Question Problem with installing Windows 7 updated to modern hardware

[Klymins]

I wanted to install Windows 7 on modern hardware, but I could not because it did not see my mouse and keyboard. To solve this problem, I was tried to install <Mod Edit> on my computer. This solved that problem (I selected 2020 ultimate), but introduced another problem. When the installation media automatically restarted the computer, it stuck on "Starting Windows" screen. When I try to boot with safe mode, it stuck after writing "Loaded: \Windows\system32\drivers\disk.sys" to the screen.

My hardware:
Asus Prime B550 Plus
AMD Ryzen 5
Asus Geforce GTX 1050Ti
Goodram SSD 240GB (I'm satisfied with this brand)
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB as main drive (this SSD is relatively new but looks like it is ready to fail)

What can I do?

(I previously asked this in another forum and then gave up (installed win10) after getting no answers but I want to return to Win7 (I was using it on another computer) because I don't like Win10.)

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[Lutfij]

Your problem is that you're trying to install Windows 7. You should ideally be on Windows 11 since Windows 10 is going to be a decade old once 2025 roll in, meaning it's going to run to the end of it's support life/product life cycle.

What can I do?
You're going to invite more problems when your OS(Windows 7) will have security and vulnerability issues left unaddressed and the door wide open for those who know how to exploit them without your consent.

 

[Klymins]

Your problem is that you're trying to install Windows 7. You should ideally be on Windows 11 since Windows 10 is going to be a decade old once 2025 roll in, meaning it's going to run to the end of it's support life/product life cycle.

What can I do?
You're going to invite more problems when your OS(Windows 7) will have security and vulnerability issues left unaddressed and the door wide open for those who know how to exploit them without your consent.

I know that, and I think almost everyone who has the capability to install an OS knows that. Currently supported versions of Windows have lots of annoying parts (it seems very hard to remove all of them) and using Win11 would be like a nightmare for me.

Even when using Windows 10, I apply lots of tweaks (installing Open Shell, disabling updates, disabling defender, disabling telemetry, disabling unwanted apps, setting inactive title bar color, and more) to make it usable for me, so my Win10 is not secure too. Plus, Windows 7 looks very beautiful (it seems very hard to make Win10 look exactly like it).

Do you know how can I successfully install and run Windows 7 on this system?

 

[stonecarver]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQvxDw69zEQ


A few years back I had to do this on new machines that were windows 8 with no windows 7 support.

Your project is even deeper I don't know much about the video but a quick scan looks like it might have some info you may need to pull this off.

Me I would find a used Dell off ebay for $50. and than find a Dell copy of Windows 7 and why not a Dell copy of XP.

It's all compatible, you have no hassle on install and the "Dell" official copy of Windows 7 and XP is pre registered no internet hassle to find work arounds to register it.

Even if the world came to an end you could be living on some remote island and as long as you had the Dell Pc and It's official OS disks you would be the only one out there working.

 

[Sleepy_Hollowed]

Depending on what version of the driver framework your hardware has drivers for, you might not be able to at all:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Driver_Frameworks

 

[Math Geek]

you can install it but your motherboard does not have win 7 drivers for it. you can likely find the audio and lan driver but the chipset and others won't be available.

so you will have problems getting everything to work once it is installed. if you are prepared to deal with chasing down drivers elsewhere and doing without some stuff entirely, then this will get it installed.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads...SkyLake-KabyLake-CoffeLake-Ryzen-Threadripper

you need a RAW untouched win 7 iso to work with. if you've done anything to it then this will fail and not work. but i've been using a win 7 iso i prepared with this and still use it to install win 7 on newer hardware. works fine.

but again, without win 7 drivers for the motherboard you're going to have multiple problems no one can solve since they will require a driver that does not exist. you can still get win 7 drivers for the audio and lan through the site for each part, but the rest is unavailable as far as i know.

 

[Lutfij]

and using Win11 would be like a nightmare for me.
But you're willing to undergo a nightmare in reverse order(courtesy of a Windows 7 install).

I had to install Windows 7 onto 7th Gen Intel laptops, prior to the pandemic, that had little to no driver support for Windows 7 and I had to do it across 10 laptops for an office, in spite of educating the owners of the drawbacks of the steps they were willing to take for not wanting to pay for paying for a software. I had to scour multiple sites, multiple shady avenues and worse of all going through more effort than what I was being paid to do.

After finishing the job, the laptop's weren't exactly 100% functional with quirks coming up right, left and center. The plan was to do what needed doing on one laptop and then use the same formula on the others but every laptop threw a different issue, in spite of having the same identical specs save the serial number. I do not wish anyone go through the same issue as I did. BSoD's will be the likely result of your backwards endeavor.