Wifi upgrade for Zbook 15G2 AC7260NGW to AC 8260 or 8265 as driver support is so bad loosing wifi .

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, I would do that.

What I do is copy all the folders (downloads, music, favorites, pictures, documents, etc)  in my user profile to a portable hard drive.

I don't have a ton of files and it takes about 5 minutes.

Then I just copy the folders back to the new installation.

[camelotshadow]

Yeah!!! I'm copying them to the usbflash drive. I dont have a portable drive. This is so much faster than copying to dvds...

Wowo impressed!!! I have an old seagate backup plus for win 7 but its still in the shrink wrrap...Donlt think from the instructions I read it was very useful.

I don't want to loose my photos. I really have limited back ups of them but it seems I have no more than 10 GB photos.

I'll get them on the patriot & the rest of the user files are not much.

Then just do recovery win 10 clean install?

Wow... it took me half a day to almost copy half a system image to dvd & the system froze twice last time I tried so I just refreshed. Seems it takes about a day to do a 90 GB system image on dvd??? Terrrible!!!!

These usb flash drives are amazing... Shame it took me so long to get one!!! its like a mini ssd...

128 GB has 115 GB usable... That's enough & it was $24.. Well worth it for how fast it is!!!

Wonder why it wont take a system image? No biggie as this one has been wonky anyway.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, once you are happy with what you got do the recovery.

Get a portable USB hard drive.  I use 1 TB ones.

Then to create a system image I use the free Macrium Reflect software.

https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

The software will have you create a bootable rescue DVD or flash drive that you boot from to access the system image stored on your portable hard drive.

You can make periodic updates to the image any time you feel the need.

[camelotshadow]

Now I found my user profile but I already copied the files from it that I wanted...some like 3 d objects I left...Probably would have been easier to just copy that wholf folder but I copied from another window. Also copied the Swsetup. The rest of the program files etc will just have to be...reinstalled but I really dont have much. I took some realtek  AMD intel hp etc to be safe.

Used 73GB so have 40 GB left on flash drive.

I guess I'm safe now,,,oooh well...

I ave done a full reinstall of win on my elitebook 8460P...

So here goes nothing!!!! least I'm on the ethernet now as nbefore this laptop would not connect because of some nothing was safe security,,,

Wish me luck!!!!

Guess I donlt need a new system repair disk I have 3 or 4 for this win 10...

Bye!!!!

[camelotshadow]

All I have is this usb flash drive...

It will have to do for now...

I hope its ok...

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Good luck!

I sure hope that resetting the PC gets the wifi card to work.

[camelotshadow]

Im on my EB +8570w for now...Its resetting the quicker one removing files...

Getting the usb flash drive made it possible...they are great!

Hope it works now too but if not least I'll know for sure & the system will be clean..

Thanks!!!

[camelotshadow]

Getting there cortana is up ooh hate her  but it seems to have froze...pointer won;t move...bugs already..not getting hot I'll have to force shutdown.

OK needs updates so hoping the ethernet or wifi is working

ethernet is up...

Long just a moment

Sort of exciting! NOT...

Now Black screen...running hot ...hope its catching up

Still black & running hard/hot

Don't like it but dont want to interrupt yet

Don;t think its a good sign...

don;t want it to fry

Maybe 5 min???

Force shut???

Shut it down...something not right

[camelotshadow]

Back in that loop again trying to get into online...

Well more blue screen with just a moment for a long time then screen went black again...running hot

oooh arrghhh...

Here we go again...

Not doing so well..

Still letting it run the black screen as its not so hot...maybe its working on something??? 15 min???

Now half hour>>>??? running black screen??? Not super hot now & slowed a bit so hoping its doing something & not froze

Well shut it down again...not wanting to age my thermo paste..

Try once more to start & then what f2? there is no uefi anymore 

[camelotshadow]

May have to install the old wifi card if I can;t get win to load or resintall from usb???

3rd time just a moment & its trying to find whatever it needs by Ethernet.

Same blue screen with circle...spin just a moment 

I suppose if I switch the wifi back to 7270 & windows completes install then we know it was the 9260???

DArn internet is up but

N Margin (dB) 0.1

is BAD!!!

Running normal speed though,,,

Not sure how big of a file it needs to upload...Win 10 is big if its doing something like that...

10 min on blue just a moment now went black screen again...

I'll have to switch the card wifi...have to see if its that...Argghhh ;least before if took the wifi card...

Now I have no windows...

Not sure if I can get in & disable the wifi card & try again???