On my laptop, the Ethernet drivers are suddenly shot up. Now I want to recover it by recovery and CD. (does not work without)
I did not have the Windows CD for the LT (came without).
Can I restore the drivers with every Windows 7 CD (with a valid key)?
If you mean the Windows Installation Disc, you can use it on any win7 machine.
Sounds to me as if you would reinstall the box. Since you can use a second computer to download the Internet and the drivers or Could you do that now even if you do not want to reinstall.
Normally, a laptop always has a recovery partition on the hard drive. It may have to be activated in the BIOS, that you can boot the boat is also on the Internet a list of hotkeys that you have to press for the start. The advantage of recovery is that it is faster most of the time automatically. You can usually leave your data untouched and have the drivers back on top and do not have to search the internet. Although updating the old version is easier than installing or saving time.
Edit: and yes the valid Windows Key can be used on any computer.
The ISO for Win 7 DVD you get through this tool. https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/67-microsoft-windows-and-office-iso-download-tool
But you can also just download the appropriate driver for the network adapter from the manufacturer of the laptop or the power adapter and just try to install.
Would upgrade but also slowly on Win 10. The free upgrade still seems to go.
I do not want to reinstall, but the recovery program prompts me to insert a W-CD because it can't find a dump / restore point on the hard drive.
Is this a problem if I do not have the same version of Windows on the CD?
Yes that is a problem. But you choose Windows recovery and not recovery on the partition. The can always retrieve the factory settings. It can also be that which was deleted when reinstalling or when using a new disk. Or just have to be activated in the BIOS.
The Windows version must otherwise match exactly so also the bit variant whether 32 or 64 bits
