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Installing a fresh OS onto a laptop by Fullofkittens 08/04/2009, 4:54am PDT A couple of months ago, I purchased a laptop, and it was mostly for work/school but I privately had some hope that I would be able to use it for music stuff on occasion. This has not turned out to be the case, because the laptop came with what seems to be the worst OS in the world: Windows Vista 64. Things that do not work with Vista 64: Midisport 2x2 midi interface Midiman 8x8s midi interface ak.sys (Akai S5000 usb control program) Expresscard drivers that add firewire capability to connect my Presonus Firepod. So I guess music making is out. Web research indicates that some or maybe even all of these problems would be resolved if I installed Vista 32. So the question is: there's a lot of power management, touchpad, etc shit that came on this laptop that would not be part of the regular Vista install. How would I get those back onto the laptop? Will it even work with a regular Vista install? Note that - as is usual these days - the laptop did not come with a CD of drivers or anything. The restore stuff sits on an invisible partition on the disk.

Installing a fresh OS onto a laptop by Fullofkittens 08/04/2009, 4:54am PDT     Re: Installing a fresh OS onto a laptop by CattleHumper 08/04/2009, 5:24am PDT         Toshiba Satellite NT by Fullofkittens 08/04/2009, 5:55am PDT             Ok, found the goodies. Stupid question #2: by Fullofkittens 08/04/2009, 6:09am PDT                 Re: Ok, found the goodies. Stupid question #2: by Last 08/04/2009, 6:46am PDT                 Re: Ok, found the goodies. Stupid question #2: by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/04/2009, 9:30am PDT                     Stick the network drivers on a usb stick or a CD before attempting it NT by Entropy Stew 08/04/2009, 10:22am PDT                         Here's how dumb I am: I did not consider moving the stuff on a USB stick. by Fullofkittens 08/04/2009, 10:35am PDT                             Windows 7 is out in a couple months. Sure you don't want to wait? by Entropy Stew 08/04/2009, 10:41am PDT                                 I was kind of wondering about that. by Fullofkittens 08/04/2009, 10:53am PDT                                     XP Mode RC just came out today by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 08/04/2009, 11:25am PDT                                         Worth experimenting with, but running midi drivers through a VM? NT by Fullofkittens 08/04/2009, 11:29am PDT