Can I Install Windows 7 on a Windows 8 Laptop?

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Dannekoon

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The farthest I have gotten so far is to create a separate partition and format it, then starting up the DvD from the boot menu by changing to CMS boot rather than UEFI. But at that point I was unable to install Windows 7 on the newly created partition as is has the GPT structure.

So this is as far as I have gotten. Is it actually possible or do I just have to get used to Windows 8?

NOTE: Yes I have backed up everything in case something goes horribly wrong.
 
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bryonhowley

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Personally I would just get use to Windows 8 takes maybe 5 minutes to do so really. It is a much better OS all the way around and the update to Windows 8.1 is free. And that give the stupid Start Button back that Microsoft should have never put back in anyway.

But really Windows 8 is much better to use and the UI is really faster to navigate in. Plus Windows 8 boots faster and games start faster than even Windows 7.

The other thing is that that laptop might have been built for Windows 8 and not support Windows 7 at all so you may not even be able to install it anyway.
 
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Ironsounds

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Hello... You need to delete all partitons on that hardrive and a NTFS format on a new Partition... Do this usng another Non Windows 8 computer... or you Might be able to do this using a BOOTable Disk Utility...
BUT as bryonhowley suggested, and if your computer OS knowledge/experience is weak... it might be time to learn ( and become our future expert ) to use Windows 8.
 
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The_Prophecy

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You can just wipe out the entire drive if you really don't want Windows 8. But as bryonhowley said, I would take (more than) 5 minutes and really try to use the OS. I was a little offput at first when Windows 8 showed up (although I had early access through TechNet), but after using it for a few days, I started to understand where Microsoft was going with the whole Metro environment. It didn't work as well on a desktop system, but it was usable, and if I ever got stuck, the Search feature was close by to take me right to where I wanted to go.

Otherwise I spent most of my time in the regular desktop environment which still looks and feels (for the most part) like Windows 7. Of the parts that did change, most were not that difficult to adapt to, and I often found that they worked better under 8 anyway after using them a few times.
 
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