[GreenKeys] Fwd: Uninstalling windows 8 and installing windows 7

[Don Robert House]

Uninstalling windows 8 and installing windows 7

Found on the web.  Last sentence is good advice!

> Uninstalling windows 8 and installing windows 7
>
> SHORT VERSION:
>
> Disable secure boot in bios and enable legacy mode.
>
> Then do a fresh windows 7 install.
>
> Job done.
>
> LONG VERSION:
>
> Microsoft locked users into Windows 8 once you have upgraded or did  
> a clean install, since all Windows 8 hardware will be shipping with  
> UEFI secure boot enabled by default. Furthermore, the Windows 8  
> operating system install will modify your BIOS to use UEFI by  
> default. If you have a newer hardware system with newer UEFI bios  
> support, you MUST change your BIOS setting to boot the Windows 7  
> system disk using Legacy BIOS settings. Failure to do this will  
> result in the install locking up at the first screen. This is true  
> even if you try to do the install of Windows 7 from Windows 8 by  
> loading your Windows 7 system install disk and running SETUP. You  
> will think all is well, until the system is ready to boot into  
> Windows 7 for the first time. It then locks up again.
>
> If you are an unfortunate one that loaded Windows 8 on a hardware  
> with a legacy BIOS, there is no option to reset the BIOS from UEFI  
> BIOS to Legacy. The only choice you have is to re-flash your BIOS,  
> since the Windows 8 install has already updated it to UEFI to  
> support their Secure Boot feature.
>
> Re-flashing your BIOS back to it's previous version should allow you  
> to do a clean boot of Windows 7, in most cases.
>
> By the way, the above is true for Windows XP and VISTA (thank you  
> very much, Microsoft!!)
>
> GOOD LUCK! I'm told The Geek Squad charges $150.00 for this, and  
> further advises ALL legacy hardware owners NOT to upgrade to Windows  
> 8.

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