Recent content by bob12603

Hi theog, Thanks for your reply. I knew that I could order, for a FEE, recovery disks. I should have said "turning back will not be cheap!" And I knew that I could get Windows 7 drivers. But the question is ... do drivers provide the Control Panel dialogs which allow specification of...

Thanks for this. If I can just screw up my courage to the sticking point it will be very helpful. (I have no restore disk from Lenovo so turning back will not be easy!) Once I complete the steps above I will have only Windows generic drivers. Right? But maybe one of the related tutorials...

Thank you very much mdmd. Bob

I just got a Windows 8 laptop and won't be able to change it to Win 7 until the Win 7 DVD (finally) arrives. So in the mean time I am trying to get some use out of Win 8 - not an easy task! I am trying to use IE but am unable to obtain the area in which I can enter a URL. I had such an area...

Hi brummyfan. Thanks for responding. I had found that tutorial but it specifically says that it applies when Win7 (or Vista) is installed first. I know that the principle would, or should, be the same. But are the gotchas the same? I'll look at it of course. But I'd like to find a...

In a few days I will receive a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon with Win8 installed. And separately I will receive an OEM Win7. Win7 is certainly what I intend to use, and I had originally thought I would wipe out Win8 and install Win7. But now I am wondering if I can somehow preserve Win8 for...