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Wanting to dualboot windows 8 and windows 7
I have a UEFI machine and I unable to install Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
I disabled Secure Boot.
Windows 7 gets to the start orb and then crashes.
I have an AMD a55/a60m motherboard
I have a UEFI machine and I unable to install Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
I disabled Secure Boot.
Windows 7 gets to the start orb and then crashes.
I have an AMD a55/a60m motherboard
Note
When dual booting with Windows 8 Preinstalled & Windows 7
Follow Step one to five in this tutorial:
Downgrade Windows 8 to Windows 7
WarningIf you shink C: before deleting the OEM Recovery partition, the C: & the new partition may be converted to Dynamic partitions.
You DO NOT WHAT Dynamic partitions.
Take a look at this, ASUS K55
http://www.eightforums.com/installat...7-problem.html
Than follow this tutorial: (installing in uEFI mode.)gregrocker said:
Dual Boot Installation - Windows 8 and Windows 7 or Vista
Where did you get Win7? Did you burn the disk yourself? Try burning another or try UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows.
Does it offer the UEFI DVD drive to boot?
Unplug all other HD's and peripherals.
If it stalls at boot animation after install this could be a driver loading. Try entering Device Manager during install to disable any Devices in error so Win7 will start, then update the driver from desktop. Device Manager - Access During Windows 7 Installation
You should get all drivers not provided by installer during all rounds of Important and Optional Windows Updates, after enabling Automatically get recommended drivers and updates for your hardware (Step 3)