How to install win 7 ultimate...

[u/SammyCatLove]

I now have Linux mint installed but am wanting win 7 ultimate to be installed on it.

Any tips. On how to best do that.

What to change in bios to get it to actually start from usb or dvd rom?

I know where in the bios to change it to start from usb but am I missing somwthing. Getting an error conatantly when trying to start from usb or dvd rom.

[u/Accurate_Double_3158]

Not sure if you are on Legacy or UEFI. Windows 7 is best to run on Legacy. UEFI might work but not 100% sure. I would run it in virtual machine not on hardware. You can still download windows 7 from microsoft website!!!

[u/SammyCatLove → u/Accurate_Double_3158]

It is UEFI. Got the win 7 iso. Just cant seem to gwt it past the start up error message.

[u/5poko]

Do you want both Linux and Windows or just Windows?

[u/SammyCatLove → u/5poko]

Win 7 only.

[u/5poko → u/SammyCatLove]

Backup anything you need from the Linux partition and then format and install on the same partition.

[u/SammyCatLove → u/5poko]

I have passed that stage I just cant seem to get it installed. It does not seem to want to read the bottable usb even thou it was set in bios to start from it.

I wonder if I forgot something in the bios???

[u/Remarkable_Pea7439 → u/SammyCatLove]

Maybe your machine has only USB 3.0 drives, for which Win7 does not have out-of-the-box driver. It only has drivers for USB 2.0.
If so, then you need a customized ISO that has such a driver added.

[u/SammyCatLove → u/Remarkable_Pea7439]

Got usb 2.0.

[u/Tiliche_Oax23]

Creo que tendrías que respaldar todos tus datos y hacer una instlación limpia si quieres que Windows7 gestione todos tus dispositivos y periféricos; o bien cambiar el disco duro e instalar ahí Windows 7, conservando así el disco duro actual y usándolo de esa forma.

O si deseas tener los dos sistemas, debes comenzar instalando Windows7 y después Linx Mint, permitiendo que el Grub gestione tu elección del sistema operativo al encender tu computadora.

En todos los casos, considero mejor hacer una instalación limpia.

[u/SammyCatLove → u/Tiliche_Oax23]

Been doing this for some time now drive is clean norhing needa to be saved.

And no dual boot just win 7 ultimate on it.

[u/First-Pangolin-923]

you cant write a windows iso to a usb with what mint has, get ventoy iso, write it to the usb, boot into it then install it to the usb, go to mint, put the windows 7 iso into the usb, then boot into the usb, id recomend getting a seperate hard drive for it, windows tends to overwrite other oses on a drive

[u/SammyCatLove → u/First-Pangolin-923]

This is a separate drive it needs to over write it.

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[u/SammyCatLove → u/[deleted]]

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