Use win 8/10 setup to install win 7

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by markokk888, Jan 16, 2018.

  1. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Now i ran into a problem, after the first reboot during install it didn't want to boot, had forgotten to set the option: boot: "UEFI OS" to "Legacy OS", now the install goes on :)
     
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    markokk888 MDL Senior Member

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    wow so probably its not the problem for you it didn't work for me even if its legacy. Did you integrated any 3rd party drivers in the boot.wim / install.wim ?
     
  3. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    The install now hangs on Starting Windows at the next reboot :( Will leave it for a few minutes, to see what happens.

    Nope, only nvme and (w)lan drivers and kb's.

    Addition, i did a hard reset and now it's at "preparing the system for first use". At OOBE now :)
     
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  4. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #45 Enthousiast, Jan 18, 2018
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    It works, but it lack some drivers, incl. wlan, will try to load the inf from the win 10 driverbackup.

    No wlan driver available to work on 7 in the backup, lan works so i let WU search on LAN.

    Wlan driver is offered on WU, together with intel onboard gfx :D
     
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  5. markokk888

    markokk888 MDL Senior Member

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    It's for Intel's Display Audio Driver.
     
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    markokk888 MDL Senior Member

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    Glad it worked for you but for me not the case :D
     
  7. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Here it also failed at the end, wifi can't connect and it won't boot up after i install one of the still lacking drivers. Now trying win 8.1 on it :D
     
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  8. markokk888

    markokk888 MDL Senior Member

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    Yeah doing the same here :D for me 8.1 works great and almost every driver work's from win 10. But the 8.1 is kinda not my taste :D so i will probably gonna do some modifications to the os. :)
    Btw do you into modifications ?. You did great job in to customizing 10 setup to look like 7 :p
     
  9. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    No mods here, only some settings by MRP config.
     
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  10. dhjohns

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    Interesting topic. I have a Windows 7 SP1 I procured from somewhere which is in esd format, and using Windows 10 10240 setup files. I haven't tried it yet.
     
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  12. markokk888

    markokk888 MDL Senior Member

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    I'm thinking is it possible to boot windows 7 with UEFI on ?
     
  13. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Yes, with CSM enabled, from dvd or modify the iso for use on usb, or apply the image, and set boot to the install, iirc.
     
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    markokk888 MDL Senior Member

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    What if the bios doesn't let you to enable CSM. ?
     
  15. mxman2k

    mxman2k MDL Developer

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    I think then its a non technical term of being shafted into w10 only :(
     
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