Windows – Downgrading to Windows 7 – Now can’t install USB and wireless drivers

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Please help me, what's happening is freaking horrible…

I've just bought the new Asus Zenbook UX305 (Zenbook), which comes with the horrible Windows 8.1 and I don't want to install Windows 10… So I installed Windows 7 on it

THE PROBLEM: By reinstalling, I deleted all drivers, so now the Wireless driver is gone, so I can't get any network to install the wireless driver….

THE OTHER PROBLEM: I have another computer, so I downloaded the drivers and put them on a usb stick. BUT, because there's no drivers on the laptop, It doesn't recognize USBs!

About Asus UX305 (Zenbook)

  • NO CD/DVD reader
  • M.2 SSD
  • USB 3.0 ports only
  • No Direct WLAN Internet port

Additionnal Information

  • Both FAT, FAT32 and NTFS are not recognized
  • I don't have any system image of Windows 8.1 because the option wasn't available
  • I don't have any windows.old folders because the Windows 7 installation restarted 2 times before working correctly
  • I tried putting drivers files directly on the laptops hard drive, but oviously I don't have any M.2 support on my other computer
  • I don't have Windows 7 key (because my version is kind of not the most guenuine one…)
  • I haven't saved Windows 8.1 key (because I think and thought it won't be usefull for Windows 7)

Additionnal Question

Is there a way to modify the USB 3.0 port options so they can run in USB 2.0 without drivers? I mean, my other computer's USB ports worked perfectly without any drivers, so it's so ridiculous!

What can I do? Please help, it is so frustrating!

Best Answer

It's surprising it doesn't even recognize USB ports, so I'd suggest re-installing Windows directly from an .iso file, instead of setup.exe, which usually makes one of those dirty reinstalls.

Since cannot use a CD, then use a pendrive.

You can easily do it using Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, by choosing "USB device". You'll just need an empty pendrive and an ISO file. The steps will guide you to write the ISO in your pendrive, and making it bootable.

Since it boots from the BIOS, you won't need any USB drivers or similar. If that doesn't work, either, I'd begin to get worried (there could be some hardware problem with your USBs).

Also, keep in mind that you may have to change your BIOS' boot settings, to give preference to USB devices ;)

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