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Dell Inspiron 15 5567 windows setup problem
Dear All,
I have Dell Inspiron 15 5567 and the running windows is Windows 10
I wanted to replace it with windows 7
From windows 7 set up menu I formatted the C partition ( that contains win 10),
But I couldn't setup windows 7 due to error message ( hard is GPT format )
How can I setup windows 7 or windows 10 again on that GPT hard ?
I can not convert the hard to mbr formate because it contains important data and I do not want to lose it.
To summarize
GPT hard formate and the running windows is 10
I formatted the operation system partition (c) from dos
The problem is : I can not set up any windows on that GPT format
Is there any solution for that problem?
ejn63
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July 6th, 2020 16:00
There are a number of hurdles here, starting with the fact that even if you do get Windows 7 loaded, you can't update it thereafter (the processor generation in this system does not have support for Windows 7).
64-bit Windows 7 can be installed to a GPT disc; 32 bit WIndows 7 cannot.
It should also be noted that support for Windows 7 (including security updates) ended about six months ago, so it's an insecure OS at this point.
HMyo2020
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July 6th, 2020 17:00
I have solved the problem.
I have created a USB bootable windows copy as GPT using Rufus.
Set up went well.
Thanks