Win 7 on Win 8 Laptop

HP G7 2220 us laptop.I cannot figure out how to use Windows 8, I want to downgrade to Win7.

I have disabled secure boot and in legacy have the usb drive as boot nuber one boot drive.

I had formatted the disc using Rufus to make a GPT usb boot drive and used a digitalrive Win7+SP1(Media Refresh)iso file.

In the UEFI boot at startup(Esc then F9) I can see the USB drive and when I select it and click Enter this is what comes up:

Windows failed to start recent hardware or software change might be the cause.To fix problem :

1)Insert windows installation disk and restart pc
2)choose langue settings and click next
3)click repair your pc

How do I go by the installation of Win7.

Ps:I already have the bootx64.efi file in correct place on the flash drive.What does CSM mean and how do I enable it?

Please help.Thanks

Your other thread
Win 7 on Win8 Laptop

Have you worked down the check list?

CSM video:
Technical Note: UEFI BIOS vs. Legacy BIOS, Advantech(EN) - YouTube

Yes I have I have done it all.

theog said:

Your other thread
Win 7 on Win8 Laptop

Have you worked down the check list?

CSM video:
Technical Note: UEFI BIOS vs. Legacy BIOS, Advantech(EN) - YouTube

I have done it all, any solutions theog?

Where do you buy your Windows 7 x64 DVD from?

theog said:

Where do you buy your Windows 7 x64 DVD from?

Downloaded it from Digital River

Is it possible to install Windows 7 on a Windows 8 computer?

kroeger111 said:

I tried the step 11 that theog pointed out and when I looked in my USB the bootx64.efi was in the correct place to begin with.So What do I do now?

The Digital River ISO does not have the file in the right place for use on a USB Pen Drive.



Where do you buy your Windows 7 x64 DVD from?

In Efi I do have have boot and microsoft on mine.And in boot the file bootx64.efi is present.

Win 7>Efi>boot>bootx64.efi

Is this correct?

theog said:

Is it possible to install Windows 7 on a Windows 8 computer?

kroeger111 said:

I tried the step 11 that theog pointed out and when I looked in my USB the bootx64.efi was in the correct place to begin with.So What do I do now?

The Digital River ISO does not have the file in the right place for use on a USB Pen Drive.



Where do you buy your Windows 7 x64 DVD from?

In Efi I do have have boot and microsoft on mine.And in boot the file bootx64.efi is present.

Win 7>Efi>boot>bootx64.efi

Is this correct?

Example One:
Using a Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 x64 DVD, dual booting with a Pre-installed Windows 8.







Example Two:
Using a Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 x64 DVD, downgrading a Pre-installed Windows 8.