Qosmio X500-106 - Windows 7 clean install problems

Hi
Recently purchased a Toshiba X500-106
and it came with Windows 7 Home Premium,
I purchased Windows 7 Ultimate as I wanted to use
Bit-Locker.
When I installed Windows 7 Ultimate OS I started my Laptop up and found that all original software was gone.
Of course, but Now the screen is dark and the Graphics aren't right as I tried to run Solitaire and it said "Graphics not hardware accelerated".
I then checked my system rating and found that My graphics was rated as "1.0"; and I can't watch any DVDs or blu-ray films, I keep trying to find a way to change the video setting but to no avail!
Is it worth me restoring the HDD to Factory Spec?
I'm not happy that it just looks bad, do I need the original software to change the settings?
I've installed all relevant divers and software from NVIDIA and Toshiba but it's not working!
What is my best option? Clean install again?
Restore HDD to factory spec?
Any help massively appreciated

Interestingly I have install Windows7 Ultimate from an upgrade (not a clean install) on my X500-02M. Now it enjoys nothing better than loocking up every 20 or 30 minutes. I have made sure there are no viruses and run "Registery Patrol" on the computer but it is still very unstable. It also is actually more unstable doing simple things like doing word docs, project programs & emails than if running a game.
So while I have all my Toshiba software my Qosmio runs like a dog.
Toshiba suggested (no surprise here) resetting the system. Seems to me an easy answer but this is not the 1st X500 02M that has done this the first became so bad it is now back with its makers. The system seems to be inherantly unstable (much like some of the old satelites but without the blue screen of death)
While I do recomend going back to the original Toshiba software (notebooks are like that) I do not recoment getting a Windows 7 ultimate upgrade pack until Toshiba makes it as the standard one seems not to work too well.
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