#How do I properly install Windows 7 on a modern PC such as this one?

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ionic cloak
neon pike
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Disable secure boot & CSM

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and it should work

ionic cloak
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I actually did install it on a separate partition by mounting the installer ISO and then running setup.exe but it won't boot up.

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Okay I'll try.

neon pike
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np

ionic cloak
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This happens whenever I try to boot into it.

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neon pike
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Yep, that's what happens when you fuck with the boot sector

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Let it runs it test

ionic cloak
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How do I properly install Windows 7 on a modern PC such as this one?

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I'll just do what you suggested

lethal hawk
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Let it run

neon pike
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It'll work bro, promise 🙂

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Go watch some twich streamers in hottub in meantime

lethal hawk
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It is just a disk check, you can also do that in cmd

ionic cloak
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I'm not really concerned about that

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There was an error that came up after the operating system finished installing, which went something like "Installation cannot proceed"

neon pike
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That was because you didn't disable CSM

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or secure boot

ionic cloak
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This might've been it, I don't remember

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neon pike
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Yep

ionic cloak
neon pike
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CSM/Secureboot

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It's in the bios

ionic cloak
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Now there's no boot options

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It just goes into BIOS

neon pike
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Uhm

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Secure Boot keys

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?

ionic cloak
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I'll just convert the disk to GPT.

unkempt hound
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I dont think 7 works with GPT

solar dawn
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Windows 7 even if you could get it to work the driver support for modern hardware isn't there normally you would need a lot of work arounds it's not worth it.

unkempt hound
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^^^

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definetly possible but you'll have to patch ALOT of stuff

solar dawn
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And even then why use an EOL OS

unkempt hound
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ngl if 7 worked better with modern hardware id still use it, i like it way more than 10 but that's just my opinion

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and from what i've seen it runs drastically better too as it isn't loaded down with bloatware and telemetry

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once 10 goes EOL i'm gonna quit using windows altogether and just go linux

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i use arch on nearly everything so i'm quite comfortable with it

ionic cloak
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Thats why I was trying to install Windows 7 on my computer.

ancient garden
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Windows 7 has no driver support for current hardware. If you want to run Windows 7, then you will need 7th Gen or older.

main geyser
hidden mist
ionic cloak
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No video or audio output when trying that

ionic cloak
main geyser
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looks like a relatively standard, low end composite capture device

ionic cloak
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Screw it, I'll just use my DV converter

main geyser
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you'll likely get the same performance out of something you'd get on amazon on the cheap with modern driver support. I'm talking like $15

ionic cloak
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That's the only device that seems to work fine

main geyser
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I think the "meta" is an upscaler and HDMI capture card

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DV converter? firewire is pretty reliable if you've got it

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composite in quality is also really decent on a high end DVD-recorder too

ionic cloak
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I have one of those but the problem is that it only works normally with MJPEG

main geyser
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so if you've got one of those with a fw jack

unkempt hound
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You could install windows 11 but why windows 7?
May i know the reason why?
Ignore me if u don't like to answer

unkempt hound
ionic cloak
main geyser
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is likely to produce MUCH cleaner output, these AIO composite capture boxes weren't very good back then and have only been cost cut since

unkempt hound
main geyser
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and, importantly, it'll work with modern windows. these devices either show up as a universal video input, or cleverly --- a webcam input! super easy to record those, even the win10 camera app will do a decent job, let alone OBS/something fancy

unkempt hound
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He could just have win 11

ionic cloak