Ok, so I will attempt everything tonight, before doing so, is there anything I should consider at this point?ġ.
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New 1Tb internal SSD drive(converted to GPT) is awaiting install with new laptop in UEFI mode, legacy DISABLED, Secure Boot DISABLED WIN 7 64-BIT installation for UEFI (GPT) is ready for a clean install via USB STICKģ. Old WIN 764-BIT HD (MBR type) has been syspreped (generalized) on an external 500GB LACIE DRIVEĢ.
UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windowsġ. They each boot in UEFI mode with Legacy mode disabled but Secure Boot must still be disabled for W7 to boot. I followed this excellent tutorial below and the method above to successfully install W7 in UEFI Mode in a dual boot with W8 and copied C: of a setup and activated W7 installation mistakenly installed in Bios Mode. This will create the necessary GPT format and EFI partitions that will allow W7 to boot in UEFI Mode. Make a bootable UEFI mode installation USB with Rufus freeware. Use a free cloning utility like Partition Wizard 8.1 In the alternative, and more complicated: Install Windows 7 from an ISO image in UEFI Mode. Image the old C: W7 System partition you generalized with sysprep over the C: New W7 you just installed. W7 will boot in Bios mode, not UEFI, but it will work for your purpose. You will need to enable Legacy Compatibility Mode. īe aware that W7 is incompatible with Secure Boot. It must be disabled in F2 bios setup.
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Ok, My machine came pre-installed with windows 8 which I did not need for business purposes, my goal was to downgrade to windows 7 64-bit with UEFI functionality, I had a hard drive from a previous Inspiron machine (1721) that i wanted to clone to my insprion 7537 machine, the older 1721 hard drive had about 209 GB's used out of 500 GB, I was migrating this to a 1TB SSD (hybrid) that is of the newer machine (7537), I carefully formatted the 1TB ssd drive with GPT partition table requirements ( 100mb EFI/ 200mb MSR/ CORE OS), upon doing so I used a third party application to clone my older disk to the newer disk, the end result is that windows 7 gpt partition is not booting up, please see my snapshots below, any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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