have to buy the new one. NOTE: In fact, I manipulated the download and finally opened it with wordpad - but I lose formatting and it creates an extra editing step to fix it - but I shouldn't have to do the every time.
The real issue here for me - is not so much buying a new PC, it's buying everything new to go with it, or I can't operate effectively. That's the real burn here. I own a program, it should not be invalidated because I bought a new PC. And each time I try to use it (or even learn it) the pages keep taking me to places I don't want to go, and to sales pitches for items I don't want or need. And, when you try to back out, it's always two or three steps or even four to get back to where I just was, so I can continue.
SO, what I'd like to do is simply go back to Wdw7 on this laptop, so all my units are the same OS. I'm dreaming...
