How to Install Win 7 64bit on Toshiba Satelite C70D

[warp4dennis]

I have a Toshiba Satelite C70D Laptop that has already Win 10 on it. I would like to install Win 7 64 bit in a partition on my Laptop because Win 7 64 bit is installed in my Desktop PC. Is there a way to do this, or am I up the creek without a paddle?

 

[Megahertz07]

On Satellite C70D-A (PSCENC-00M007) Support | Toshiba it has the drivers for Win 7 64 so Yes, you can install Win 7 64 on the Satellite C70D-A.
If the Win 7 license you have isn't the Retail, you wont be able to use it. You will have to buy a new license. As an alert, most license on ebay are fake or pirate.

 

[warp4dennis]

Dear Sir:
Thank for your answer. I did what I could to get a Win 7 64 bit DVD from a company that sells Computers, but you said in your answer that if 'If the Win 7 license you have isn't the Retail, you wont be able to use it.'
Could you explain what your thoughts are on the "Retail" part?
What I have is a "Reinstallation DVD Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit". And it is from Dell Inc.
It says: Use this DVD only to reinstall the OS on a Dell PC.
I'm not planning to use Win 10 right away, so I would like to put it in a small partition?
I would also like to have a small partition for Win XP, and the rest of the Free Space for Win 7 64 Bit to use.
The size of the HDD is 1 TB and there is also an SSD included. The memory 8 GB big.
I also have a MS Win 7 Pro. installation disk, but its only the older version (x86).

Thomas

 

[Megahertz07]

There are two major Win 7 licenses:
Retail - For customers - Can be transferred from one computer to another.
OEM - To be used by Computers builders. Valid only for that computer.

Under OEM license you have two types
- OEM SLP for big builders (HP, Dell, Lenovo etc). This license aren't for sale for customers (and is the one my friend has)
- OEM System Builder for small builders. This license are the one that you buy at Newegg etc

If the MS Win 7 Pro installation disk you have is a Retail License, you can download or use any Win 7 installation disk 64 with the Retail License. It is 100% legal.

 

[mbmalone]

I can't install Windows 7 64-bit on my Toshiba Satellite CL45-C4370 due to some video issue. Windows 8 and 10 have no problem and it came with 10. UEFI cannot be turned off in this model, apparently.

Red Bar across the top of the screen during the install of Windows 7. I am trying to integrate the Intel HD & Iris Graphics Driver for the Intel® Celeron N2840 processor and remove the VGA, someone apparently got it to work.

 

[mbmalone]

I can't install Windows 7 64-bit on my Toshiba Satellite CL45-C4370 due to some video issue. Windows 8 and 10 have no problem and it came with 10. UEFI cannot be turned off in this model, apparently.

Red Bar across the top of the screen during the install of Windows 7. I am trying to integrate the Intel HD & Iris Graphics Driver for the Intel® Celeron N2840 processor and remove the VGA. Apparently someone got it to work, but didn't explain how to add the driver to the install.wim and blacklist the unsupported VGA.

 

[SIW2]

Is there as CSM option in bios?

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[mbmalone]

Is there as CSM option in bios?

Unfortunately, No
There is an option to disable Secure Boot, but any furthur options are grayed out.
The Bios has a problem, the setting is stuck or something. I tried to reload it, but couldn't.

Toshiba cl45. Cant change boot UEFI boot Mode. Impossible after disabling Secure Boot. - YouTube

 

[SIW2]

#10

 

[SIW2]

I am trying to integrate the Intel HD & Iris Graphics Driver for the Intel® Celeron N2840 processor and remove the VGA, someone apparently got it to work.

Do you have a link to where you read that?

 

[SIW2]

Install Windows 7 at UEFI Graphics Output Protocol (GOP) hardware - Windows 7 - reboot.pro

 

[philipyip]

I have a Toshiba Satelite C70D Laptop that has already Win 10 on it. I would like to install Win 7 64 bit in a partition on my Laptop because Win 7 64 bit is installed in my Desktop PC. Is there a way to do this, or am I up the creek without a paddle?

If the Toshiba came with Windows 10 Pro then you can use OEM Downgrade Rights. Essentially you can install Windows 7 without a key and then apply Toshiba OEM SLP which will work with the Toshiba's SLIC 2.1 (embedded in the UEFI BIOS).

If the Toshiba came with Windows 10 Home then you will not have a SLIC 2.1 and will have to use a separate Full Retail License.

 

[warp4dennis]

How do I keep Win 10 from loading?

I want to get rid of Win 10 but I can't get the DVD to run so I can Install another OS.
The User Manual says that I should press the F2 key to get to the BIOS, but it seems that the
F1 - F12 are not usable either.
What am I overlooking?
How do I get to the BIOS and send Win 10 to the wastepaper basket (file 13)?

 

[Megahertz07]

keep pressing and releasing F2 as soon as the computer starts.
Did you read the link Siw posted?
Google Translate

 

[mbmalone]

#10

Oh, I'm way past "Gotta hold down SHIFT while shutting down"
I've already thrown this POS notebook in the garbage, once.

There is no fix that I have found. I have a Windows 7 UEFI install that will install all the way to starting windows, then it can't start, needs repair for startup. Apparently, that is due to VGA video code not being supported by computers which originally came with Windows 10 UEFI bios. Unless you can disable it, which I can't. Trying NTLite to rebuild the install to add intel video drivers and remove microsoft vga drivers, forcing their use during the install phase. On youtube, someone was successful.

Windows 10 doesn't have any issue, just Windows 7 during the install phase. At least to my knowledge.

 

[SIW2]

See the link in my post about disabling vga.

First post by Cdob explains how to do it:

Install Windows 7 at UEFI Graphics Output Protocol (GOP) hardware - Windows 7 - reboot.pro

 

[warp4dennis]

The suggestion doesn't work! All the F? keys apparently have two purposes. And the selection of which of the two actions that the F? is to carryout, might be changed by another Key on the Keyboard somewhere. But I have no idea which one.

 

[mrjimphelps]

What I have is a "Reinstallation DVD Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit". And it is from Dell Inc.
It says: Use this DVD only to reinstall the OS on a Dell PC.

The disk you have is an OEM disk. "OEM" means that Microsoft gave Dell a discount on the license fee for this copy of Windows, with the restriction that it is to be used only on the computer it was originally installed on.

You can use that disk on other identical Dell computers, because each Dell computer will have its own Windows license key stored in the BIOS of the computer.

In other words, you can't use this disk to install Windows 7 on your Toshiba laptop.

 

[SIW2]

In other words, you can't use this disk to install Windows 7 on your Toshiba laptop.

It should install fine on most machines. He would need a valid key to activate.

Any difficulty he has installing is because of the lack of csm support. He would have the same difficulty with any windows 7 installation media.

 

[mrjimphelps]

It should install fine on most machines.

It should install on most machines. Fine is another story. Most or all of the drivers will be wrong. If he then installs the correct drivers, hopefully all will be ok.

There will be cases where it won't install. I have tried to install OEM Windows on a few brands of computer that weren't that OEM, and in one or two cases it wouldn't install, because the computer brand didn't match the OEM brand -- that was what the error message told me.

But hey, all he can do is try. It might work out just fine.