I give up

DL them with a wired connection. Or put them on a CD.

>>58909466
Just install the drivers manually.

>>58909480
>No ethernet drivers
Nope.
Yes I could use a CD, if this were 2006 and I still had blank CD's around. As it stands I'm in a new decade and haven't needed those in quite some time.
I tap out. Windows is no longer for me. I'm starting the conversion

>>58909466
Sounds like you had no business attempting to repair the laptop.

>>58909529
So what would you have done differently?

>>58909466
>using a deprecated 8 years old OS

>>58909466
>in wife's laptop
>wife's laptop
>wife's
>wife
where do you think you are?

>>58909466
Is picking related your wife?

>>58909527
>remove hard drive
>put in desktop or external hard drive case
>put drivers on harddrive
>?
>

>>58909466
False, windows 7 dectects a vast range of hardware automatically. Unless your wife's pc is before 1990 this post is b8.
Prove me wrong

>>58909547
Before you reinstall, you get the drivers necessary from another system or the same system if possible and put it on a flash drive. This usually includes just Ethernet drivers as everything else will install from that.

You're blaming your lack of experience and foresight on windows.

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>>58909600
>False, windows 7 dectects a vast range of hardware automatically
Seriously.
Yeah that's what was supposed to happen.
And then it didn't
>Prove me wrong

>>58909600
Windows 7 does not detect most network drivers automatically, unless there is an existing network connection already.

Have you ever built a computer or fresh installed on a laptop?

>>58909632
True that my lack of experience may be leading to an issue, however unless I went through Toshiba's database and spent hours downloading the drivers one by one I'd still be fucked since the old HDD was usless, and I don't have another Satellite P870 lying around

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Windows shills on suicide watch for this thread.
>it just werks
No, it doesn't

>>58909659
So not only do you not have any foresight, you thought you could repair a broken HDD by installing windows? You do not belong here.

>>58909466
Are you on an Asus laptop? Had this exact problem last week tryna reinstall Windows 7. First time ever encountering this, I reinstall computers with 7 often for my friend's wife's sons and family, usually it's either just bullshit HDD undetected problem or EOL laptop with almost no driver. In the end I just installed 8 and atleast the USB is detected so I can sideload drivers.

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>>58909683
>>58909683
>you thought you could repair a broken HDD by installing windows?
Are you not able to read properly or are your parents brother and sister?

Why didn't you make your wife's son do it anon?

>>58909600
I had to manually install ethernet and USB controller drivers when I installed Windows 7 on my desktop.

>>58909700
Toshiba actually. I've actually been doing SSD upgrades for a little while for a living but this was the first time in awhile that I wasn't cloning the drive first.

>>58909600
considering there's been 2-3 identical threads today...

>>58909659
LOL yeah all 6-7 drivers what a monumental task!

>>58909466
get a proper version of windows?

and not some cheap stripped out version of windows from some shady torrent site

>>58909600
The same thing happened to me.
I installed windows 7 on my x220 and I didn't have any drivers, no ethernet, no WiFi, it couldn't even display the full 1366x768 resolution.
USB worked though.
It was a lot of work considering I just wanted to play a few games for a weekend.

>>58909729
I noticed a couple other "Switching away from windows" threads in the catalog after I started this one too. Maybe just fucking maybe it's not shilling, and there's actually a problem.
>>58909737
Except that it's actually a large catalog of drivers that didn't properly install, and yes it is a shit load of them on their website.
Unless you actually know what you're talking about I suggest you refrain from your standard dumbassery

>>58909755
It was literally a system builder's disk that I have used plenty of times before.

Has /g/ really become this stupid or are do Microshills populate this board now?

>>58909768
Forgot:
To solve the situation I just booted into a live USB and got the drivers from there.

Does the laptop have a DVD drive?

>Burn Linux Mint to DVD
>Boot problem laptop off Linux DVD
>Mount Windows Partition to Linux Desktop
>Find desktop on Windows Partition
>Surf internet Linux Firefox.
>Download needed drivers
>Drop Files unto Windows desktop
>Restart computer (Take out DVD)
>Go to Windows desktop
>Install drivers.

>Let your wife fuck you in the ass like the little bitch you are for not just simply ask for help, but bitching about it.

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>>58909772
>Except that it's actually a large catalog of drivers that didn't properly install, and yes it is a shit load of them on their website.
>Unless you actually know what you're talking about I suggest you refrain from your standard dumbassery


Dude. You have to stop. You do not have to install all the drivers on the website-ever. You only install what you need and it is NEVER all of them, as they include drivers on the website for all the different POSSIBLE configurations, of which your laptop is only one.

You are only making yourself look stupid

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FUCKING MORONS!

INSTALL THE TORRENTS WITH A DATE IN THEM, THEY HAVE THE DRIVERS INCLUDED

>>58909809
>Or install Linux on USB Flash drive and boot from USB

>>58909806
I did try that, but it won't recognize any OS's off of USB when I try to boot.

>>58909600
Well, after years of installing Windows in desktops and laptops, one of the things I learned is that you should always download the ehternet and wireless drivers before you start installing Windows.

>>58909772
It's probably different versions and different platforms. Last time I was on Toshiba for this yes there were a lot listed but only a handful actually needes/of use

>>58909772
I don't understand how you can find your way to g yet not be able to use the Toshiba support site.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Satellite+P870+usb+drivers

>>58909852
Entered serial number, and OS. Still gave me a bunch of shit, of which ones I don't know if I need or don't. Website is shittily designed and everytime I download one I have to enter my info again just to bring the list back up. Seriously give it a try right now and tell me what you think

>>58909466
>can post on 4chan
>but can't just download the drivers onto a USB and install them like any competent perosn

>>58909907
I've used it before to download drivers for a Toshiba satellite when I replaced the HDD and I had no issues, and I only had to download about 5 drivers.

>>58909822
So you do not even know how to make a bootable usb drive? I don't think you are ready for linux. How will you even install it if you dont have any CDs to burn it on?

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mhwd

I have never seen with does 7 not have at least basic USB drivers

>>58909600
Hardware released after Windows 7.

Windows 7 lacks a lot of USB3 support. If the laptop is fully USB3 then it's gonna be a pain in the ass.

Though there is the question of how he is installing Windows 7 on the laptop. If it is from a disc then he could fairly easily either burn a disc with drivers or add drivers to a Windows 7 iso and burn that to a disc.

>>58909552
Do you think winbotnet 10 si better?

>>58910566
At least USB 3.0 would work ootb

>>58910575
Using a bad unoptimised generic driver from Micro$oft?
It's easy to install the drivers, really.

>>58910600
It is, if you have a disc with them.
If you only have USB drives then you're fucked.

>>58910600
So do it then install them in Windows 7 if it's that easy why are you here?

>>58910612
You don't have any 2.0 ports?

>>58909680
it never fucking worked you fucking cuck

>win98se
>usb support
>plug in printer
>bsod

>win2k
>load printer driver
>bsod

>winxp pre sp2
>load printer driver
>bsod

running windows, you always had to fuck with it.

>>58910647
Most computers don't anymore sempai.

>>58910690
Wot, my 2015 lenovo has them.

>>58910745
That's nice. Your laptop falls outside of the "most" category.

>>58909466

>no usb drivers

The fuck? What's the model of the laptop. Windows generic drivers usually covers most chips.

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>>58910763
They are 3.0 and I have a feeling OP didn't download an SP1 ISO which is what the lappy came with

>>58909466
Elementary is still in beta. And isn't pantheon GNOME based? GNOME is too heavy for laptops unless they're high end. Don't give elementary to someone new to Linux.

>>58909466
Same thing happened to me when I was building my desktop last year. I'm so fucking glad I still had a DVD drive from my previous build otherwise I would have been fucked.

Not buying DVD drive with your new rig is a meme

>>58910933
>raging pajeet can't admit windows is shit

>>58910946
if i could, id slowly crush your skull with the front tire of my vihecle and listen you scream, faggot

>>58910933
you mad bro?

>>58910965
XD read this >>58910946 >>58909680

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>>58910973
pic related, faggot

>>58910810
OP look here get an SP1 ISO

>>58909772
Make me, you cuck

Go prep the bull and install Gentoo

it's called downloading the drivers on a USB stick or a cd and installing them

shit, even I did this a few weeks ago and I didn't even graduate high school you big dum dum

way to shill one of the shittiest distros

>>58909600
You fucking idiot.

>>58910562
my shitty desktop is from Vista era and I was like OP, no ethernet drivers, no proper video drivers (was in 800 x 600)

unlike OP, I am not a retard and I just downloaded the drivers with another computer and transferred them with a thumbdrive

Had the same issue before, GNU/Linux live USB to download the drivers to Windows desktop and you're done.

>needs GNU/Linux to install Windows

>>58911848
>unlike OP, I am not a retard and I just downloaded the drivers with another computer and transferred them with a thumbdrive
Oh, so you had USB drivers then.

>>58909641
You're making this shit up, there's no way that computer was sold with windows and none of the drivers are contained in the installation DVD. You're a bored shit trying to mess with people.

>>58909466
>Install fresh OS
>Have onboard drivers preloaded on a flash drive
>Update normally

You're too stupid to use a computer in general. Why the everloving fuck are you here?

>>58909466
Disable USB 3 in BIOS
USB will work after

>>58909527
Just fucking boot off linux liveusb, mount the drive and download the drivers there. Takes two fucking minutes. Get off /g/ you tech illiterate.

>>58911917
>linux liveusb
lol what, do you even know what linux is?

>>58911899
>No USB drivers

learn to read ya dumb nigga

>>58912316
Im sorry stallman, i surely meant gnu/linux. Not.

You're gonna call your wife's son's apple as facebook/mac os x, too?

Gnu people are fucking worst. Kys

>>58909466
If there's no Ethernet adapter, wireless or wired, just download it somewhere else and put it on the PC (usb2 ports work, 3 don't) then go to the manufacturer website and download everything you need.
Keep it on a CD or something so you won't have to do it next time.
Pretty straightforward and once you found everything it just werks

>>58909466
>wifes

>>58909600
My old P9X79 board needed network drivers to use the GigE port back when I used windows.

>>58909573
>>58909712
>>58909600
>>58909809
>believing op has a "wife"

>>58909600

oh shit it really does, after you plug usb keyboard you have to wait ~60 seconds before the "dirver" is loaded amd you can actualy use you goddamn keyboard.

2001 slackware instance does that in ~0.2 second.

>>58915321
not everyone here is a virgin like you

>>58915401
jej

>>58909466
Have you tried all the universal serial buses on the computer. Some laptops need drivers for most of them but there should be att least one that is on the board. This is detected by the windows installation and shown under installed drivers as a serial bus. See if it recognized one then try until you find it.

>not downloading critical drivers before a format

You're the fucking retard here m80

>>58915899

no operating system that does not have generic wired ethernet driver builtin is fucking retarded friendo.

no wonder windows is not used in server environments.

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>>58916138
>not making your own winblows install ISO with all updates, drivers and tweaks already applied

Top pleb

>>58916340
I thought windows just works. Dumb frogposter.

>>58909466
> how do I copy .exe files onto a pendrive or CD

Op is a tard.
Another big news at 11.

>>58916340
I tried this with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
No matter which tool I used (nLite, WinReducer, or by hand), the result ISO always refused to install, boot, or had some other issue.

I didn't fuck with it, just integrate updates.
But it never worked.

Though, I just use "Convenience Rollup".
Takes only 30 mins and the system is almost fully updated.
(I mean, 30 minutes instead of 15-25 hours, yes please.)

>>58916767
Werks on my machine

Fucking retard

>>58909680
>>58916767

Nobody has ever said that Windows 'just works' you fucking stupid cunt. That's Apple's line, retard.

>>58916767
Who fucking said that?

Kys yourself to peaces

>>58915401
Citation needed

>>58909466
Not having a working computer and a thumb drive.
Gtfo my /g/

>>58909466
what's with all these retards lately trying to install windows 7 in laptops and failing like retards because >no drivers?

this is some organized shilling I can see

>>58917523
>>58917571
>>58917601
>has to go through so much trouble just to get the OS to work because it's shit and doesn't have any drivers, you can't even use Ethernet because no Ethernet drivers
>hurr it works!
Winfags say it works all the time, and say that Linux doesn't. When in fact Linux works better ootb.

>>58917571
That is also windows shills line liar

>>58909813
You sound particularly retarded. Are you sure you should be giving advice on these subjects?

>>58916340
Does not work, i've spent more than decade as pro admin

>>58917987
The only time ethernet hasn't worked right out of the box was some shitty dell laptop years ago. It just werks.

>>58918298
Be more careful with what you do

>>58909466
your fault for not realizing windows 7 is actually old as shit without proper usb 3 drivers on the image.


you can fix this problem if you just google how to add usb 3 drivers to the image. it requires a bit of direction following, but is relatively simple. if you manage to do that, you'll be able to load shit from usb after the install.

had to do the same thing for my pc, and my girlfriends two laptops (work and home). then i tried windows 10 and realized these problems went away and there was nothing actually wrong with the enterprise edition, i just pirated that and we just use that instead.

>>58909600
Piss off, it didn't detect shit for me either. Thank fuck I had an old pc lying in my closet at the time.

>>58920291
>girlfriends
>my