Unable to install Windows 7 ultimate(64*) USING BOOTABLE PENDRIVE DUE TO GPT PARTITION STYLE.

RAKESH ALWAYS

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I am hp pavilion-15 e009tu laptop. I am using WINDOWS 8.1 PRO(64*) .
I want to install windows 7 ultimate(64*) as dual boot.

I disabled "safeboot" option and enabled "legacy support" option in BIOS to support legacy OS installation.

After that when i tried to install the windows 7 to my hard drive as dual boot in drive D: ...((that is C: holds windows 8.1 pro and D: drive i planned to install windiws 7))... i get a message like... the os cannot be installed to any partion in harddrive due to GPT partition style.

But when i tried to get online guidance... mostly i got that... total harddrive should be formatted to continue installation.

But i dont have enough external devices to take backup of several GBs of data.

Please give me a solution .