Need Help with Windows 7 and Drivers not working!

[Joseph Jelly Elmajian]

Hello everyone,

I seem to be in a big problem. I went back to Windows 7 from Windows 10. However, the Installation CD booted up with no mouse or keyboard so I had to manually shut it off a good 3 or 4 times with the power button. When I got the Windows 7 installed with a CD I had, it was a 32 bit CD. The drivers I am downloading for my Z97 G45 Gaming Motherboard are not completely working. Some worked, but not my network driver. I go to the network driver to install it but it only shows Windows 7 64, Windows 832, Windows 8 64, etc. WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?

I guess I need to buy a Windows 7 64 bit installation CD. Several times I shut down the computer as soon as Windows launched because I missed the boot key or bios key or whatever. So within 5 minutes I probably turned it on and off another 3 or 4 times, plus the couple times I did it by the button.


Will this damage my system or parts? I have a great system and always dust it about once a month or every 2-3 months.

I have a :
Intel i5 4690K
GTX 960 4GB OC Edition MSI
8 GB RAM
Z97 G45 Gaming Motherboard

 

[boju]

Your Windows 7 license is entitled to both 32/64bit versions. I suggest downloading the ISO which is legal and create a DVD/USB media bootable yourself.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

 

[boju]

Powering off like that while Windows is loading is not good to do too often. Your parts will be fine but Windows could corrupt.