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Install Windows 8.1 over a laptop that came with Windows 10

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sycamore

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I just installed a windows 8.1 over windows 10. It doesn’t run properly with bunch of drivers missing. The manufacturer does not support windows 8.1. I can't download all the driver installation packages for Windows 8.1. Is it possible to identify the make and model of drivers by doing some checking in the system? or by 3rd party driver download software?
 
Are you sure no drivers on manufacturer site?
Open device manager
Right click on device
Left click on properties
Left Click on Details tab
Change dropdown to Hardware id - see attached
First line should be the one
 

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Are you sure no drivers on manufacturer site?
Open device manager
Right click on device
Left click on properties
Left Click on Details tab
Change dropdown to Hardware id - see attached
First line should be the one
Yes. I just checked with them again. They claimed that the only drivers available for this laptop are windows 10 or above since the laptop was not manufactured with windows 8.1 operating system.

I believe my laptop misses the basic drivers as you can see in the screenshot. Say, network adapters, there are only drivers for Ethernet. Nothing for WIFI. And I can't add a driver to the network adapters even if I found one. There is no basic ones to update from.

Is there no way to get the basic hardware drivers for a fresh install of Windows 8.1 over a pc preinstalled with Windows 10?
 

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