From Windows 8/10 to Windows 7. Not a Downgrade but a Fresh Installation

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An answer with the most thorough, helpful steps is appreciated.

I am going to need to buy a new desktop computer in the next week or so. It will probably have Windows 8 or even Windows 10 installed on it.

Provided I have a 64 bit OS of Windows 7 (OEM), is it possible to do a fresh install of Windows 7 64 bit on my new computer?

This obviously isn't a downgrade, because I will be starting fresh and not attempting to keep any files, settings, etc. I just want to make it so that I can take the right steps to uninstall whatever will be pre-installed as the OS on my new computer, and replace it with Windows 7 64-bit.

Windows 8 sucks and Windows 10 is worse in my opinion so I want nothing to do with either. Thanks for your assistance.

 
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in general, the answer was given, but the whole idea this year, has no sense

is possible the windows 7 will work, but get a windows 7 license, after 2 years of the release of windows 10, well, not really a good idea

is like buying milk 2 days before it goes bad, you might drink it before the expiration date but probably you will have rotten milk soon in your refrigerator

your pc will not go rotten but will loose updates in perhaps 2 or 3 years, anyway the pc world is moving away windows xp and 7 very fast

sometimes learn to less hate the new os and let go the old os is simpler

it is not like it is windows 8!
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prefer or only works with?

install windows 7 this days is not a good idea

do you have the dvd disk to install it?

windows 10 is not perfect, nor is better than windows 7, but is very usable, i wouldn't bother using a windows 7 oem license on a new pc, is a waste of money and time, even if it works and win 7 supports the cpu you bought

windows 7 is in its way out
 
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While I agree with you, pretty sure that isn't the question.

Anywho, no need to reinvent the wheel here is a guide: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2528416/microsoft-windows/microsoft-windows-windows-7-installation-how-to-step-by-step.html

if you don't like that one just google for others, thats where i found that one.
 
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in general, the answer was given, but the whole idea this year, has no sense

is possible the windows 7 will work, but get a windows 7 license, after 2 years of the release of windows 10, well, not really a good idea

is like buying milk 2 days before it goes bad, you might drink it before the expiration date but probably you will have rotten milk soon in your refrigerator

your pc will not go rotten but will loose updates in perhaps 2 or 3 years, anyway the pc world is moving away windows xp and 7 very fast

sometimes learn to less hate the new os and let go the old os is simpler

it is not like it is windows 8!
 
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If your windows copy was from a previously installed pc, then oem license is tied to the original motherboard.
A pre built pc may not be the way to go for you.

If it uses 7th gen processors, then you may or may not be able to run with windows 7.

List the specs of your prospective purchase.
 
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I appreciate these answers. I have performed a fresh install, but not where I uninstall an OS that came with anew purchase and then replaced it with an older OS. And to address some other comments in this thread:

I have never needed Microsoft upgrades and support beyond the updates they issue . Using a recent OS, Windows 8, is what has caused my system to suffer the blue screen of death. Microsoft never patched the 0xc00021a error out of ll thier updates so now I can't get my system back. NOTHING works... safe mode doesn't, system recovery is stating it wasn't turned on, but it was, and auto-repair, etc. have failed consistently along with solutions using the command line prompt.

That said. I don't care if I have 2.5 years left of "support" from Microsoft. They suck. Windows 10 is nothing more than commercial spyware. Windows 8 has left a hole for the blue screen of death. Windows 7 is great. My company I work for uses it on all our computer systems. The only difference is it's the Premium Business edition or whatever.


 
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Also, I will be buying Windows 7 new and sealed OEM. I am not re-using something I already had installed on a different computer. I don't know what I am buying yet, geofelt, and will be looking at Best Buy unfortunately. That said, can you maybe recommend some systems that Windows 7 would work with? Like give me parameters I will needto stay within for the hardware, etc. Maybe even send some links to products.

I basically want my desktop to have maybe 16-32 gigs of RAM, 2 TB of storage, high speed USB ports (3.0 or higher) and the gaming I do on my computer are all older games, so some through the roof Geforce graphics card isn't necessary. Just to give you a quick sketch.
 
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most of the comments i have read about windows 10 spying for commercial reasons is possibly to be true, but i haven't seen any suspicious behavior on my pcs running windows 10 and to be honest, at this point is running smoother than windows 7 on the same hardware

the lack of support becomes a real problem once 3 or 6 months have passed and new problems arise for the old unsupported os

eventually you will not be able to use chrome latest version, they did abandon windows xp years ago, they will abandon vista and eventually windows 7 too, there is not only some details to consider when choosing a older os over a newer one

being a gamer pc, the lack of direct x 12 eventually will make you consider jump into windows 10

of course you can jump to 10 later,, but what i want to say is that windows 7 is more a possible problem than a solution this days, so don't waste time and money in it, not than say, you shouldn't do it, period!

when most of us if not all reply to someone question here, we would like to help others to have the best experience, often based on what we did in the past and discovered that was more useful and less problematic, that is all
 
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I appreciate the examples of what are the negatives about this. I am still waiting to hear back from some people. I don't care much about gaming on my PC. As I said, my fave games are from 7 or more years ago and new ones are on home gaming systems like Xbox etc.

My company runs Windows 7 on our computers just fine. There are never any hiccups.
 
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Your strongest build might be a kaby lake processor running on a last gen motherboard with a Z170 chipset.
I am still on windows 7 and Z170 with I5-7600K runs just fine.
Since there will be no feature updates to windows 7, I turn off windows update and only update the security systems.

I have used windows 10 for a laptop, and it is not all that bad if you use windows classic shell.

If/when I convert to 10, I expect to buy the pro version so I have some control over when updates are done.

At the low end, I3-6100 and a H110 motherboard with 2 x 8gb ram might be $250.
You can go up from there.

The key to a snappy desktop is a ssd.
Use a Samsung 240gb 850 evo for about $100 and a wd blue/green hard drive if you need bulk storage.
 
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