help

Camalot · 12 Mar 2014 at 20:41

Hi guys,

My Mrs has got a laptop that had windows 8 on, she couldn't get on with it so I said I'd install windows 7 for her.

Fast forward, I booted from CD and got to the partion screen, I formatted the drive but it says it can't install on a GPT partion.

How do I get around this, if I select repair it still wont have it.

Now I'm left with no operating system and no way of getting windows onto it.

ennogs · 13 Mar 2014 at 04:40

Why don't you just install a program like classic shell? With classic shell you can make windows 8 look like windows 7. That way you still have all the benefits of windows 8.

Edit sorry did not see you now have no OS. Maybe look for a manufacturers format disk for your hard drive?

Camalot · 13 Mar 2014 at 06:10

Hi,

Ive managed to do it now via command prompts.

Ill look into classic shell though.

What actual benefits does win8 have over windows 7?

ennogs · 15 Mar 2014 at 23:23

Camalot said:
Hi,

Ive managed to do it now via command prompts.

Ill look into classic shell though.

What actual benefits does win8 have over windows 7?

It's faster and more secure.

TWiNKLeT0Es · 16 Mar 2014 at 05:39

ennogs said:
It's faster and more secure.

Does not have less "she couldn't get on with it".

OP im sure W7 has as much security as 8 so happy backtrack to you sir.