Windows 7 can be installed to a GPT drive, but Windows 7 won't boot to a GPT drive. Most recently, our reader Vladimir described in detail the procedure for such an installation. The revolutionary UEFI BIOS was not developed for Windows 7, but for the latest Windows 8, 10 operating systems, but despite this, the seven works fine on GPT disks and you can still install it with the second Windows on a new laptop. Hi friends! Actually install Win 7 on a new laptop with Win 8.1 without converting HDD in the MBR is not so easy due to the UEFI interface, and the Secure Boot protocol. Your site has the most articles on this topic, is there any way to help me? In short, I don’t want to delete it on a Win 8.1 laptop along with all the data and hidden partitions. The selected drive is in GPT partition style.' I am aware that for Windows installation 7 on such a laptop, you need to switch the UEFI interface in the BIOS to the Legacy OS advanced boot mode and also disable the Secure Boot option, then during the installation of Windows 7 completely delete all partitions on the hard disk and convert it to MBR, otherwise an error will occur when installing the seven 'Installing Windows on this disk impossible. The laptop has factory installed Windows 8.1 on a GPT disk. Hello admin, I want to install Windows 7 as a second system on a new Acer laptop with UEFI BIOS without converting the hard disk to an MBR table, but nothing happens. Creating a bootable UEFI flash drive with Windows. Installing windows 8.1 uefi from a flash drive.

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