Arek the Absolute Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I recently purchased a tower from my friend who went to the Marines, and I want to reformat it and install Windows 7. The problem I have, is that I don't know what equipment I have on this computer, nor the drivers for them and where to obtain them. I was wondering if anyone knew any way for me to able to find out info for that stuff so I can go on and reformat this and install Windows 7 on it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 You should try Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Device Manager and see what the names of the devices are under: display adapters network adapters keyboards mice and other pointing devices sound, video, and game controllers Make sure you get your network adapter drivers BEFORE you reformat. Also, Windows 7 has inherent generic driver support for a lot of hardware, but still, it's better to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 Many thanks man! I will tell you how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Since I don't have the cash to get 7, I opted to do a clean install of Windows XP Black edition. Loving it so far. Thanks kittykar for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 too bad you couldn't get 7. it'll install the drivers for you, as long as w7 recognizes the board - which it always does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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