Installing Win 7 on Samsung 950 Pro 512 Gb (on X79)

[CarloR]

Hello everyone,
I am having trouble in installing Windows 7 x64 on my Samsung 950 Pro. My configuration is the following:

Asus P9X79 Deluxe, Intel i7 SB-E 3930k @ 4500 Mhz, 64GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 Mhz, Corsair AX1200i PSU, x2 Gigabyte 980ti SLI, Intel 750 Nvme 400Gb, Samsung 950 Pro Nvme 512 Gb, Samsung 850 Pro 256 Gb, Noctua NH-D15.

I possess both the Intel 750 400gb NVMe and the Samsung 950 Pro. Both of them can install Win 8.1 and 10 without problems, but I would need to use Windows 7 due to a specific archaeology software we use at work which gives some errors on Windows 8 and 10.

What I tried so far:
-Created a bootable USB drive with Rufus.
-Created another usb with the Samsung NVMe drivers on it.
-Removed all the other drives from the system.
-Removed the "secure boot" option from the bios.

The problems are the following:
-My Win 7 iso is x64, but when I try to create a bootable usb with Rufus in GPT, it says that the ISO file is Larger than 4Gb so I cannot select FAT32.
-If I use MBR partition scheme the installation does not even load when I reboot, saying "insert media disk".
-If I create a bootable usb with the Windows 7 USB DVD tool, the installation starts but fails to accept the NVMe drivers, saying "they are not signed".

I read several threads and don't know exactly what I am missing here. I know there is the possibility to install Win 7 onto a standard ssd (I also have a 850 Pro so I could use that one) and then clone it to the 950, but if possible would prefer sticking with a normal installation.

Do you guys have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

 

[CapyWarrior]

Have you tried using an ntfs partition scheme? That could work. Also are you doing video rendering? I just saw the larger amount of ram and gpu but relativly weak cpu and I'm curious.

 

[smorizio]

what you want to try is use 7lite to make a new windows 7 iso and a 8 gig usb stick and the windows usb tool. you want to dowload and add all of windows 7 service packs and drivers needed for the mb and make a new iso image.

 

[CarloR]

Hi CapyWarrios and thanks for the reply.
As a matter of facts no, I have not tried to use NTFS yet. I will definitely try it, thanks for the suggestion.

For the pc config, I know it is a little akward and a mix of "old and new pieces". I assembled this pc in 2012 mainly for archaeological 3D reconstructions (we work with laser scanners on site and then have to work the files with several softwares) and video rendering (you were right). During the years I basically tried to keep up upgrading some pieces, just because for what I am doing at the moment the machine it is fairly good and I do not feel like changing motherboard, cpu and ram right now. A colleague of mine just changed his 4960X to upgrade and I could take that, but don't know how much difference it is going to make.

 

[CarloR]

what you want to try is use 7lite to make a new windows 7 iso and a 8 gig usb stick and the windows usb tool. you want to dowload and add all of windows 7 service packs and drivers needed for the mb and make a new iso image.

Thanks smorizio! Will try this method today as well, I have not tested 7Lite yet.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Hello everyone,
I am having trouble in installing Windows 7 x64 on my Samsung 950 Pro. My configuration is the following:

Asus P9X79 Deluxe, Intel i7 SB-E 3930k @ 4500 Mhz, 64GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 Mhz, Corsair AX1200i PSU, x2 Gigabyte 980ti SLI, Intel 750 Nvme 400Gb, Samsung 950 Pro Nvme 512 Gb, Samsung 850 Pro 256 Gb, Noctua NH-D15.

I possess both the Intel 750 400gb NVMe and the Samsung 950 Pro. Both of them can install Win 8.1 and 10 without problems, but I would need to use Windows 7 due to a specific archaeology software we use at work which gives some errors on Windows 8 and 10.

What I tried so far:
-Created a bootable USB drive with Rufus.
-Created another usb with the Samsung NVMe drivers on it.
-Removed all the other drives from the system.
-Removed the "secure boot" option from the bios.

The problems are the following:
-My Win 7 iso is x64, but when I try to create a bootable usb with Rufus in GPT, it says that the ISO file is Larger than 4Gb so I cannot select FAT32.
-If I use MBR partition scheme the installation does not even load when I reboot, saying "insert media disk".
-If I create a bootable usb with the Windows 7 USB DVD tool, the installation starts but fails to accept the NVMe drivers, saying "they are not signed".

I read several threads and don't know exactly what I am missing here. I know there is the possibility to install Win 7 onto a standard ssd (I also have a 850 Pro so I could use that one) and then clone it to the 950, but if possible would prefer sticking with a normal installation.

Do you guys have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Woow! Why bother with all that?
Just install 7 in a VM and run that software from there. That's the way the big boys do it

 

[wise-alec]

Hello everyone,
I am having trouble in installing Windows 7 x64 on my Samsung 950 Pro. My configuration is the following:

Asus P9X79 Deluxe, Intel i7 SB-E 3930k @ 4500 Mhz, 64GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 Mhz, Corsair AX1200i PSU, x2 Gigabyte 980ti SLI, Intel 750 Nvme 400Gb, Samsung 950 Pro Nvme 512 Gb, Samsung 850 Pro 256 Gb, Noctua NH-D15.

I possess both the Intel 750 400gb NVMe and the Samsung 950 Pro. Both of them can install Win 8.1 and 10 without problems, but I would need to use Windows 7 due to a specific archaeology software we use at work which gives some errors on Windows 8 and 10.

What I tried so far:
-Created a bootable USB drive with Rufus.
-Created another usb with the Samsung NVMe drivers on it.
-Removed all the other drives from the system.
-Removed the "secure boot" option from the bios.

The problems are the following:
-My Win 7 iso is x64, but when I try to create a bootable usb with Rufus in GPT, it says that the ISO file is Larger than 4Gb so I cannot select FAT32.
-If I use MBR partition scheme the installation does not even load when I reboot, saying "insert media disk".
-If I create a bootable usb with the Windows 7 USB DVD tool, the installation starts but fails to accept the NVMe drivers, saying "they are not signed".

I read several threads and don't know exactly what I am missing here. I know there is the possibility to install Win 7 onto a standard ssd (I also have a 850 Pro so I could use that one) and then clone it to the 950, but if possible would prefer sticking with a normal installation.

Do you guys have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Woow! Why bother with all that?
Just install 7 in a VM and run that software from there. That's the way the big boys do it

You are missing the point ...
not all "big boys" are "smart boys" ...