I have a hp pavilion dv7 7060sb (Windows 7 factory OS) I upgraded this a while ago to Windows 8 no problems then I got the update in Windows store for upgrading to Windows 8.1 all went just fine aswell here.
But after a while my laptop started to become slower so i figured to do a clean Windows 8.1 install because after 2 upgrades the old files where still there.
Then the problems started
I installed Windows 8.1 but Nvidia driver didn't install correctly. And after shutting it down it wouldn't boot again.
Reinstalled Windows 8 i thought the update through the store would work but it didn't, it got a black screen while restarting.
(With these 2 installs my fingerprint sensor didn't work but that's already fixed I had to install Windows 7 driver for it to work, pretty weird if you ask me, but maybe it's just HP's site where I downloaded it from)
But anyway this already works
Did a clean Windows 8.1 install once again (by this time I already lost the Windows 8 serial key after using it 3 times) obviously Nvidia driver didn't install correctly again but after trying some possible fixes I got it working
( uninstalled driver and I had to install an update for Windows media player because I installed Windows 8.1 pro N and apparently Nvidia needs a .dll file from Windows Media Player to work, so after that I reinstalled the drivers, this time not from the HP site because half of it doesn't work.)
So with that everything worked perfectly so I thought I finally did it. But after a couple of days windows did the automatic updates and after restarting I had just a black screen.
I did some searching and found a possible fix
(Recovery drive and then type the command in cmd to fix the master boot record)
But that didn't work
Now I just disabled both Intel and Nvidia graphic drivers through safe mode and for the time being I am working like that because I really need my computer for school
I'm pretty angry now, after all this effort it still doesn't work, I installed Windows 8.1 on other computers and they all work fine but they don't have the Intel or Nvidia drivers so obviously they are the problem
I am thinking of going back to Windows 7, everything works there and I still have the serial, but I personally like Windows 8 more. But if the problems keep coming I will eventualy have no other choice.
If someone could help me fix that problem I would be very very happy because after all this time I would like to have a perfectly working device.
Thanks in advance
But after a while my laptop started to become slower so i figured to do a clean Windows 8.1 install because after 2 upgrades the old files where still there.
Then the problems started
I installed Windows 8.1 but Nvidia driver didn't install correctly. And after shutting it down it wouldn't boot again.
Reinstalled Windows 8 i thought the update through the store would work but it didn't, it got a black screen while restarting.
(With these 2 installs my fingerprint sensor didn't work but that's already fixed I had to install Windows 7 driver for it to work, pretty weird if you ask me, but maybe it's just HP's site where I downloaded it from)
But anyway this already works
Did a clean Windows 8.1 install once again (by this time I already lost the Windows 8 serial key after using it 3 times) obviously Nvidia driver didn't install correctly again but after trying some possible fixes I got it working
( uninstalled driver and I had to install an update for Windows media player because I installed Windows 8.1 pro N and apparently Nvidia needs a .dll file from Windows Media Player to work, so after that I reinstalled the drivers, this time not from the HP site because half of it doesn't work.)
So with that everything worked perfectly so I thought I finally did it. But after a couple of days windows did the automatic updates and after restarting I had just a black screen.
I did some searching and found a possible fix
(Recovery drive and then type the command in cmd to fix the master boot record)
But that didn't work
Now I just disabled both Intel and Nvidia graphic drivers through safe mode and for the time being I am working like that because I really need my computer for school
I'm pretty angry now, after all this effort it still doesn't work, I installed Windows 8.1 on other computers and they all work fine but they don't have the Intel or Nvidia drivers so obviously they are the problem
I am thinking of going back to Windows 7, everything works there and I still have the serial, but I personally like Windows 8 more. But if the problems keep coming I will eventualy have no other choice.
If someone could help me fix that problem I would be very very happy because after all this time I would like to have a perfectly working device.
Thanks in advance