How To Install Windows Xp Mode On Windows 7
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You might be looking at some hardware based restrictions. Are you trying to install on an ARM-based laptop? Maybe you can the PC health check and OS build info options from the Windows Update app to help.
There is a procedure here How to bypass internet connection to install Windows 11 - Pureinfotech that guides you through the procedure to do what you want but beware that MS will probably alter the installation process to make it even more difficult to use local accounts as time goes by.
Have you tried using the slmgr utility to uninstall/install the product key, possibly rearm and activate your installation? While the GUI may restrict those operations, an elevated command prompt may still work. Here is a neat summary of the possible commands you may try -to-use-slmgr-to-change-remove-or-extend-your-windows-license/ .
I am sure that as soon as you fix the issue on your source system, you can clone it to other machines without having to deal with it again. Drivers are mostly not an issue on Windows 10/11 since modern operating systems can download almost any driver from Windows Update.
Unfortunately, MS requires you to buy a Volume Licence to clone to a different PC but it will work. To a certain extent MS trust people not to do it.
Sysprep strips the installation of the licence, and specifics so that it will work as a completely new installation on the second PC.
In general, install Windows using the newer UEFI mode, as it includes more security features than the legacy BIOS mode. If you're booting from a network that only supports BIOS, you'll need to boot to legacy BIOS mode.
You might see separate commands for the same device. For example, you might see UEFI USB Drive and BIOS USB Drive. Each command uses the same device and media, but boots the PC in a different firmware mode.
Some devices only support one mode (either UEFI or BIOS). Other devices will only allow you to boot to BIOS mode by manually disabling the UEFI security features. To disable the security features, go to Security > Secure Boot and disable the feature.
Some older PCs (Windows 7-era or earlier) support UEFI, but require you to browse to the boot file. From the firmware menus, look for the option: "Boot from file", then browse to \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI on Windows PE or Windows Setup media.
If you want to ensure that your drive boots into a certain mode, use drives that you've preformatted with the GPT file format for UEFI mode, or the MBR file format for BIOS mode. When the installation starts, if the PC is booted to the wrong mode, Windows installation will fail. To fix this, restart the PC in the correct firmware mode.
If you want a PC to only boot into a certain mode, you can remove the files that Windows PE or Windows Setup use to boot in UEFI or BIOS mode. Remove the following files, depending on the mode you want to boot to.
WinPE is an add-on to the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). You can download the ADK and WinPE add-on from Download and install the ADK. Install the ADK and the WinPE add-ons to start working with WinPE.
Windows PE isn't a general-purpose operating system. It may not be used for any purpose other than deployment and recovery. It shouldn't be used for hardware validation, as a thin client, or an embedded operating system. Microsoft makes other products, such as Validation OS and Windows IoT Enterprise, which may be used for these purposes.
The default Windows PE installation uses the FAT32 file format, which poses its own limitations, including a maximum 4GB file size and maximum 32GB drive size. To learn more, see WinPE: Use a single USB key for WinPE and a WIM file (.wim).
In general, use the latest version of WinPE to deploy Windows. If you are using customized WinPE for Windows 10 or Windows 11 images, you may prefer to continue using your existing Windows PE image and run the latest version of DISM from a network location. To learn more, see Copy DISM to Another Computer.
Create a USB Bootable drive Create a boot CD, DVD, ISO, or VHD Install on a hard drive (Flat boot or Non-RAM) Boot in UEFI or legacy BIOS mode Boot to UEFI Mode or legacy BIOS mode Use a single USB key for WinPE and a WIM file (.wim)
I have a dell inspiron 15 7000 series note book. I had win 10 installed in it. Due to some reason i planned to reinstall win 10. So i changed the boot setting from UEFI to legacy and then i deleted whole of my hard disk and then i installed win 10. During the installation an error message is shown again and again as " this disk is GPT partitionized. The some how after many tries i completed installing windows. And now when i restarted my lap after changing the boot option again to UEFI it says no boot device found. But win 10 runs when i change the boot option back to legacy. But i want to run windows by keeping the boot option as UEFI. what should i do? Some one please help me
Hi. I am trying to setup Intel Smart Response Technology. I have a 500GB HDD and a 24GB SSD, which I want to use as cache for the HDD. After I change the SATA mode from AHCI to RAID, it says that I have to reinstall the OS. Okay, that's not a problem. The problem is that I can't choose where to install the OS. It says:
- used this to change the sata mode without reinstall, it didn't work yesterday, so I'm not sure whether is from the new BIOS version or other things that I did, like trying to install different IRST drivers, etc.
- I saw that the SAFE MODE installed intel mobile express chipset sata raid controller 13.44.0.1026 driver which is older that the latest IRST drivers, but with that you can actually boot the windows after changing the sata mode to RAID
Having two Add windows is also useful in many cases: E.g. when processing a textbook I often copy a sentence or paragraph into an add window and then start to reduce it to something reviewable. While doing this I sometimes notice that e.g. some foreign words/technical terms need an additional card so I use another add window and only after this I get back to the first note. I could formulate my notes in a different program and only copy over the final versions or when I think that I need an additional note I could try to do it after finishing the first note but this always an additional time or mental burden. Workarounds like using another program to prepare the new notes or a clipboard manager are inferior alternatives imo.
Rather than an unbounded number of windows, 2 is probably the sensible choice, so that we can preserve the existing behaviour of those actions opening the existing window if one exists. Maybe the action could open the standard window normally, and a shift+click would open the second instance.
Anki is my note taking app, so all my study knowledge is stored there. When I want to edit an existing note, I might want to look up related info with a browser search. Here it would come in very handy to have two browser instances next to each other. I could compare notes and easily copy contents.
Big apps like Photoshop and VS Code have very nice modular systems, where you can snap views next to each other and open separate windows by dragging a view outside. With a system like that, users could easily build their perfect layout (like snap the browser-editor to the side instead of vertical to the search table).
@kleinerpirat: maybe you can already get something comparable to your modular views suggestion by combining Browser Maximize/Hide Table/Editor - AnkiWeb and External Note Editor for the Browser - AnkiWeb.
I am trying to install Windows 10 x64 in native EFI mode (not BootCamp) on my MacPro5,1 from 2010 with no luck. Yet I read the article HERE where a user named "2000one" posts a detailed description half way down of how he got it to work on a 2009 model MacPro4,1 upgraded to 5,1.
What's very frustrating is that people are saying that they did manage to install Windows 10 in EFI native mode with the same hardware (see link above), while others are saying the EFI version on the MacPro5,1 is not supported by Windows 10.
The reason to install Windows 10 in EFI mode on my MacPro5,1 is to gain native AHCI performance from the disk. In BootCamp mode Windows gets installed in emulation mode so there is no native AHCI support.
The reason to install Windows 10 in EFI mode on my MacPro5,1 is to gain native AHCI performance from the disk. In BootCamp mode Windows gets installed in emulation mode so there is no native AHCI support.
I do not have access to my machine this instance but I did run Samsung Magician and it stated it was not running in AHCI mode. Hence the entire reason for my research and this thread. I will be glad to post a screenshot when I get in.
As for the firmware upgrade, the poster apparently died that in order to upgrade to/emulate a MacPro5,1. Nothing to be condoned there, however the interesting part is after that where the poster describes in detail the process for preparing the USB stick and the Mac Pro, and states he was successful in installing Windows 10 in EFI mode!
Please see my post above. I posted the output of "diskutil list". The MP 5,1 had only Video card, USB card & SSD drive in bay1. Booted from front USB in EFI mode and got "Recovery" error screen almost immediately.
Does your MP have a functional Optical drive? If yes, can you create a DVD from an ISO or Windows Media Creation tool, try to boot from the DVD using Alt/Option and select EFI Boot. The USB method is unlikely to work.
W7 (Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support) / W8.1 (Use Windows 8.1 on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support) are supported on your Mac model. This method also requires that you do not allow W10 to update any drivers. Security and other Software Updates from W10 are fine.
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