I bought an Asus FX504G (i5, 8gb model) for university work about a year ago and the Windows 10 OEM that came pre-installed got corrupted and I was unable to install Windows again, so I was stuck with Ubuntu for the last year or so.
I've now decided that before everything starts up again at the end of next month I want to get Windows 7 on this thing as it's by far my favorite.
Issue: I cannot seem to boot from a Windows 7 or even Windows XP installation disc, the option doesn't appear in the boot menu.
The only time I get the option to boot from disc (I'm using an external DVD player due to the lack of a builtin model) is when I'm booting from a Windows 10 disc, but I'm trying to avoid Windows 10 as I don't really like it and would rather have something a little older and more familiar.
I have tried making bootable USBs of both Windows 7 and XP using ISOs created from the installation discs but no luck booting from those either.
I did install Windows 10 from disc to see if I could install Windows 7 or XP from within 10, but it wouldn't allow me to do so.
Is there something I am missing here, or is there something builtin that is preventing me from booting 7 or XP?
I've now decided that before everything starts up again at the end of next month I want to get Windows 7 on this thing as it's by far my favorite.
Issue: I cannot seem to boot from a Windows 7 or even Windows XP installation disc, the option doesn't appear in the boot menu.
The only time I get the option to boot from disc (I'm using an external DVD player due to the lack of a builtin model) is when I'm booting from a Windows 10 disc, but I'm trying to avoid Windows 10 as I don't really like it and would rather have something a little older and more familiar.
I have tried making bootable USBs of both Windows 7 and XP using ISOs created from the installation discs but no luck booting from those either.
I did install Windows 10 from disc to see if I could install Windows 7 or XP from within 10, but it wouldn't allow me to do so.
Is there something I am missing here, or is there something builtin that is preventing me from booting 7 or XP?