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‎07-25-2016 10:47 AM

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Product: hp pavilion dv2500
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

windows do not support today windows 7 and vista, so I install Win7 for HP Pavilion dv2500, now I cannot find drivers for my laptop.

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‎07-25-2016 11:52 AM

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Can you give us the specific model of your HP dv7 laptop ?

 

Syntax is : dv25##LL, with ## as numbers and LL as letters (region code)

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‎07-25-2016 11:57 AM

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Hi:

 

See this handy dv2000 windows 7 upgrade guide at the link below...Basically you can use most of the Vista drivers...

 

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-System-and-Recovery/Windows-7-Upgrade-Guide-for-dv20...

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‎07-25-2016 12:00 PM

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If Windows Update didn't do the job before...

Be sure to remain on 32 bits version, usually 64 bits version of Windows 7 on old Vista-based HP computers doesn't support some functions and hardwares.

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