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Reinstalled windows 7. No internet, USB ports not recognize devices

Jul 1, 2018
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Hi.

I just reinstalled Windows 7 using bootable USB stick and ended up with a dead laptop. No internet connection because no ethernet driver is installed. I have all drivers in my USB stick but USB ports not recognize any devices (however it lets me to reinstall windows again but USB stick not displayed when Windows start. What can I do?
 
You may need to use a bootable Linux Live disk and copy the drivers using that to the C drive, then run the setup of the drivers.
 
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