win 10 delete and setting up INTERNAL SSD drive for Win 7 and Linux

[mugwampbro]

WIN10 DELETE and setting up INTERNAL SSD drive for Win 7 and Linux

Hi everyone... firstly I would like to thank this forum for helping me to keep my prior laptop (win 7) alive for over 12 years without a even a re-install !!!!!

Here is my new situation:

I just bought a new HP laptop that came with WIN 10 (home edition). I want to COMPLETELY wipe the SSD drive of all traces of WIN 10 for 2 reasons:
1) win 10 keeps dropping my super strong wifi connection (known issue with Win 10) I have spent weeks trying to fix it to no avail so.....goodbye win 10. If anyone has a solution, I don't care and please don't offer any suggestions.....win 10 is gone...PERIOD !! Another reason is #2

2) win10 home edition does not allow a person to manage windows "bug ridden" Updates. No more of the old.... Let 'em download but CHOOSE to install. No more of the Tuesday patch and wait a week or 2 to see to see if they are problematic or not....WIN 10 home edition "forces" them on you!
I have also tried all workarounds for this to no avail, so PLEASE, again....not interested...Win 10 is gone!

Sorry for the Ranting....but just wanted to make this clear as a bell. Now onto the matter at hand...

Here is what I want to do and need a little help with:

#1) I want to COMPLETELY wipe my SSD (which currently has 3 partitions..volumes ????). They are:
1)260 mb which states "Healthy... EFI system"
2) C: 232.72 GB which states "Healthy,Boot, Page, File,Crash dump, Primary partition"
3) 476 mb which states "Healthy (recovery partition"
**note** I want all this stuff gone.

#2) Set up empty SSD drive for both WIN 7 and Linux "CHALET". (Dual boot) I loved Win 7 but want to eventually break ALL ties with Microsoft. There is going to be a small learning curve for "Chalet" so I want to be able to use good ol' WIN 7 meanwhile...

I want to do all this as simply/easy as possible. I would research all this myself but to tell the truth...I am burned out from trying to fix that ugly duckling WIN 10. I do know the steps involved to format the drive through win 10 "disk management" so that may save any potential Helpers some time/typing. I am relativeity sure of the steps involved to delete but not confident enough on the other stuff. If you want to include a step by step guide concerning deletion....that is fine and much thanks. Here (through my somewhat limited research) is what i know/have done, so far...

a)I have already put everthing I want to keep on a USB stick.
b)I have another USB stick with win 7 on it and have already used it on my old laptop before giving it to my Grand daughter. Nice fresh install...... so I know it works. Got the .iso from MS and found my Product Key.... which I still have.
c)Downloaded ...MiniTool Partition Wizard (Free) AFAIK, this tool may help simplify things. If you advise using a different "free" tool...please let me know.
d) a little confused on Basic vs. Dynamic thing but have discovered this..."Basic disks support multi-boot configurations, meaning you can easily select between multiple operating systems on a computer." So in my situation "basic" seems the wat to go, as, I gathered that Dynamic Disk does not support this function. Again..as with anything on this page, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong...
e) MBR and GPT= I don't believe I have these on this computer but wanna cover all bases...

Here are my computer specs:

HP laptop model 15t-dy100
Intel Core i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz
SSD drive=244 GB (Interface Type SCSI, 3 partitions, Fixed hard disk media)
OS=Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Bios= BIOS Manufacturer AMI, BIOS Caption F.09, (ACPI, USB Legacy,Smart Battery, EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive) is supported.
Memory= 12 GB (DDR 4 , I think)

Thanx to all in advance !!!!!

 

[samuria]

Couple of points before you start you need to check there are drivers for win7 if not your going nowhere makers site normally has these. Point 2 you can't format drives in windows that are in use you will have to boot from USB with software to delete all partitions it's likely your system is uefi gpt disk and may have secure boot set which means it won't boot from any other system not registered

 

[Megahertz07]

Not so simple.

- New hardware requires drivers that are not on a Win 7 installation disk. You have to add them to the installation drive.
- Do you have a retail Win 7 license? There are no more for sale.

 

[mugwampbro]

"Couple of points before you start you need to check there are drivers for win7 if not your going nowhere makers site normally has these. Point 2 you can't format drives in windows that are in use you will have to boot from USB with software to delete all partitions it's likely your system is uefi gpt disk and may have secure boot set which means it won't boot from any other system not registerered"





1) Don't understand "you need to check there are drivers for win 7"..... I have the installation disk.....What drivers are you talking about ???? Are you talking about adding drivers for programs? *****note**** please don't respond with just a simple "yes", please explain.



2)wouldn't the MiniTool Partition Wizard program delete all partitions?

 

[mugwampbro]

"

Megahertz07...New hardware requires drivers that are not on a Win 7 installation disk.

Are you referring to my SSD drive?

 

[Snick]

mugwampbro

Your new computer is significantly different than ones build during Windows 7 heyday!
You have to have the correct drivers, preferably added to your installation media (Win7 DVD, ISO, etc)
For instance, windows 10 recognizes USB 3.0, Windows 7 doesn't because it doesn't have the drivers installed for 3.0. 2.0 yes. New chips on new computers and additional hardware aren't designed to work with a now, for all intensive purposes unsupported OS (Win7 Jan 14, 2020 no more updates)

SIW2 is awesome in supplying that info. Update your Win 7 installation media is a growing thread!

 

[mugwampbro]

mugwampbro

Your new computer is significantly different than ones build during Windows 7 heyday!
You have to have the correct drivers, preferably added to your installation media (Win7 DVD, ISO, etc)
For instance, windows 10 recognizes USB 3.0, Windows 7 doesn't because it doesn't have the drivers installed for 3.0. 2.0 yes. New chips on new computers and additional hardware aren't designed to work with a now, for all intensive purposes unsupported OS (Win7 Jan 14, 2020 no more updates)

SIW2 is awesome in supplying that info. Update your Win 7 installation media is a growing thread!

Great info....now i understand what previous posts were trying to relate....thanx for taking the time to reply with GREAT answer !!!

 

[Snick]

mugwampbro
No problem, that's why we are here, to help you.

 

[mugwampbro]

Here is another question if you please will....


can you please tell me how to make the TITLE of a new thread dark and BOLD like it is on nearly everyones , except mine? or PM me with answer........ Check out the "general discussions" page to see differences.....Thanks in advance....mugwampbro

 

[Megahertz07]

As I already wrote. install Win 7 on a new computer isn't a simple task.
From the 15t-dy100 specs (HP Laptop - 15t Value (5JR88AV_1)) I see that your SSD is probably a M.2 MVMe drive.
Before you begin, make a disk image of your current Win 10 drive so you can retrieve if things go wrong on your Win 7 installation.
Use Macrium Reflect 7 Free Edition. Select home use and skip entering email.

- Using SIW2 tool, add at least the USB3.x, SATA and MVMe drives to the installation disk. If you wish, you can also slipstream the updates using Simplix or do it after installation.
- Win 7 isn't compatible with fast start and secure boot. On BIOS set them to Disable.
- To install as UEFI-GPT you must boot the modified Win 7 installation drive as UEFI, not legacy.
- Once you boot from the Win 7 installation drive, go to install - Advanced and delete ALL partitions on the target drive till you have one and only one unallocated space then proceed.