Installation of Windows 7 on formatted Windows 10 harddrive

[Gerrie52]

I received a Laptop with a formatted hard drive and want to install Windows 7 on the drive. The Laptop had Windows 10 on the drive. I cannot get Windows 7 to install on this laptop.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Gerrie52,

Welcome to SevenForums!

I received a Laptop with a formatted hard drive and want to install Windows 7 on the drive. The Laptop had Windows 10 on the drive. I cannot get Windows 7 to install on this laptop.

[1] Did the laptop originally have Win 10 installed, or was it upgraded to Win 10?
[2] How are you trying to install Win 7 [from a DVD/USB/ISO]?
[3] How old is the laptop?
[4] Does it have a HDD or SSD?
[5] Has it got USB3 ports?
[6] Does the laptop work at the moment?

The best and easiest way to create an updated installation media => Update your Win 7 installation media..

I hope this helps!

 

[SIW2]

You would need to tell us the make and model of the machine.

 

[samuria]

And why it wont install ie errors

 

[Megahertz07]

Please wive us ALL hardware specs of the laptop. It will help us to help you.

Modern laptops has a hardware (USB, SATA, MVMe) that requires some drivers that isn't on the Win 7 installation disk.
To install Win 7 on this new hardware you need to add those drivers to the Win 7 installation disk.

 

[SIW2]

wive?

I think Gerrie52 has lost interest since he/she hasn't replied.

 

[Gerrie52]

1. Yes
2. From Dvd
3. 5 years
4. HDD
5. Yes
6. It start up. When I try to install Win 7 it says 'not compatible with current Win 10 installation but Hdd is clean formatted.

 

[Megahertz07]

To install win 7, you MUST boot from the DVD installation disk as UEFI if your BIOS is UEFI compatible,
Then go to install - Advanced - delete ALL partitions - proceed.
Clean Install