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    G51 BB Model Win 7 Install

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by redprodigy35, Nov 7, 2010.

  1. redprodigy35

    redprodigy35 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all did some reading around the forum and saw many guides, but still am confused as to what the best way to install Win 7 with all correct drivers? I have a clean Win 7 CD that I'd like to use to install. The g51 i got comes with win 64 recovery media and drivers...

    Should I:

    1.) Install Win 7 fresh, and then run win64 driver cd in compatibility mode? This sounds painless, but I wouldnt want all the bloatware junk installing, only the necessary drivers.

    2.) Install Win 7 fresh, and let it automatically download and update drivers via win update?

    3.) Download all asus win 7 drivers for g51 bb model off Asus website, and do clean install of Win 7, install all downloaded drivers?


    Basically I would like a clean Win 7 install with all necessary drivers without the Asus and BB bloatware that came with my orginal install from the store.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!
     
    redprodigy35, Nov 7, 2010
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