Just got a fresh laptops, having issues installing win7 over win10

[mikej]

I received my laptop yesterday. I have my own copy of windows 7 so requested no OS. The laptop comes with a test version of windows 10 pre-installed, no problem I'll just install windows 7 over it. However, every time I try to run the windows 7 installation it hangs at the "starting windows" screen.

Looking online it says it could be a driver issue, but all the drivers were pre-installed. Has anyone else come across this issue?

Thanks.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Windows 7 is a pain to install on skylake chipsets, you have to bodge the install image with a few extra drivers (especially if you have an nvme drive). Just google installing win 7 on skylake.

 

[Scott]

As above. If you have a pen drive you can usually push the drivers from there. Where does the "starting windows" hang? Is it pre-install? I got this quite often and I would hit escape, ctrl-del and all manner of key combinations until it worked. Sometimes it would sit there for half an hour doing nothing and then suddenly pop up with the "terms and conditions" blurb

 

[mikej]

As above. If you have a pen drive you can usually push the drivers from there. Where does the "starting windows" hang? Is it pre-install? I got this quite often and I would hit escape, ctrl-del and all manner of key combinations until it worked. Sometimes it would sit there for half an hour doing nothing and then suddenlpop up with the "terms and conditions" blurb

When I boot from disk it hangs before the installation even starts, at the initial "starting windows" screen. If I install from windows 10, itll run some of the installation and hang at the first reboot.

 

[mikej]

Spoke to support and apparently windows 7 can't be installed on the laptop as "there are no drivers for it".

 

[Pagey]

Firstly: Is Windows 10 REALLY THAT bad to warrant using an antiquated OS, considering W10 has virtually the same core as W7, seems like taking a massive backward step considering modern computers are almost designed for W10.

Secondly: Could be something to do with that AHCI thingu, can't remember exactly what it is, but older OS's can't use the newer protocols iirc, would require messing with the BIOS.