Windows 7 Install - BIOS versus UEFI - what to do next

Scenario, laptop came with Win8 pre-loaded on HDD but no other media disks; guy wants Win7. Attempted to start the laptop with 7 disk in the DVD-ROM drive, but it would only go to HDD, and didn't offer the usual choices of F-8 or F-3 etc. during boot black
screen. So I simply changed the hard drive out to a new blank one. Found articles about UEFI versus BIOS. Got into Set-Up screen with F2, disabled Secure, and later changed boot order to DVD then C. Got Win7 installed and looking normal. Then started
manually loading the Drivers via DVD recorded on different PC, that can be downloaded from the Toshiba site. Some drivers seem to be not recognized, but most of all the biggest problem seems to be = = Windows is not discovering devices and does not Find
New Hardware, so many items such as the CAT5 internet jack and the USB jacks are not working. Maybe also call this problem UPnP is not working.
Do I now need to switch back to UEFI now that it is up and running? Or would that fail due to the MBR or other boot sector differences I have been reading about in TechNet. The Win7 install recognized the size of the HDD as around 640GB and partitioned
100MB for it's own uses.
It has done many many megabytes of Windows Updates via wireless, so it should have all the patches & security updates available, but still cannot discover a USB flash drive or mouse.
Thank you,
Al

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