hi
i need to know something. I bought a laptop with windows 8.1 installed. For some reasons i wanted to fresh install the OS from the provided disc media. When i pressed the Escape button to enter BIOS i came across a very strange form of BIOS.
Anyhow it didn't bother me much but the thing i got problem with:
1. The laptop had UEFI enabled and didn't let me install media either from DVD or USB (i made the ISO of DVD). There is no option to boot from DVD or USB. It is i think because i made install media on USB using RUFUS and MBR partition using UEFI or BIOS option (not MBR for UEFI)
2. I somehow managed to set it to "legacy type boot" from BIOS and then it started showing other options for booting from DVD or USB or LAN.
3. I disabled the secure boot option. Does it need to remain enabled? what is its purpose. I found on Google that secure boot is a form of disk protection (in lay-man's words) that will prohibit installation of any other OS like win7 on this laptop.
I am not a die hard fan of win 8 or 8.1. It's just a matter of choice. I never was comfortable with this OS. I feel more comfortable with win7. So what must i do to install win7 on this laptop.
i need to know something. I bought a laptop with windows 8.1 installed. For some reasons i wanted to fresh install the OS from the provided disc media. When i pressed the Escape button to enter BIOS i came across a very strange form of BIOS.
Anyhow it didn't bother me much but the thing i got problem with:
1. The laptop had UEFI enabled and didn't let me install media either from DVD or USB (i made the ISO of DVD). There is no option to boot from DVD or USB. It is i think because i made install media on USB using RUFUS and MBR partition using UEFI or BIOS option (not MBR for UEFI)
2. I somehow managed to set it to "legacy type boot" from BIOS and then it started showing other options for booting from DVD or USB or LAN.
3. I disabled the secure boot option. Does it need to remain enabled? what is its purpose. I found on Google that secure boot is a form of disk protection (in lay-man's words) that will prohibit installation of any other OS like win7 on this laptop.
I am not a die hard fan of win 8 or 8.1. It's just a matter of choice. I never was comfortable with this OS. I feel more comfortable with win7. So what must i do to install win7 on this laptop.