Solved Triple boot windows 10, windows 7 and Xubuntu?

[PEBMAFerror]

I want to go back to windows 7, just for the games.

Last year I bought a $50 government surplus laptop built in 2009. (see system specs) I don't make a lot of money, so I can't afford much in the way of hardware, but I quickly realized what I have is the kind of machine I would've killed for (figuratively speaking) when it was new.

Unfortunately, it didn't come with memory, a HDD, or a working operating system, so after fixing the first two problems, I borrowed a friend's computer to make a bootable Xubuntu flash drive, then installed windows 10, but what I really want to do is set up a triple boot with windows 7

I have a few old games that don't work very well in windows 10 (some do, but not all of them) or wine, but would work perfectly in windows 7, partially because the HP website still has the windows 7 x64 drivers available my machine. (I made sure to store a few copies of each as soon as my laptop was up and running)

What I can't find ATM is an HP recovery disk for windows 7 pro. I probably will eventually, but I was wondering if anyone knows a legitimate way to get a Windows 7 pro iso? I paid for my copy of Windows 10, which means I still have a valid OEM license to install Windows 7. So yeah, it's going to happen one way or another.

Second question is what should I do to keep the Windows 7 partition quarantined from the other operating systems? I just want a stable OS for old games, and the best way I can think of is no network connections of any kind but is there anything else I don't know that I should?

 

[SIW2]

I think you have been given guidance on the windows 10 forums.

You could use any of the official MS media refresh iso files, because they contain all the editions. If you are creating a bootable usb, just delete ei.cfg file from the sources folder.




Or you can toggle it off by pointing View attachment eicfg_removal_utility.zip at the iso file

Then all editions will be offered by windows setup

 

[PEBMAFerror]

I think you have been given guidance on the windows 10 forums.

yes, my problem has been solved. currently working on backups before doing the install, in case it goes south..

thanks.

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Update: The install and update process went flawlessly. Everything is working as planned.

 

[PEBMAFerror]

Update: Successfully installed Windows 7 and now have 3 working operating systems. Windows 7 is quarantined. BTW this is a DOD surplus laptop from 2009, upgraded with an SSD and 32GB RAM..