Feb 04, 2018 Instructions for both Windows and Linux have been provided. How to Check if Your Computer Uses UEFI or BIOS. Last updated February 4, 2018 By Ambarish Kumar 5 Comments. Brief: A quick tutorial to tell you if your system uses the modern UEFI or the legacy BIOS. Instructions for both Windows and Linux have been provided. Clean install of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit on a UEFI laptop with GPT partition? Ask Question 18. I’m currently pulling out hairs about a problem with my wife’s new Samsung Book 9 laptop. (I've never tried using the Linux tools with Windows 7, so I'm not even 100% sure that this would work.) GPT is a practical necessity to use disks. Brief: A quick tutorial to tell you if your system uses the modern UEFI or the legacy BIOS. Instructions for both Windows and Linux have been provided. When you are trying to dual boot Linux with Windows, you would want to know if you have UEFI or BIOS boot mode on your system. It helps you decide in partition making for installing Linux. Long story short, I have a Windows 10 tablet that's running 32-bit Windows 10. I'd like to install 32-bit Windows 7, but the tablet's BIOS is UEFI only and doesn't have legacy/CSM boot options. Is there any way I can modify a 32-bit Windows 7 ISO to boot on 32-bit UEFI only systems like one can do with Linux ISOs and bootia32.efi? Oct 13, 2016 Follow these steps to run diskpart to repair the boot sector code of the Windows 7 installation: Follow the steps from Fix #1: Use bootrec until you reach Command Prompt. Type: bootsect /nt60 SYS /mbr. Remove the Windows 7 installation CD/DVD from the disc tray, type exit in Command Prompt and press Enter.
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Long story short, I have a Windows 10 tablet that's running 32-bit Windows 10. I'd like to install 32-bit Windows 7, but the tablet's BIOS is UEFI only and doesn't have legacy/CSM boot options.
Is there any way I can modify a 32-bit Windows 7 ISO to boot on 32-bit UEFI only systems like one can do with Linux ISOs and
bootia32.efi
? If not, how can I boot a 64-bit Windows 7 on my tablet's 32-bit UEFI?
Tablet specs:
Insignia NS-P08W7100C
- Intel ATOM CPU
- 2GB RAM
- 32GM EMMC
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If not, how can I boot a 64 bit win 7 on my tablets 32 bit UEFI?
No; Your device came with Windows 8+ because only Windows 8+ supports a 32-Bit UEFI kernel. While your processor supports the 64-bit extension, Windows 7 32-bit cannot run on your device.
Only Windows 8+ supports booting a 64-bit operating system from a 32-bit UEFI kernel. What you want is not possible. I suggest using Windows 10 instead.
Is there any way I can modify a 32-bit win 7 iso to boot on 32-bit UEFI only systems like one can with Linux isos and a bootia32.efi?
No.
Q: Can Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 read, write, and boot from GPT disks?
A: Booting is only supported for 64-bit editions on UEFI-based systems.
Source: Answers about Windows disk support
How To Install Windows 7 On Uefi
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Anyway I can remove the 64-bit system files on my iso/USB and replace them with the ones from the 32 bit while preserving the 64-bit EFI booting?
No
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