Window 8 to Windows 7
As some have followed the dilemma - we tried to load the Windows 7 OS on this Windows 8 LT ... no luck, the W8 would not allow me to load the Wdw7 OS... So, do I have to wipe out the W8 first? IF ...
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QUOTE: "If your SIL techie couldn't get Win7 loaded, it's time to bite the bullet and take it to a computer shop. Installing an OS can have many different problems depending on current and desired configurations. Do you really want to get 20 minutes into the install, then have to wait while you post another question on an RV forum?"
NOPE ... :)
QUOTE: "We run into problems like this everyday at work. To properly load the WIN 7, you will need to format the hard drive. Easist way is get another hard drive and load WIN 7 on it, then have the WIN 8 hard drive as back up. You will also need the driver disk for all the different items in the computer, video, network, wifi, usb, etc."
Ding, ding ding, we have a winner (s) here. This has been hassling me for months on the road, and I wanted to wait until I got home. Now, home. Called a tech today right down the road, he said:
Quote: I can make my entire living back-loading Wdw7 on Wdw8 machines - and will do it for $40 ... Drop it off for two hours - Monkey can't beat that deal anywhere. One huge headache gone tomorrow.
And for those folks that think finger slashing and touch screen is wave of the future -- maybe so, but I don't need it or want it. I do just fine with this technology I know and learned. And won't run out a buy a new one every time MS wiggles its fingers.
Don't need new tech for my work or my play. So, will be satisfied with Wdw7 for a very long time. I once went in and exchanged my cell phone when it quit working totally. The phone guy said: "Wow, I've never seen a phone that old." Still have one that only answers the phone, and doesn't contain my entire life its little black box. Course, that's just an old monkey talking.
NOPE ... :)
QUOTE: "We run into problems like this everyday at work. To properly load the WIN 7, you will need to format the hard drive. Easist way is get another hard drive and load WIN 7 on it, then have the WIN 8 hard drive as back up. You will also need the driver disk for all the different items in the computer, video, network, wifi, usb, etc."
Ding, ding ding, we have a winner (s) here. This has been hassling me for months on the road, and I wanted to wait until I got home. Now, home. Called a tech today right down the road, he said:
Quote: I can make my entire living back-loading Wdw7 on Wdw8 machines - and will do it for $40 ... Drop it off for two hours - Monkey can't beat that deal anywhere. One huge headache gone tomorrow.
And for those folks that think finger slashing and touch screen is wave of the future -- maybe so, but I don't need it or want it. I do just fine with this technology I know and learned. And won't run out a buy a new one every time MS wiggles its fingers.
Don't need new tech for my work or my play. So, will be satisfied with Wdw7 for a very long time. I once went in and exchanged my cell phone when it quit working totally. The phone guy said: "Wow, I've never seen a phone that old." Still have one that only answers the phone, and doesn't contain my entire life its little black box. Course, that's just an old monkey talking.
