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    Laptop - Installing Win 7 Pro

    I have an old laptop, trying to put Win 7 Pro onto it. It's currently running Win 8 so can't see an issue doing this. I've removed the HDD and popped in an SSD. It hangs on the starting windows logo and won't go any further. Once I managed to start the install but again when it loaded it stalled at the logo.

    Tried install from external DVD and also USB. Tried 2 different drives, maybe it doesn't like the SSD.

    Bios is very limited and I've tried as many options as I can, searched Google for answers and come up blank!

    Got me stumped right now. I've seen this before and think it was BIOS hard drive settings but I don't have usual options here.

    Appreciate any advice TIA
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    Have you tried disabling secure boot?

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    Have you tried downloading it from here? It should read your license, but take a note of the key before you begin.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/

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    Yes disabled safe boot. Managed to get it to install last night but coming up with faults, this is from original windows disc.
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    Finally got this sorted. It was a very simple regedit that fixed it in the end ;-)

    For anyone that may come across this in future this was the solution. I assume it may have still been seeing a previous installation.

    https://blog.pcrisk.com/windows/1288...rtup%20Options.
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