Windows 7 fresh install help

[iSpeedGuy]

so i just removed windows 10  from my acer aspire and installed windows 7 ultimate, no problem, but when i tried to connect usb so i can pass all the drivers it doeskin appear at all, needless to say that the usb works just fine.

Checked under the disk manager and it doesn't appear there, tried connecting my phone and it does charge it, but there is no prompt about the device not being recognized it just doesn't do anything.

 

Could really use some help here

[Ensho]

USB 3.0?  You are going to need a usb 3.0 driver for Windows 7 I believe.

[Droidbot]

Try a 2.0 port, 7 has no built in USB3

[iSpeedGuy]

Just now, Ensho said:

USB 3.0?  You are going to need a usb 3.0 driver for Windows 7 I believe.

both 3.0 and 2 as a matter of fact not even the ethernet port works

[iSpeedGuy]

Just now, Droidbot said:

Try a 2.0 port, 7 has no built in USB3

tried in both ports and nothing

[Ensho]

If the USB port does not work, how did you install W7?  DVD?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, iSpeedGuy said:

tried in both ports and nothing

Just run Windows 10 orLinux .  There isn't good driver support in 7 and that hardware probably isn't supported in 7. 

[iSpeedGuy]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Just run Windows 10 orLinux .  There isn't good driver support in 7 and that hardware probably isn't supported in 7. 

thing is windows 10 was giving hella problems, thats why im downgrading

 

[LabRat]

you need to install drivers for the ethernet and usb's.

[Sors]

In new PCs, even the USB 2.0 ports depend on the 3.0 chip, you need to install the USB drivers for them to work.  Probably the Ethernet drivers too if that is not working either.

[iSpeedGuy]

2 hours ago, Sors said:

In new PCs, even the USB 2.0 ports depend on the 3.0 chip, you need to install the USB drivers for them to work.  Probably the Ethernet drivers too if that is not working either.

thing is i can connect any usb to install any of those and it doesnt have a dvd drive

 

[iSpeedGuy]

also i tried putting windows 10 back on it and i think the usb thing is messing with it, cus when i boot it from bios i get an error saying this: 

https://gyazo.com/caf6462c1726f8dc0ca0f4a0295c45d0 and ofc the usb is plugged in

[Sors]

5 hours ago, iSpeedGuy said:

thing is i can connect any usb to install any of those and it doesnt have a dvd drive

 

Recently I had this problem with a new system that a client wanted to use with win 7,  I had to boot with a linux CD, download the drivers into the hard drive, restart and then run the drivers setup in windows.

 

If you installed win 7 over the original win 10 install, it could have deleted some sections of the disc, win 10 creates something like 5 partitions, if win 7 damaged any of them is likely that you can't restore the system from that same disc, you'll need a win 10 disc.

[Nostalgia_Realm]

13 minutes ago, Sors said:

Recently I had this problem with a new system that a client wanted to use with win 7,  I had to boot with a linux CD, download the drivers into the hard drive, restart and then run the drivers setup in windows.

 

If you installed win 7 over the original win 10 install, it could have deleted some sections of the disc, win 10 creates something like 5 partitions, if win 7 damaged any of them is likely that you can't restore the system from that same disc, you'll need a win 10 disc.

Just as an FYI, Windows 10 creates two partitions on a legacy based system. It creates 3 on a UEFI based system.

[Sors]

Just now, MSWindowsinside said:

Just as an FYI, Windows 10 creates two partitions on a legacy based system. It creates 3 on a UEFI based system.

Nope, that is not correct.     I have installed it several times, and it creates at least 4 partitions every single time in a blank drive.

 

 

In this laptop I created the D partition, and the rest was made by win 10.