This is assuming the laptop meets all the criteria to install Windows 7. Then Delete all the Partitions and Click Next. Just boot the Install Media and when you come to "Which type of installation you want" Choose Custom. Where did you get the Windows 7 Install Media?ģ. If it is indeed new you may have a real issue installing Windows 7.Ģ. Did it come with Windows 10 from factory? Then if you get Windows 7 running and activated and when the support ends for it or you get tired of it you will always have your Windows 10 image to put things back to the day you started.Įdited by joseibarra, 27 March 2019 - 09:14 AM.ġ. With this Windows 7 ISO do you also have a new/unused Windows 7 Product Key (you would have to buy that to be legal) in order to activate this Windows 7 - your Windows 10 activation will not work to authenticate and make genuine your Windows 7. Having a working image is also good if you want to "start over" - you will always have a way to start over should you need to. Otherwise you will have to purchase a retail version of Windows 10.Įdited by ranchhand_, 26 March 2019 - 10:43 AM.įirst check with the hardware manufacturers Should you wish to proceed, use one of the many free softwares (like Macrium Reflect) to make an image of your Windows 10 (and test the viability of recovery) of your system as it is now - just in case the upgrade effort fails miserably or if you want to "undo" this operation. At least in the future you have the option to re-image it back on if you decide that W7 is not working for you and you will have a legal W10 system with yourself as verified owner. If you are adamant about this, then I suggest that you make a full image backup of Windows 8 (including the System Reserved partition) onto an exterior drive before you nuke it off your drive. In addition, you will have to purchase a retail version of Windows 7 of course, if you go through Ebay you can get them for a few bucks, but what then? You still will still end up with an unsupported system.
If you are a general Windows user you really do not want to be running an unsupported system. In less than a year W7 will reach End Of Life and no longer be supported.
You may not like what I am about to say, but here goes anyhow: I suggest you re-think your plan of installing Windows 7. Then when you start the install procedure, you will be given the option of deleting your existing main partition (thus nuking everything), create a new partition and format. To answer your question: I assume you have a new, retail version of Windows 7.
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