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Win 7 install to UEFI / GPT
Hi
I have an Acer Aspire e1-522 with Windows 8.1 64 bit installed and runs fine under UEFI / GPT. I want to install Windows 7 running under UEFI / GPT, is this possible please? As I eventually want to dual boot 7 & 8 64 bit. I have attempted to install 7 x 64 bit various methods by (in no particular order)
completely cleaned / re-formatted / initialised GPT the hard drive, made 1 partition / 2 partitions (EFI / data)
mounting a 7 install iso and running from within Win8
extracting all files to a win8 folder and running setup
extracting all files to a USB and running
using WintoUSB
making a WinPE USB drive and booting and running setup from hard drive folder & and USB hard drive
I have used Rufus / NT 6 fast installer
I have tried a .vhd virtual disk
Everything I do Win7 starts to install & re-boots & does registry settings but always stops at the Windows coloured squared logos “Starting Windows”. If I can get it to install far enough to boot into safe mode it always stops at Classpnp.
I would really appreciate any ideas as to what is wrong or what is / is not possible
Thanks
SJ