Any Successful Story To ( Downgrade to / Clean Install) Windows 7 on VAIO Pro 13?

Hello,

I got VAIO Pro 13 (i7 - 256 SSD - 4 GB RAM) and I cant live with Windows 8, Anyone was successful to downgrade to Windows 7? I went through the forum with no luck, can you share some stories?


Thanks

 

Instal a Start Button if your brain can't figure out the Start Screen, simple as that.

 

What about dropbox? BOX? they dont fuction the same as Win7 ... You can copy files from Windows 8 to Dropbox folder.

 

Wait for Windows 8.1 (free upgrade) they are bringing back the start button, and you an boot to desktop. If you want an Windows 7 experience this is a much better route. However I would also suggest getting accustomed to windows 8 because with the touch screen it makes the windows 8 experience much more enjoyable and by downgrading to Windows 7 you will do yourself a huge disservice in that regard.

 

What about dropbox? It works the same for me...

 

Thanks for the feedback but i'm not looking for the experience, i'm looking for productivity. I bought the machine for weight and computing issue, I will never touch the screen and I didnt like the idea of touch screens on laptops but i'll consider it as it doesnt exist

Any idea if SONT offers drivers for Windows 7?

 

Which is why I suggested to wait a month and upgrade to windows 8.1 which you can put in "Classic" mode and set "boot to desktop" and have your start button just like Windows 7 and you never ever have to see the windows 8 start screen. You can even install the 8.1 preview now and get that at this time.

 

Thanks to: http://forum.notebookreview.com/son...wners-lounge-svp13-2013-a-17.html#post9294292

I just wiped it, installed Win 7, sound is working, wireless driver is there and it's working, will start looking to update graphics card and hot keys.

 

Amazing how a successful downgrade can improve a laptop! I successfully downgraded Windows 8 to Windows 7 on my Sony Vaio Pro11 (SVP112190X) custom build. It was not an easy task, but the end result was completely worth it as I was considering returning/selling/discarding the machine until I finally saw its usefulness once on the downgraded OS. I created the USB recovery, then managed to get the start-up options to allow a Windows 7 installation from USB (that took a bit of fiddling) after which I removed all of the partitions and started from scratch. I installed Windows 8 drivers (only some were successful, others gave errors) but now I see the Windows 7 drivers are available on Sony's site as well. I have all the function buttons working with the new (Windows 7) drivers and have customized the track pad to be suitable as well - which required disabling many features, then selected volume up/down shortcuts for the left top/bottom corners and mute action for the top right. Disabled touchscreen for now as it kept sensing pressure where there was none - and would end up somewhere random whenever I closed the lid. I also took a rotary sander to the EXTREMELY sharp front and back corners to make it further usable and now I love it! So - good luck doing the same! :]

 

Rotary sander..... LOL. Thanks for that; made my day.