what does uefi have to do with win10 update? you can format the hdd to mbr and install win7 the 'old school way' if that's what you're asking, rather than using gpt. what was the hassle in installing 7? idk what a y700 is, but unless they cut out support for windows 7 I don't know what would stop you from using it
Hudson Morgan
>It has to be as fast as possible. >laptop
okay, sonic.
Colton Rodriguez
You posted this 2 weeks ago. I will state again that you clearly have no idea what your doing
James Walker
I know that I don't know what I'm doing, I'm asking you guys. And you're wrong, somebody must have posted it too.
Adrian Young
You missed the >I move with my laptop frequently
I work in many places, ok?
Brody Cox
Bios - disable secure boot (uefi) - enable legacy OS Win 7 install - delete ALL partitions -reformat -profit?
Bentley Gonzalez
>what does uefi have to do with win10 update? I'm talkin about NEW laptops. They are either sold with Win10 or without. But those without it have UEFI and it's hard to install Win7 on them. >you can format the hdd to mbr and install win7 the 'old school way' if that's what you're asking, rather than using gpt. what was the hassle in installing 7? It didn't actually work for the first time. It took several tries and I don't know how it finally worked. I just kept changing everything in correct order before install. I'll post exact order next time, sorry.
The thing is it may become even harder in the future, don't you think? >idk what a y700 is Lenovo Y700 >unless they cut out support for windows 7 I don't know what would stop you from using it I don't really even care about the support actually anymore. So formally nothing.
I heard the new processors will work only with Win10, is that possible?
Grayson Reyes
run win7 virtually in a light linux like ubuntu and windows is easy to install. This ended up being my solution when win7 wouldn't recognize my ssd. Ran lubuntu on it (just cause) and installed win7 on a virtual machine. It was a bit of doing but it works pretty good.
David Ramirez
if that were true, wouldn't you be able to afford a better setup? Using a gaming laptop for work is pathetic
Hudson Ward
Thank you.
Levi Davis
In theory yes. If they restrict the processor drivers to Win10 only, they'd be forcing everyone into using it.
Samuel Johnson
I live in a shit coutry. So no. And now all laptops seem to have UEFI.
Levi Morris
Well, what about user-made drivers then? Like the nVidia ones? Or this is a problem?
Joshua Martin
i've had weird issues installing 7 here and there, strange since i've done it an absurd amount of times. my 5 year old motherboard is uefi bios though, and it installs fine. i usually install using mbr formatted drive because reasons, but it should work with gpt too. I've never tried it on a drive that came pre installed with 10 though, i would assume there may be some issues with that, but wouldn't be an issue if you format the drive first
I am not aware of anyone ever even attempting to write CPU drivers.
Michael Watson
i doubt you'd see user created cpu drivers for windows. chip manufacturers in theory would have little incentive to not support win7, unless m$ pays them more than the revenue they'd lose out on, at least until win7 isn't used by anyone anymore.
Owen Watson
Have you tried to set it to "legacy boot" in the uefi settings?
Leo Bailey
AFAIK I had several issues too, mostly with booting the Win7 setup. It just didn't see the USB storage during device selection - after choosing Legacy boot in BIOS/UEFI. When I came back to the setup the boot settings were reset to defaults. Well, maybe just modified, like for nVidia cards, not created.
John Nelson
>go into the UEFI settings >disable secure boot and enable BIOS
Wew that was hard
Asher Peterson
>buy 2016 hardware >waaaah my deprecated 2009 software dont work right
Windows users really are fucking dumb. You don't see Linux users downloading distros from 2009 and complaining that their new system doesn't work right because kernel doesn;t support their HW.
They get the latest version. If you don't like the latest version of X get the latest version of something else and if they all suck choose the one that sucks the least for you.
Oliver Gutierrez
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Oliver Hughes
I'm going to explain myself to you. I've listed enough reasons already, despite that nobody needs them for this thread.
Anthony Murphy
I tried this, still Legacy kept resetting and I didn't see the USB stick drive.
Brayden Ross
Why do you claim w7 is dead and afterwards you admit you have no clue what you are doing?
Converting between mbr and gpt takes like 5 seconds but you are too fucking stupid to google it and instead ask here.
Carter Watson
I need Win10 like I need another hole in my face.
I seem to be doing just fine without MicroJew's latest theftware. ..
Ryan Hernandez
Same here, man.
Thomas Allen
Because it used to be easier to install Win7, now it's harder. I've succeeded this time, but I'm thinking about what happens when my laptop stops working. Get it now?
Owen Bell
Do what everyone normal does... steal a spare installation disc from work!
Julian Nelson
>Why did you lie >Cuz im stupid Thats not an excuse