Submission + - Reviving an old Win7 laptop 1
UnixUnix writes: I inherited an Acer Aspire 7730. Good machine back then...my uncle had bought it recently for 55 Euro. Inexpensive?! No wonder...it DID NOT WORK!
Vista originally...had been upped to Win 7 Ultimate.
Internet Explorer could not connect to Microsoft (!!). --Or to anything else, for that matter! Troubleshooting found no problems.
Tried to create a Win7 recovery DVD. "Insert disk in D:" I did, and hit go. "There is no disk in D:, insert disk"!!
Device Manager saw the CD/DVD drive just fine,
drivers and all. Still, it did not work!
Connected an external Dell CD/DVD to a USB port...happily that did work.
I used a Linux laptop to connect to sevenforums.com for advice, and also to locate an old enough version of Firefox, put it on a USB stick and transfer it to our ailing patient. After a few tries I found one that worked.
Tried to install uBlock Origin. Red banner: cannot install, app is corrupt!
Could not install any of the major antiviruses, or Chrome, or Brave! "Not a Win32 app" "SP1 missing"
I found Simplix in sevenforums, brought it over, and was able to install updates. After many reboots. Also, the KB_spy.cmd script removed any telemetry or bloat glop.
Then with SP1 and more present I was able to install Brave, Chrome, and Malwarebytes.
Scanned, got rid of a few detections.
Temperature was kinda high. I used a cooling base with fans that came with the laptop.
Had to tie up two USB ports, but ok. Instead of temperature in the 60s the RealTemp app showed me it was in the 40s.
I created a Win7 Recovery disk with Windows. Then I used MinitoolShadowMaker to back up to a USB stick, and also to create Recovery DVD and Recovery USB stick. So much work
(more than a day) should not go to waste!
Was it worth it? If you do need Windows for something, Win7 is the thing, before tracking, telemetry and bloatware.
Oh, does IE work now? I don't know, didn't try it. Who cares!
Vista originally...had been upped to Win 7 Ultimate.
Internet Explorer could not connect to Microsoft (!!). --Or to anything else, for that matter! Troubleshooting found no problems.
Tried to create a Win7 recovery DVD. "Insert disk in D:" I did, and hit go. "There is no disk in D:, insert disk"!!
Device Manager saw the CD/DVD drive just fine,
drivers and all. Still, it did not work!
Connected an external Dell CD/DVD to a USB port...happily that did work.
I used a Linux laptop to connect to sevenforums.com for advice, and also to locate an old enough version of Firefox, put it on a USB stick and transfer it to our ailing patient. After a few tries I found one that worked.
Tried to install uBlock Origin. Red banner: cannot install, app is corrupt!
Could not install any of the major antiviruses, or Chrome, or Brave! "Not a Win32 app" "SP1 missing"
I found Simplix in sevenforums, brought it over, and was able to install updates. After many reboots. Also, the KB_spy.cmd script removed any telemetry or bloat glop.
Then with SP1 and more present I was able to install Brave, Chrome, and Malwarebytes.
Scanned, got rid of a few detections.
Temperature was kinda high. I used a cooling base with fans that came with the laptop.
Had to tie up two USB ports, but ok. Instead of temperature in the 60s the RealTemp app showed me it was in the 40s.
I created a Win7 Recovery disk with Windows. Then I used MinitoolShadowMaker to back up to a USB stick, and also to create Recovery DVD and Recovery USB stick. So much work
(more than a day) should not go to waste!
Was it worth it? If you do need Windows for something, Win7 is the thing, before tracking, telemetry and bloatware.
Oh, does IE work now? I don't know, didn't try it. Who cares!
