Next, I tried to do my usual W7 install from my multi-choice DVD\Daz Loader combo that I've used for several years. (It'll probably stay there now - too much trouble to split the case again) Anyway, got it done eventually and installed and formatted an old 160GB Sata II drive. Yeah, that's right - no separate access panel for the HDD. But when I took another look I was kinda dismayed to find that I had to pull the case apart to change hard drives.

The OS was W8.1 (which I didn't want) but the HP site showed W7 64bit drivers to be available, so I ordered it online, thinking to reformat the drive and install W7.Īfter the notebook arrived (and before I'd examined it closely), I decided it'd be safer to pull its hard drive and replace it with a spare, so if I screwed the operation I'd still have the original to fall back on. I didn't want to spend large so bought an HP 14 D054TU notebook that was on special. I'm a PC builder and tech who recently decided it was about time to get another laptop for typing Word stuff mostly. This IS about Daz's loader, so bear with me while I flesh out the preliminaries. I've joined the forum to firstly, thank Daz for his great work on the loaders, to thank all the others who've contributed to this thread (which I've pored over, the last 24 hours) and finally - to add a few cents worth to the info here.