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HP 15q-ds0016TU
Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I just purchased - HP 15q-ds0016TU in India which comes with Free DOS.

 

Now when i try to install drivers, it is not detecting any USB drive nor I am getting default drivers from hp website. 

 

HP website says only Win10 drivers are supported.

 

Can someone shed some light on the same.

 

Let me know if supporting drivers of laptop with the same hardware is available ?

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Hi:

 

There are a couple of issues with runnning W7 on that platform, which is why there are no W7 drivers.

 

1. Intel only developed graphics drivers for W10.

 

2.  The model wifi adapter your notebook comes with will not work on W10, unless you remove it and mask a couple of the contact pins.

 

3.  There are no W7 drivers for the USB 3.1 ports.

 

So, if you want to use the notebook, you will have to install W10 64 bit.

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