That's correct so as i said in my previous post you have to enable UEFI to be able to install win7 using GPT disk
@Enthousiast I get this when I hit F7. Normally, I go into setup with F2. In this screen shot the M2 is disabled. But, I have the WD M2 enabled when I tried. @mehdibleu Actually, I have converted both the install media (USB) and the medium to be installed (M2) from GPT to MBR. So, at the moment I am trying LEGACY mode.
I just noticed that the USB ports on my system are: USB 2, USB 3.1 (2) and USB-C... and NO DVD ROM drive
I said before, for Legacy BIOS boot only you can format the USB key NTFS, then it will only boot when Legacy BIOS is set (or as in your case UEFI disabled).\ I would like to see the screen where you disabled UEFI in the bios? On kaby and up all usb ports are xhci controlled, usb2 ports too, so the correct drivers are needed and inside the USB3.x package..
I find odd that your usb drive shows UEFI when pressing F7 when you said that you choose usb drive to be installed with mbr. Are you sure that you have made your usb drive bootable ? I have a doubt about this. if you took the habit of using rufus , so use it and select MBR for bios as disk and NTFS as file system and boot from it and see the result
@Enthousiast Starting over in NTFS format... will format, will copy ISO, will copy BOOT.WIM mod and will report back. In the meantime, my OLD BIOS screenshots. 1 OF 2
All is still set to UEFI, for win 7 Ultimate it's best to set all to non UEFI. What happens when you change this: Spoiler
It also works with FAT32, i've already installed several times windows on legacy boot using bootable usb drive with FAT32 and it always worked.
@Enthousiast Remember, these are OLD... BIOS screenshots. When I change the ENABLED, it just becomes DISABLED, like the item status below it. @mehdibleu Good to know that WIN 7 64 installation in LEGACY mode works with FAT32 install media. BOTH At the moment, UEFI OR NON-UEFI, I don't care (as either will do), I am simply wanting to install WIN 7 64 on this laptop, if I can. And reporting back, I get the same blinking screen with NTFS formatted drive.
For Ultimate to be able to activate you need to be on MBR for DAZ" WL to be able to work, or you have to modify the bios by inserting a valid slic table or use windslic OR use a legit key, more info: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/guide-activate-windows-7-on-pcs-with-uefi.61595/ You could opt for Pro or Enterprise, they can be KMS activated, and with KMS there is no need to be on MBR.
But more importantly, do you now have a MBR partitioned USB installmedia and NTFS formatted, and extracted the iso to it? Can you tell what mobo it exactly is? NVM it's a laptop, you didn't mention that when i asked if it was OEM or not, you only said it was the store who assembled it. On laptops it can be UEFI only.
Ok first you have to be sure that your usb drive is bootable so i suggest to repeat the procedurr uding rufus with settings that i mentionned in my previous post. Once the operation is finished you boot from the usb drive again and you see the result. if it does not boot, disable "windows boot manager" as i've read that this option should be disabled as well when it comes to install windows using legacy/bios.
@Enthousiast Yes, I was going for WIN 7 64 ULTIMATE... hmm... I have installed WIN 10 and some other linux distros on it. Would I be able to mod the BIOS if I had WIN 10 installed in UEFI mode? Yes, my media is MBR partitioned in NTFS format. Yes, ISO extracted also. But, I have also added the MODDED BOOT.WIM file. Should I redo without the WIM file and try? MOBO info from SIW TECH Edition running on WIN 10 UEFI MODE: Property Value Summary Manufacturer Not Available Model Gazelle Version gaze12 Serial Number Not Applicable Bridge North Bridge Intel Kaby Lake Revision 05 South Bridge Intel HM175 Revision 31 CPU Name Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100H CPU @ 3.00GHz CPU Socket Socket 1440 FCBGA Max CPU Speed 8300 MHz Memory Summary Reported by BIOS Memory Type DDR4 Installed Memory 8192.0 MB Available Memory 8042.0 MB Channels 1 Maximum Capacity 32.0 GB Maximum Memory Module Size [unknown] Memory Slots 2 Error Correction None System Slots ISA 0 PCI 1 AGP 0 VL-BUS 0 EISA 0 PCMCIA 0 ExpressCard 0 MCA 0
I did strike through that question. and added a comment to my reply. If you want to go on, trying to get win 7 installed on UEFI, here some info: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/fixing-a-image-for-uefi.75244/#post-1375604 But as i said, the Laptop Bios can be UEFI only, but when the option can be disabled there should be new options showing up. Did you go thru all bios settings to search for more boot/bios options?