Hello, So I bought a custom build beast with 'GIGABYTE X79-UP4 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 5, GblAN, 4 GEn3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 1 PCI' as a mobo, and it came preinstalled with an UEFI bios. No matter what I do, USB drives with Win7 on them won't be seen in the boot menu, which is scarry. I tried many things, like formatting into a FAT32 file system with Rufus, and placing a GPT layout. Still nothing. Sony Ericsson Pc Suite For P990i. I gave up on USBs and burned the Win7 image on a DVD, and tried booting from that.

If you've recently downloaded the latest windows 7 loader 2.0.6 and still doesn't work on your system then you probably have the UEFI motherboards. Guide to Create a Windows 7* UEFI Installer Image on a USB. And target system type to GPT partition scheme for UEFI. To and select the Windows 7 ISO image.

It worked, Windows started loading necessary files. Then it crashed saying it didn't find a specific file. I used this ISO repeatedly before, there is nothing wrong with it, but this new desktop is killing me. Nothing works. 3d Avatar Creator more. How do I remove the pre installed Win8 and replace with Win7 Thanks.

Removing the pre-installed Windows 8 is easy, although I would first extract the Windows 8 activation key using the free Belarc Advisor from in case you decide you want to use it later. Then you can wipe the drive like this with diskpart commands: Boot from the Win 7 disk, but don't install, just open the command prompt window and type: diskpart list disk select disk n (where n is the disk identified in list disk that you want to clean) clean exit Now you will have an unallocated disk ready to install Windows 7. Is a good tutorial on a UEFI Windows 7 install procedure. Removing the pre-installed Windows 8 is easy, although I would first extract the Windows 8 activation key using the free Belarc Advisor from in case you decide you want to use it later. Then you can wipe the drive like this with diskpart commands: Boot from the Win 7 disk, but don't install, just open the command prompt window and type: diskpart list disk select disk n (where n is the disk identified in list disk that you want to clean) clean exit Now you will have an unallocated disk ready to install Windows 7. Is a good tutorial on a UEFI Windows 7 install procedure. The main problem I am having is that I cannot boot from a Win7 USB or DVD.

The USB doesn't show up as an option. What you suggested is fine, but I cannot boot from a Win7 device yet, so that's what I need help with.