Fitting hd drive to optimus 7

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Timeblue

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Hi everyone,just joined and need a few thing's clearing up before I commit to buy.Firstly,can I just fit a 2.5 hd that I have spare to this machine or does it need anything else? eg an adapter.Secondly, the guy on live chat says this machine doesn't support Windows 7,is there nothing I can do to install it,certain drivers maybe? Thanks in advance.
 
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jmo

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To your second question, I have just bought an Optimus VII and I am currently dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 7. PCS do not offer any drivers for W7 so I used drivers from another manufacturer's website
 
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Timeblue

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jmo said:
To your second question, I have just bought an Optimus VII and I am currently dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 7. PCS do not offer any drivers for W7 so I used drivers from another manufacturer's website
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So it IS possible then! I wonder why the live chat chap insisted its not feasable?
 
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jerpers

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Could it bet o do with PCS covering themselves as Microsoft have announced they will only be supporting newer processors with windows 10 and removing their optimisation in windows 7 for 6th gen processors and beyond.
 
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Timeblue

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I would rather buy it without an OS and install the copy of Win7,then if I want I can install Win 10 from there.would it be a tricky job getting all the relevant drivers to make Win7 work?
 
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Timeblue

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The guy on live chat has just told me that I now don't need to buy an operating system for the optimus,and that I could install my own win7, confused now.....
 
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Timeblue

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Just been chatting to guy who runs a pc repair business and he confirmed to me that win 7 can be installed on the optimus 7,so it looks like that is the option for me - no OS and to install a second drive and memory myself.
 
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