Windows 7 install

[RayJoh]

Can Windows 7 64 bit be installed on the HP Pavilion 510-P136 desktop? It came out with Windows 10 64 bit and there are no drivers on HP support for Windows 7 for this desktop.

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@RayJoh

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

The issue is not whether you can force Win7 onto a new PC; instead, the issue is what happens AFTER you do that -- in terms of the perfmance, reliability, and functionality of the DOWNGRADED PC.

MS supplies drivers that provide only basic functionality. This means that some of the hardware functionality is likely NOT to work if you force a downgrade. That includes functions like the touchpad, WiFi, switchable graphics, USB ports -- to name the functions commonly reported here.

That said, someone else might come along and point you to Win7 drivers for other model PCs that that will work with yours -- but if that does not happen, you will then be stuck with a PC with limited functionality as HP is not writing Win7 drivers for their new Win10 PCs.

Personally, I would advise against it.

[Big_Dave]

@RayJoh

Very limited drivers are available for Windows 7. Look here. 

I agree with WAWood, stay on W10.  If you specific W7 developed programs, then try the W10 compatibility functions.