{"id":544,"date":"2022-11-18T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/?p=544"},"modified":"2024-12-29T22:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T22:02:53","slug":"installing-windows-7-on-modern-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/guides\/installing-windows-7-on-modern-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Windows 7 on Modern Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Table of Contents\" class=\"simpletoc content-menu wp-block-simpletoc-toc\"><h2 class=\"simpletoc-title\">Contents<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"simpletoc-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#important\">Important<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#requirements\">Requirements<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#installation-steps\">Installation Steps<\/a>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1-download-rufus\">1) Download Rufus<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2-create-bootable-usb\">2) Create Bootable USB<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"important\">Important<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firstly, I haven\u2019t tested this Windows 7 installation in the slightest. Some stuff might not work. If something doesn\u2019t work, don\u2019t blame me basically. It may also not be possible to install this on your Chromebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, as is the usual, if anything breaks or your brick your whole laptop, don\u2019t blame me, I\u2019m just echoing what worked for me <strong>specifically on the laptop I use.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By continuing, you are doing so <strong>AT YOUR OWN RISK<\/strong> and I am not liable for any damages.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"requirements\">Requirements<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this installation, you will need the following items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>USB Flash Drive (At least 8GB in Size)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PC \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Either a Partition on the drive at least 20GB in Size<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or a drive you don&#8217;t mind replacing the OS on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Windows 7 ISO provided here\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stux.ie\/win7iso-custom\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stux.ie\/win7iso-custom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">stux.ie\/win7iso-custom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"installation-steps\">Installation Steps<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-download-rufus\">1) Download Rufus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create a bootable USB drive, we will make use of a tool known as rufus which can be downloaded from <a href=\"https:\/\/rufus.ie\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">rufus.ie<\/a>. After downloading the tool, make sure to open it as we will need it for the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-create-bootable-usb\">2) Create Bootable USB<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Coming Soon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Firstly, I haven\u2019t tested this Windows 7 installation in the slightest. Some stuff might not work. If something doesn\u2019t work, don\u2019t blame me basically. It may also not be possible to install this on your Chromebook Finally, as is the usual, if anything breaks or your brick your whole laptop, don\u2019t blame me, I\u2019m &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/guides\/installing-windows-7-on-modern-hardware\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Installing Windows 7 on Modern Hardware<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuxie.dev\/web-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}