can i downgrade to 7?

[loganadam]

my mom hates the operating systemon this thing, winblows 8.1, i know where to to get a copy of windows 7, we liked 7, can i downgrade? for this machines hardware, are there drivers that will work in it with windows 7?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Yes, there is a full set of W7 64 bit drivers on the support page.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-15-r000-notebook-pc-series/6875200/model/7155664

[loganadam]

Ok, another system im considering getting (refurbished ), the hp 8460p, i called hp, couldn't get the guy on the other end to understand me, i will only buy it if i can downgrade to 7, are there drivers for this one for 7?

[loganadam]

I forgot to mention the 8460p is a winblows 10 system, and I went to click the accepted answer from Paul tikkanen but i don't know if I hit the right one

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The 8460p was designed to run on W7.

It's not supported for W10, although W10 probably works OK on it.

There is a full set of W7 drivers on the 8460p support page.

[Huffer]

Hit the options button on your own post that you gave yourself the solution and pull down the menu....pick "not the solution". Then give it someone who deserves it, ie @Paul_Tikkanen. And you can stop being cute with the winbl***s thing. We all understand what you mean. Also keep in mind that the WannaCry thing targets Windows 7. Are you sure you want to give your mom an unsafe OS? Seriously, do you really understand what is going on under the hood and know more than the security engineers? Google the word "Luddite".    

[loganadam]

Luddites reject new technology, im just more selective of it, abd ive seen 8,8.1,and 10, i don't like it, as for her laptop, she has said for years she hates 8/8.1, and she has had to send it out to try to have something fixed that  hp advised her to send for repair on only to not fix it when they got it, as for the wannacry thing ive never even heard of it, what is it? Some kind of bug? 

[loganadam]

Very helpful mr tikkamen

[loganadam]

ok i got my 8460p and except for the os and a drive im posting a question it seems to be doing good, now my question is, what dvdrw drives are compatible for this? it came with just a plain dvd rom, i want ot be able to burn and reburn things, and i want it to be something i dont have to plug an external cord for, i want to change out the drive in it for something that burns and reburns both cds and dvds, i would like a respectable speed with not too much cost, and i plan to downgrade to 7 so it would need to work in 7,