USB thumb drive not recognized on nc6120 laptop

I had Windows XP Professional on my NC6120 Compaq laptop. Due to Microsoft saying it was an illegal copy I had to get a different OS. I purchased a Dell Windows 7 Professional and loaded it via the different prompts. Once loaded I had no sound, no mouse, no USB operative. I fiddle fooled around in spite of these assinine sites that say they have the driver you need as though they are legite and all I got was crap loaded that I did not want or ask for. After many hours of trying I finally got some sound recognigition, and the mouse to work. I still have some graphics problems and script problems along with the fact that the computer does not recognize a thumb drive in any of the USB ports. I have tried everything that I could find on the internet and HP, Intell etc and I am at a loss as what to do.
I am not a fan of Microsoft forcing me to upgrade or because of no support to XP anymore but like everyone else I am held hostage to this monopoly.
Can any one help to at least get the USB's to recognize an "E" drive using a thumb drive. Is it possible that this Compaq NC6120 laptop doesn't have the gears to run Windows Professional?
Please help.

Hi:
W7 should work on your model by using some of the Vista drivers from your notebook's support and driver page.
I have no idea why the usb ports aren't working.
Suggest you reinstall W7 and do the following...
1. Install the Intel chipset driver first and reboot.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=20019&lang=eng&ProdId=816
2. Manually install the Vista graphics driver as follows...DL and run this file. You will get an unsupported operating system error.
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?sp4ts.oid=447347&swItemId=ob_47264_1&swEnvOid=2094
Go to the device manager and click to expand the Display Adapters category. Click on the standard vga adapter.
Click on the driver tab. Click on update driver. Select the Browse my computer for driver software option and browse to the driver folder that was created when you ran the file. That folder will be located in C:\SWSetup\sp34749.
Make sure the Include Subfolders box is checked and the driver should install. Then reboot.
Audio: Be connected to the internet. Go to the device manager and click on the multimedia audio controller needing drivers. Click on the driver tab. Click on Update driver. Select the automatic search and after a few minutes, Windows update should find, download and install the audio driver.
Wireless: If your notebook has the Intel Pro 2200 B/G, manually install the Vista Intel wireless driver like you did the graphics driver.
Card reader: Use the vista driver from the nc6400.
Wireless assistant. Use the W7 driver from the 6910p
Quick Launch Buttons: Use the W7 driver from the 6910p.
Touchpad: Use the W7 driver from the 6910p.
If you need any other drivers, please let me know.
Oh, and if you don't like all the Dell stuff showing up on your PC, just download this plain W7 Pro 32 bit SP1 ISO file directly from Microsoft, and use the Dell W7 Pro product key on it.
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-24280.iso Windows 7 Professional x86 English
Then use this tool to transfer the ISO file to a 4 GB USB flash drive or DVD.
The tool will also make the media bootable.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool?ClickID=arovv0vz55a0sszplnnzy...

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