Fresh install of Windows 7 from a recovery image  

I have just done a fresh install of Windows 7 from an image (Samsung branded Recovery disk) I put on to my USB stick since my Samsung 400B2B Notebook does not have a DVD drive. I did the reinstall to get rid of the intensely annoying bloatware.

I am astonished that after the reinstall I am left completely driverless and when I go into device manager there isn't the slightest hint which wireless adapter (broadcom, intel or Atheros) or LAN hardware is installed. I have tried ipconfig again no help. The image taken from the Samsung CD is just under 4GB, so what the hell are they putting on there thats taking up 4GB?

So how on earth am I supposed to ascertain what hardware I've got? I stupidly assumed I would at least be able to get online by plugging in the ethernet, ha!

How on earth can Samsung supply a recovery disk which leaves you up the creek without a paddle so to speak. Yes I know I can use a bit of trial and error but I shouldn't have to.

This really is bare bones!!

But can this be normal practice?

Gus

Go to Control Panel then click Device Manager.

Expand Network adapters and then right click on the network device, click Properties. Select Details and scroll to Hardware IDs and find the info in this screenshot. Then enter the appropriate data at PCI Vendor and Device Lists. (Sorry fo the slopiness of the highlighting.)

GusFG said:

I have just done a fresh install of Windows 7 from an image (Samsung branded Recovery disk) I put on to my USB stick since my Samsung 400B2B Notebook does not have a DVD drive. I did the reinstall to get rid of the intensely annoying bloatware.

I am astonished that after the reinstall I am left completely driverless and when I go into device manager there isn't the slightest hint which wireless adapter (broadcom, intel or Atheros) or LAN hardware is installed. I have tried ipconfig again no help. The image taken from the Samsung CD is just under 4GB, so what the hell are they putting on there thats taking up 4GB?

So how on earth am I supposed to ascertain what hardware I've got? I stupidly assumed I would at least be able to get online by plugging in the ethernet, ha!

How on earth can Samsung supply a recovery disk which leaves you up the creek without a paddle so to speak. Yes I know I can use a bit of trial and error but I shouldn't have to.

This really is bare bones!!

But can this be normal practice?

Gus

Hi there
these Recovery disks are made for a whole series of computers -- it supposedly keeps the costs down. On recovery it determines the model and installs (hopefully) the appropriate image.

I complain nearly every day about the current practice of not supplying a PROPER windows install disk with the machine be it an OEM or a retail copy but the industry seems to have made its mind up.

If I purchase a machine in a store (very rarely these days now) I usually haggle for a retail copy of Windows to be thrown in -- I don't need Norton or all the other junk (extended warranties in particular) that they try and sell you as well.

However your disk *should* install your machine back to factory condition - complete with bloat / crapware . As previous poster says device manager should show you what you've got on your machine

-- or you can use this FREE application --it's quite good but takes a little while --gives you all your product keys as well.



http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html


cheers
jimbo