Is it possible to install Windows 7 on a Microsoft Surfacebook?

Drumming Pete said:

Do you really need the CMS/Legacy feature in the BIOS to boot the installation files?

Yes
The Surface Pro is a class 3 UEFI device, which means it has no Compatibility Support Module (CSM), which emulates the old BIOS environment. Windows 7 is not compatible with UEFI, which means without CSM, it wouldn't be able to function. If you had to run Windows 7 on a Surface Pro, the only way would be to enable the Hyper-V feature of Windows 8 and run Windows 7 inside a virtual machine (VM). However, this would limit the resources available and the capabilities such as some of the touch/pen features.

HI. So if the videodrivers are the only culprit would it be possible to inject working videodrivers into the windows.wim, that need no CSM support in order to installndows 7 (on a non-CSM bios/machine)?

I also read something about WinPE and then deploying or installing other Windows versions. Could this be an option of the former won't work?

Agree with Alejandro85!

As I stated earlier you'd have to enable Hyper-V and run Win 7 in the Virtual Machine, with the above posted limitations.

Nic

Drumming Pete said:

HI. So if the videodrivers are the only culprit would it be possible to inject working videodrivers into the windows.wim, that need no CSM support in order to installndows 7 (on a non-CSM bios/machine)?

Yes, that does appear to be the problem.
I think there are one or two on the internet who claimed to have done that. I don't have the details.

Thanks one again for your input SIW2

Yes, but you don't have to
Here's two link for more info to peruse:
Default Hyper-V Storage Paths: Overview
Hyper-V Configuration Questions (hard drives, partitions, etc ...)

Be advised that you will have a significant performance hit. You are basically running an Operating System within Windows, therefore you have two OSs competing for processor cycles. You can install multiple OSs in the VM. I have XP, Vista, Win7, Win8, Win10, Black Arch Linux, Kali Linux, Linux Mint & Linux Lite on my machine. My use is virus removal and white hat hacking and Linux studies being that I'm an It student in college.

Nic

I mean could I boot the win7 install in a virtual machine and directly install windows 7 onto another partition on the same system?