Gateway laptop downgrade driver compatibility

Darcyen

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May 10, 2014
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Helllo I have a Gateway NE 522 series laptop it came with Windows 8 and I ran into some issues where i have to re install windows. The laptop did not come with a re-install disk and the recovery partition is corrupt. I have a copy of windows 7 and would like to downgrade but my laptops website does not have a section for windows 7 drivers I was wondering if the laptop drivers I have now would be compatible in a downgrade.
 
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No way of knowing until you try installing 7. Possible that any mismatches could be sorted by going to the manufacturer's websites for older drivers...use the details in Device Manager to find PCI VEN & DEV numbers
Enter numbers here
http://www.pcidatabase.com/


No way of knowing until you try installing 7. Possible that any mismatches could be sorted by going to the manufacturer's websites for older drivers...use the details in Device Manager to find PCI VEN & DEV numbers
Enter numbers here
http://www.pcidatabase.com/

 
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