Does Lenovo provide drivers for installing a clean copy of windows 7
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Sure do! Every one that we have ordered we have put an ssd and clean install of windows 7. Turn off uefi mode in bios.
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This disk cannot be used to install or reinstall windows 7. If you have lost the drivers you will probably have to call the laptop maker and request a disk that will actually replace the drivers you lost. $40.00 or take your laptop to office depot and have them make you a disk for about the same. hope this helps Joseph.
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Windows 7 pro 64 is installed but the activation is failing. Does the computer come with a valid product key for windows 7?
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Greetings, Yes, both Windows 7 and 8.1 drivers are provided by Gigabyte for this BRIX. Best regards, MITXPC
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You can install Windows 7, but you will need a Windows 7 Activation key and drivers for the laptop. That last part gets a little more complicated.
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Not sure about the Lenovo. The Kingston SSD works very well with my HP Elitebook 2530p. No problems with installation and reloading OS and all software.
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No, their should be a generic driver built in to the Operating system of whatever you are installing it in. Then a proper driver can be downloaded and installed after the fact.
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From what i have found it is not possible to downgrade to Windows 7 pro unless you have Windows 8 pro. You can however put windows 7 on this computer but you could void your warranty in the process depending on Lenovo and you will have to format the disk which will cause you to loose your recovery partition. So if your absolutely positive you do not want Windows 8 you can do this. I recommend installing all windows 8 updates first, after that you can go into your Intel program and update your drivers from there. Lastly update your NVIDIA driver via the website which can detect what you have. I have not had any problems since doing it this order. I do not have Windows 8.1. From what i have found it is not possible to downgrade to Windows 7 pro unless you have Windows 8 pro. You can however put windows 7 on this computer but you could void your warranty in the process depending on Lenovo and you will have to format the disk which will cause you to loose your recovery partition. So if your absolutely positive you do not want Windows 8 you can do this. I recommend installing all windows 8 updates first, after that you can go into your Intel program and update your drivers from there. Lastly update your NVIDIA driver via the website which can detect what you... » Read More From what i have found it is not possible to downgrade to Windows 7 pro unless you have Windows 8 pro. You can however put windows 7 on this computer but you could void your warranty in the process depending on Lenovo and you will have to format the disk which will cause you to loose your recovery partition. So if your absolutely positive you do not want Windows 8 you can do this. I recommend installing all windows 8 updates first, after that you can go into your Intel program and update your drivers from there. Lastly update your NVIDIA driver via the website which can detect what you have. I have not had any problems since doing it this order. I do not have Windows 8.1. « Show Less
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while I don' t have a clear cut answer, I do have one that works. See if it at least is at least recognized in device manager under Windows' control panel. If it is, you might right click on properties and have windows look for a new driver on the net. You might want.to reformat it under fat32 or NTFS....
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This disc drive did not work on a Lenovo Thinkpad with an OS of Windows 7. This disc drive needs a power source that the Lenovo Thinkpad did not adequately supply and thus I returned the disc drive. The sellers of the disc drive were very good about communicating with me through several e-mails about the nature of the problem and made several suggestions about how to deal with it. When all attempts failed, they realized this drive was not compatible with the computer and were great about taking it back for a full refund. I do not know enough about the U310 Ideapad but be sure it can supply the power needed to operate this disk drive. This disc drive did not work on a Lenovo Thinkpad with an OS of Windows 7. This disc drive needs a power source that the Lenovo Thinkpad did not adequately supply and thus I returned the disc drive. The sellers of the disc drive were very good about communicating with me through several e-mails about the nature of the problem and made several suggestions about how to deal with it. When all attempts failed, they realized this drive was not compatible with the computer and were great about taking it back for a full refund. I do not know enough about the U310 Ideapad but be sure it can supply... » Read More This disc drive did not work on a Lenovo Thinkpad with an OS of Windows 7. This disc drive needs a power source that the Lenovo Thinkpad did not adequately supply and thus I returned the disc drive. The sellers of the disc drive were very good about communicating with me through several e-mails about the nature of the problem and made several suggestions about how to deal with it. When all attempts failed, they realized this drive was not compatible with the computer and were great about taking it back for a full refund. I do not know enough about the U310 Ideapad but be sure it can supply the power needed to operate this disk drive. « Show Less
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Yes. It takes a few minutes for windows to find and install the driver, but they work well on our windows 7 machines.
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No. I wouldn't count on any of the drivers working. You most likely will have to download a generic driver or let windows update find it for you
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I am wondering if the newer built 860s have windows 7 drivers in the cd rom now?
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Yes, this computer comes with Windows 7 Pro 64-bit preinstalled by Lenovo. It's also licensed for Windows 8 Pro and comes with Windows 8 Pro recovery disks for future upgrade.
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As long as the driver at Lenovo's site will run on your laptop you should not have any issues. Hope this helps
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I would also like to know if the download installation is Windows 7 compatible.
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Roof, if you do a clean install of the 8.1 operating system from the disks, there would not be any Lenovo programs or bloatware, right?