UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 7 with

How to Install Windows 7 Using the "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface" (UEFI)​


   Information
In addition to better interoperability, UEFI firmware provides several technical advantages:
  • Compatibility with operating systems that support only BIOS
  • Ability to boot from large disks
  • CPU-independent architecture
  • CPU-independent drivers
  • Flexible pre-OS environment
  • Modular design
Two of the most notable Windows features for UEFI systems are the following:
  • Multicast deployment, which enables large scale network-based image deployment in manufacturing and enterprise settings.
  • Fast boot and resume from hibernation, which improves user experience.
The rich UEFI interface provides ample room for innovation in the development of operating system features. Along with the other members of the Unified EFI Forum, Microsoft is investigating the following:
  • Rootkit prevention
  • Network authentication
-Microsoft Corporation
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This method can also be used for the UEFI installation of Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Vista SP1.

   Note
You will need to satisfy the following requirements in order to proceed:

  • A Windows 7 compatible system
  • A Windows 7 x64-bit installation media. 32-bit is not supported.
  • A UEFI v2.0+ compliant PC. Check your chipset manufacturer/firmware documentation.
  • A blank, partition-free, hard disk for installation.
   Warning

  • Disabling UEFI will make the system unbootable as there is no MBR on the disks.
  • You CANNOT make a sector-by-sector copy of GPT disks. The Disk and Partition GUIDs will no longer be unique. This must never happen. You can make a sector-by-sector copy of the contents of ESP or basic data partitions.
  • Disable secure boot before installing Windows 7.



Here's How:

1. Do step 2 or 3 below depending on what installation Media you are using.

2. If using a Retail 64-bit Windows 7 Installation DVD A) Insert the DVD, restart the computer, and go to step 4 below.
3. If using a 64-bit Windows 7 Installation USB Flash Drive with UEFI A) If you have not already, you will need to create a Windows 7 installation bootable USB flash drive for UEFI from either a Windows 7 installation ISO or DVD.

B) Connect the USB, restart the computer, and go to step 4 below.
4. Press whatever key (ex: F11) it shows to boot to your motherboard's boot menu, and select to boot from the DVD or UEFI USB. (see screenshot below) UEFI_USB_Boot_Menu.jpg
5. Do steps 3 to 7 in the tutorial link below. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html
6. Delete all partitions/volumes on the disk # (ex: Disk 0) that you want to install Windows 7 as UEFI on until that disk # shows as unallocated space. (see screenshot below) Step7.jpg
7. When you are finished, click/tap on New, Apply (for full size of disk), and OK. (see screenshot above)

8. You will notice that the disk has now been formatted as GPT with 3 partitions. Select the "Primary" partition 3, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You might receive a "Windows can't be installed on drive 0" warning, but as long as you can click on the Next button, you're fine.
   Note
The 3 partitions are:
  • Partition 1 - System - The EFI System partition that contains the NTLDR, HAL, Boot.txt, and other files that are needed to boot the system, such as drivers.
  • Partition 2 - MSR - The Microsoft Reserved (MSR) partition that reserves space on each disk drive for subsequent use by operating system software.
  • Partition 3 - Primary - Where Windows is to be installed to.

    It is imperative that these 3 partitions remain in the exact order as they are



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9. You can now finish doing the steps in either tutorial below.

10. That's it. You have successfully installed Windows 7 on an UEFI system.








Related Tutorials




External Links:

Windows and GPT FAQ
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UEFI and Windows
 
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Brink said:
You could create separate partition(s) on the drive with anything over 2TB.
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But I don't want separate partitions, I want one big drive.... If I wanted more than one partition, I could have just gotten smaller drives and just have multiples of those, but I didn't....

Besides, wasn't it this guide that touted that installing windows 7 on a pure UEFI system possible, yet I come along and it doesn't work for me? Has anyone actually installed windows 7 on a UEFI system with a hardrive greater than 2TB and without splitting up the drives to smaller partitions (or even a RAID system consisting of more than one drive totaling to more than 2TB of space) and also works without issue or is this just a theoretical concept that *should* work but in practice when you actually try it out, it doesn't really work since, blah is missing, or blah is not working, blah blah bla....? :sleepy:
 

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It still works to install Windows 7 with UEFI, but without sitting at the computer, it's hard to say exactly what the problem is.

Do you have anything setup differently than the usual plain setup?
 

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Brink said:
You could create separate partition(s) on the drive with anything over 2TB.
Click to expand...

I never had any luck with doing that.
 

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Lady Fitzgerald said:
I never had any luck with doing that.
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Hello Jeannie, :-)

After the clean install, you should be able to create a partition(s) from the leftover unallocated space on the disk.
 

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Memory
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Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Brink said:
Hello Jeannie, :-)

After the clean install, you should be able to create a partition(s) from the leftover unallocated space on the disk.
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I never was able to access the unallocated part of the disk (both from within Windows and using MiniTool Partition Wizard). I'm not losing sleep over it. It's just easier to keep the System on its own MBR SSD and put data on my 4TB SSDs (formatted GPT). SSDs don't take up much room.
 

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Graphics Card(s)
MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR
Sound Card
Asus Xonar Essence STX
Monitor(s) Displays
3x Asus VG248QE 24", Vizio 32" TV
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080, ?
Hard Drives
Samsung 128GB 840 Pro SSD (1),
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Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (16) external backup drives used in 2.5" hot swap bays in the computer.
PSU
Corsair HX750w
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Cooler Master GeminII S524 120mm (fan replaced with a 140mm)
Keyboard
Logitech G510s
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Logitech M525 (two in use)
Internet Speed
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Antivirus
AVAST!, MBAM, SAS, Spybot S&D (all but MBAM free) Glary Util
Browser
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Other Info
LSI 9211-8i HBA card (8 SATA III ports), 2.5" & 3.5" Hot Swap Bays, HooToo HT-CR001 PCI-E to USB 3.0 Internal Hub + 6 Slot Card Reader, and LG Model CH12LS28 BD-ROM Optical Drive. Also, ScanSnap S1500 ADF duplexing scanner, Canon 9000F flat bed scanner, Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers, Samsung CLP 415nw laser color printer, Cyberpower PP2200SW UPS
Brink said:
It still works to install Windows 7 with UEFI, but without sitting at the computer, it's hard to say exactly what the problem is.
Click to expand...
Hmmm, ....:confused:

Brink said:
Do you have anything setup differently than the usual plain setup?
Click to expand...
Define usual plain setup.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom build
OS
The one I am using to register is my Windows 7 Professional x64 one.
CPU
Intel Core i7-3970x
Motherboard
Asus Rampage 4 Extreme
Memory
Cosair Dominator Platinum
Graphics Card(s)
2x eVGA GTX 770 4GB CLassified with ACX cooler
Antivirus
I have KIS 2016 which is an internet security suite....?
Browser
Fiefox
Win7fuser said:
Hmmm, ....:confused:

Define usual plain setup.
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Basically, UEFI motherboard, no dual boots, no RAID, etc... A single unallocated drive to select to clean install Windows on during Windows Setup.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built custom
OS
64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
CPU
Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
PSU
Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 4
Internet Speed
2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload
Antivirus
Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Brink said:
Basically, UEFI motherboard, no dual boots, no RAID, etc... A single unallocated drive to select to clean install Windows on during Windows Setup.
Click to expand...
What - RAID setup is dismissed?! Anything else? Be more specific so I can answer better...:p
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom build
OS
The one I am using to register is my Windows 7 Professional x64 one.
CPU
Intel Core i7-3970x
Motherboard
Asus Rampage 4 Extreme
Memory
Cosair Dominator Platinum
Graphics Card(s)
2x eVGA GTX 770 4GB CLassified with ACX cooler
Antivirus
I have KIS 2016 which is an internet security suite....?
Browser
Fiefox
Surface Laptop 3 fails to install.

I've tried this, and many other methods of installing Windows 7 on my Surface Laptop 3, but they all seem to either give me messages like "Couldn't find the license agreement" or it freeze while the Windows 7 boot screen is loading. What should I do?
(I am sorry if this isn't the right place to put this.)
 

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mrhallway said:
I've tried this, and many other methods of installing Windows 7 on my Surface Laptop 3, but they all seem to either give me messages like "Couldn't find the license agreement" or it freeze while the Windows 7 boot screen is loading. What should I do?
(I am sorry if this isn't the right place to put this.)
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Hello, and welcome to Seven Forums.

The specs at Microsoft below show the Surface Laptop 3 comes with Windows 10 by default, so it may not support Windows 7. :(

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-laptop-3/tech-specs
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built custom
OS
64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
CPU
Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
PSU
Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 4
Internet Speed
2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload
Antivirus
Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone

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    Microsoft Corporation Surface Laptop 3
    OS
    Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 CPU @ 1.20GHz
    Memory
    8192 MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics
    Hard Drives
    KBG40ZNS256G TOSHIBA MEMORY
    Browser
    Brave
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