At 03:16 PM 29/11/2013, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Finally I get it to boot to DVD. Win7 loads, then stops, saying it
can't access the DVD drive and needs a driver. Well, it's not on
the Win7 DVD nor does the Win8 work. Nor does HP provide Win7
drivers for this particular model. This is going to have to be a
hack job, piecing together drivers from the primary manufacturers.
The drivers for the primary manufacturers generally work better, so
that's a plus.
You're dead right on all other counts. The sooner HP goes away, the better.
T