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    Install Windows 7 on a Coffee Lake Notebook USB 3.0 and the nice NVME

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Bullzz, Jan 24, 2018.

  1. Bullzz

    Bullzz Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi, just try to install and activate Windows 7 Pro on my new notebook to get a digital license of Win 10.
    Notebook https://www.gamingguru.de/guru-venus-blackfriday.html#c7619fda21f7a5fcbba5ec643cd5b60f
    SSD 960 Evo 500 GB connected via M. 2 in NVME mode

    Here I have downloaded the iso http://winfuture.de/downloadvorschalt,3291. html
    Windows usb tool created the stick http://winfuture.de/downloadvorschalt,2907. html

    Error message " No valid medium ". Tested it on an old notebook. There the Win 7 installation started. So the stick goes

    A Gigabyte tool should be able to add Win 7 USB 3.0 and NVME drivers later.
    Sync by honeybunny www.nag.co.za/2016/02/02/installing-windows-7-on-skylake-there-are-ways-to-make-it-work/

    Other error message now " File \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD Status: 0xc000000d Info: An error occured while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

    The USB still works on an old notebook and there, too. *wheelless i am*
     
    Bullzz, Jan 24, 2018
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you have a retail Windows 7 license that was previously upgraded to Windows 10 during the free period, you should be able to enter the W7 key on W10, and it will activate without needing to install the older OS first.
     
    saturnotaku, Jan 24, 2018
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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Read this thread:
    How to install Windows 7 on Samsung 950 PRO

    Applies to all Samsung NVMe SSDs
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jan 24, 2018
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    Bullzz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bullzz, Jan 25, 2018
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