I'm Trying to Dual boot Windows 7 and Windows 10

[gavintantleff]

I'm posting this under Windows 10 because I'm starting on Windows 10.

My problem is that whenever i try to install Windows 7, when i click download setup updates, it downloads them, but then I have a problem where it says "Failed to replace setup files." I have tried to install it without updating the setup files, but when I do that, I have no drivers, so most of my stuff doesn't work.

Can anyone help me?

 

[USAFRet]

Dualboot Win 7 & 10 pretty much needs to start with Win 7, and then install Win 10.
Or, do them on individual drives, disconnecting the other one when you install.

Any reason for the Win 7?

 

[gavintantleff]

Dualboot Win 7 & 10 pretty much needs to start with Win 7, and then install Win 10.
Or, do them on individual drives, disconnecting the other one when you install.

Any reason for the Win 7?

I'm doing it for some compatibility stuff. In Windows 7 they had a glitch that allowed you to create a fake monitor that was removed in Windows 10.

Anyway, the problem isn't that I can't install Windows 7, its that when I do, I don't have any drivers. If I try booting from the flash drive, it asks me for a driver cd, but I don't know where I can get all those drivers. If I try installing from Windows 10, I can install Win7 if I choose to not get updates for the installer, which ends up with me being without drivers. If I try to update the setup, it downloads, but then fails to replace setup files.

I think I forgot to mention that I'm installing it on a seperate partition.

Edit: I just tried opening setup again, and now it is complaining about how it can't make a folder in C:\$WINDOWS.-BT. I tried to delete it, but apparently its in use by another program.

 

[USAFRet]

Do Win 7 drivers exist for your hardware?

 

[gavintantleff]

Do Win 7 drivers exist for your hardware?

I believe they do, but I don't know where to find all of them. For example, I can find my network card drivers, but there are random things that I don't know where to find the drivers for.

Maybe there is some package or something, but I'm not sure. Also, when I tried to install NVIDIA drivers with Geforce Now, it said incompatible, but I'm pretty sure that geforce 1050 ti's are compatible with windows 7

 

[gavintantleff]

Do Win 7 drivers exist for your hardware?

Nevermind, I looked and found a Dell page that should have all the drivers I need. Thank You!

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/inspiron-15-7559-laptop/drivers

I still have a problem though. When I try to open Setup, it says failed to create C:\$WINDOWS.~BT I can't delete it either, because apparently its in use by another program