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    Installing Win 7 on Kaby Lake Aspire E5-774G-74CB in UEFI/GPT

    in Windows 7

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    Hi,

    Ok, here's my model.

    Aspire E17 E5-774G-74CB

    https://www.acer.com/datasheets/2016/4876/E5-774G/NX.GEDEZ.006.html
    https://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/support-product/6784?b=1&pn=NX.GEDEZ.006
     

    I spent several days without any luck - Win 7 doesn't install on it in EUFI/GPT mode.

    The computer has Win 10 currently and I do want to preserve it, hence the EUFI/GPT choice. I tried various reincarnations of Win 7 but they all fail to progress past Starting Windows step. That's when the loading of files by the setup ends and the GUI part is about to begin. Just a few colored dots start to move on the screen and that's it. I tried NTLite with various Intel USB3 and other drivers but to no avail. One compilation that I found was even passing the loading files and starting in a GUI mode (which, probably, implies that boot.wim was kind of OK) but failing again after the reboot (which, probably, implies that install.wim is missing some drivers present in boot.wim). The thing is, I don't know in this particular case what drivers were in both wims as I haven't compiled them myself. When I was embedding the drivers alone, it was not even starting the boot.wim, let alone install.wim.

    The drivers used were taken from the below resources.


    Intel_USB3_50032_Win7_32_64
    http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/usb30/Intel_USB3_50032_Win7_32_64.zip

    Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver for Windows 7 32-bit & 64-bit,
    http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/sata/IRST_Win7_81_10_V15201020.zip

    Aspire E5-774G
    https://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/support-product/6784?b=1&pn=NX.GEDEZ.006

    Drivers for the Acer Aspire E5-774G Windows 7 x64 laptop
    https://drp.su/en/laptops/acer/aspire-e5-774g?os=windows-7-x64

    In BIOS, I have Secure Boot off and UEFI on. As I said, I want to keep the existing Win 10 so UEFI is a must, otherwise Win 10 doesn't even boot.

    Any chances getting what I want?

    For a comparison, I also got a new Kaby Lake HP (http://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c05348678) and the installation of Win 7 was a breeze on it. The first bootable USB I had at hand (I had quite a few readily available while fighting the above Acer) worked a charm. It was Rufus-made, specifically for GPT, but in NTFS which wasn't actually supposed to work. It did work so just to make sure that wasn't some funky accident, I installed from the same stick Win 7 again on another partition. No issues whatsoever.

    Sure, there were exclamation marks in the Driver manager but those were not critical and the system was very much usable. In fact, much more usable than in Win 10.

    For me, Acer was the best and HP was the worst computer brand for the last 20 years. Now, I'm about to be forced to reverse my preferences.

    Thanks
     

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    Windows 7 on a Kaby Lake laptop

    in Windows 7

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    Thanks for the provided information, greenhillmaniac. It's actually quite close to my other laptop's specification.

    Acer Aspire E5-774G-74CB
    https://www.acer.com/datasheets/2016/4876/E5-774G/NX.GEDEZ.006.html
    https://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/support-product/6784?b=1&pn=NX.GEDEZ.006

    My HP is below.
    HP Notebook - 15-ay146nz (Z6L92EA)
    http://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c05348678

    I tried installing Win 7 on the above Acer but without much luck. I'll continue for some more time and then try the HP.

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    Windows 2000 on Samsung nc10 (Intel 945GSE + ICH7M)

    in Device Drivers

    Posted

    Might work...

    The SATA drive will be your biggest issue.

    HOWEVER, most drivers for XP work fine under 2000.

    Yes, my shot at Vaio on ICH9 failed exactly due to the reason. Hopefully, ICH7-based Samsung will be more Win2K-friendly;) But I'm still curious if anybody tried it? I see there are quite a few people who struggle with the thought of leaving Windows 2000 for good.

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    ICH8M Driver for Windows 2000 ?

    in Device Drivers

    Posted · Edited by niemand

    Hi,

    I got Vaio VGN-AW11Z/B (http://www.vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-AW11Z%2FB&site=voe_en_GB_cons&category=VN+AW+Series&assetid=1218032875460) and I've been trying to get a normal OS onto it. Well, after reading this forum I got an impression that I'm bound to fail since the last normal OS from Microsoft for me is Windows 2000. This model is based on the ICH9 controller and it appears that the last Win2K supported one was ICH8. I had no issues with slipstreaming the required drivers for an XP installation but whatever I did for Win2K was unsuccessful. Now I'm about to abandon any hope and try to get used to some limited OS like XP but I just want to hear a confirmation here. It looks like the number one place for MS-related tips and tricks and I'm relying on your expertise as I myself last played with MS Operation Systems installations 10 years ago.

    Cheers!

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