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06-14-2017 07:01 PM
Update #72 ...
> Should I downgrade my OS back to Windows 7?
Yes, if you:
1. have the "installer" for the originally-shipped Operating System (Windows 7) -- either one USB memory-stick or a few DVD disks;
2. purchase a new disk-drive, and install Windows 7 onto it -- deliberately not "touching" anything on your current disk-drive, just in case the installation of Windows 7 does not go well, or if the performance of FIFA14 is no better under Windows 7;
3. put the current disk-drive aside until January 2020 (2.5 years away), when Windows 7 achieves its "sunset" -- no more security-updates after that time. You can reconnect the current disk-drive (containing Windows 10) at that time;
4. realize that you have a "digital entitlement" to reinstall Windows 10 at no cost to you, at any date;
Device-drivers for Windows 7: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-g7-1200-notebook-pc-series/5145712/mode...
Some of the device-drivers will be included with that "installer", but some of the device-drivers on this web-site will be newer/better than the ones included with that "installer".
Have you thought about installing some "virtual PC" software, to create a "virtual machine", and installing Windows 7 into that virtual machine, to see if FIFA14 under a "virtual" Windows 7 environment is any faster?
06-14-2017 07:15 PM
First of all
What's a virtual pc software
And how can I install Windows 7 to it?
06-16-2017 09:40 AM - edited 06-16-2017 09:42 AM
Update #77
> Hello!!!
Find what the initials 'A.F.K.' stand for.
Some of us have a life (and a wife) when not banging on a keyboard.
> Please I just bought a Windows 7 disc. How can I install it without losing my files and programs?
> I don't have an external hard drive to backup. Is there any other way?
1. Remove your current disk-drive, and it will become a "backup" of your files.
But, before you do, run a Google-search for "migrate applications to new computer free".
There are free programs that claim to be able to "migrate" your applications to a new computer.
2. Buy a new disk-drive (probably faster and probably greater capacity and definitely with a warranty).
3. Install Windows onto it.
4. Install anti-virus software, and update it.
5. Finish the "migration" of your applications. Let the anti-virus software scan each file as it is being imported.
6. Reconnect the "old" disk-drive. Copy all the files from "old" to "new", and let the anti-virus software scan each file as it is being copied.
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