Hi all,
First time poster here hoping you can help me. Our 3 year-old Tosh Satellite (Win 8) recently died on us and requires a complete rebuild (wipe and install). As I really don't get on with Win8 I was hoping to downgrade to Win 7. With that in mind I purchased a Win 7 Home Premium disc from Amazon but am unable to complete the install. After getting the laptop to boot from the CD (after first diasbling Secure Boot) the disc loads the files then goes to the Windows loading screen (the 4 or so pretty little Windows dots that rotate, you know) and crashes every time.
The disc says the following (which I failed to notice when purchasing):
"Important Information About This Product OEM software is intended for system builders and small OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) who manufacture computer systems and pre-install OEM system builder software onto those systems. It is not intended for purchase or installation by consumers."
Can you guys answer the following?
- Does this mean that I definitely can't use this disc to rebuild my machine?C
- Can I actually downgrade to Win 7
- Do I need to look for a specific type of disc to do it (if the current one does indeed turn out to be the wrong one)
- If I have the right disc what do I need to do to make the install work
- If I don't, what do I need to buy and how much will it roughly cost (I'm in the UK)
Regards,
Steve
First time poster here hoping you can help me. Our 3 year-old Tosh Satellite (Win 8) recently died on us and requires a complete rebuild (wipe and install). As I really don't get on with Win8 I was hoping to downgrade to Win 7. With that in mind I purchased a Win 7 Home Premium disc from Amazon but am unable to complete the install. After getting the laptop to boot from the CD (after first diasbling Secure Boot) the disc loads the files then goes to the Windows loading screen (the 4 or so pretty little Windows dots that rotate, you know) and crashes every time.
The disc says the following (which I failed to notice when purchasing):
"Important Information About This Product OEM software is intended for system builders and small OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) who manufacture computer systems and pre-install OEM system builder software onto those systems. It is not intended for purchase or installation by consumers."
Can you guys answer the following?
- Does this mean that I definitely can't use this disc to rebuild my machine?C
- Can I actually downgrade to Win 7
- Do I need to look for a specific type of disc to do it (if the current one does indeed turn out to be the wrong one)
- If I have the right disc what do I need to do to make the install work
- If I don't, what do I need to buy and how much will it roughly cost (I'm in the UK)
Regards,
Steve
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8
- Computer type
- Laptop