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    Clean install of window 7 on Toshiba satellite laptop

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by godzila_king_85, Jul 14, 2011.

  1. godzila_king_85

    godzila_king_85 Newbie

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    Thank you for anyone who is reading this thread
    I have a toshiba satellite laptop and it is running on window vista which is extremely troublesome and slow
    I wish to have a clean install of window 7 on my laptop but problem is i have no drivers software and other clues regarding a clean install for my laptop
    Can anyone kindly help me on this issue ( Hoping to get thread like "clean install of window 7 in sony vaio FZ series" guideance) ?
    Thanks a million in advance
     
    godzila_king_85, Jul 14, 2011
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  2. gselsidi

    gselsidi Notebook Evangelist

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    I did this on my gf's computer. she has an x305 everything works fine didn't need to find any drivers or anything for it. Hdmi works everything. If you do need drivers you can always go to toshiba.com and download their drivers as they will run on windows 7 also.

    But from what i can tell everything worked no need to find drivers or download them. Good luck
     
    gselsidi, Jul 15, 2011
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  3. godzila_king_85

    godzila_king_85 Newbie

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    Thank you for the reply...
    Hope it will work fine...thanks again
     
    godzila_king_85, Jul 17, 2011
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    PROJ3CTBM Notebook Enthusiast

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    Windows 7 is Vista based, the drivers should all be native to the OS, so you should have no problems at all :D
     
    PROJ3CTBM, Jul 18, 2011
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  5. Raptor88

    Raptor88 Notebook Consultant

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    Here is the Toshiba driver download page.

    Just put in your laptop model and download what you're missing

    Upon the clean install

    First thing to do is install the Intel Chipset Drivers (get the latest ones not the ones on the Toshiba Site along with the latest Intel Rapid Storage Drivers as the ones on the site are outdated.)

    After rebooting ,install the Intel Rapid Storage drivers then reboot

    then install the ATI or graphics drivers then reboot

    then install the sound, bluteooth, card reader, webcam, wireless , LAN drivers then reboot

    Then install the Toshiba Value Added package which includes the webcam app, but choose CUSTOM install and remove the ZOOMING component as that is only for disabled people

    :D

    Now install your software starting with the antivirus
     
    Raptor88, Jul 22, 2011
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    serenityconsulting Notebook Consultant

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    three things BEFORE starting any sort of OS change...
    A- do a full IMAGE backup of the existing hard drive. Don't take a forward step without knowing you can step back if need be.
    B- do a separate backup of all your current drivers. I use Semper driver backup (free version).

    So long as you aren't changing from 32bit to 64 bit, or vice versa, with few exceptions Vista drivers will work within Win7. Most likely you won't need them, but it may get a device running until you can come up with a native Win7 driver.

    C- unless you have an alternate way to get to drivers out on the web, download as much as you can before you start your upgrade.
     
    serenityconsulting, Jul 22, 2011
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