MSI GS70 Windows 7 install problem

roman3000 · 16 Nov 2013 at 18:30

Hi

Anybody else have the MSI GS70 and installed windows 7 on it?
I hate the windows 8 that it comes installed with and every time I try to install windows 7 on it I get BSOD.

Anyone have any advice, the laptop is very new so there isn't much about it online. Only thing I can think of is faulty hardware, like the RAM or something, but I hope not since I just bought it.

nightmare99 · 16 Nov 2013 at 18:44

Install Windows 8.1 and set it to boot to desktop and show apps when start menu clicked

roman3000 · 16 Nov 2013 at 20:37

I have just installed windows 8.1 but i get errors when running some programs. I need it to run 3D modelling programs and things like photoshop, that's why windows 7 is a must for me. I guess I'm going to have to return it if I can't sort it in the next few days.

nightmare99 · 16 Nov 2013 at 21:28

What blue screen do you get when you try and install windows 7?

roman3000 · 17 Nov 2013 at 12:03

The blue screen of death, the normal one you get when windows crashes.

156charl · 17 Nov 2013 at 14:46

Are you talking about downgrading? As far as I know Win8 cannot be downgraded to Win7. I think the only option is to buy retail Windows 7 (Not sure if there're any out there though)

roman3000 · 17 Nov 2013 at 15:04

Yes I want to erase windows 8 and install win 7, I've installed it plenty of times on other pc's so I know how to do it but it just crashes for some reason. I've read on other forums that people have done it, I thought I would ask here because overclockers have it for sale and maybe some members have done this. I have a windows disk that I've put onto usb because there's no disk drive but I still get no where.
I've been using win 8 today and I don't think I can get used to it, all that tile stuff is just a pain and I don't know where anything is any more, lol.
Might go down the self build route.

PS thanks for the reply's

Stormster · 17 Nov 2013 at 18:09

Don't know loads about it but read into UEFI mode and Legacy mode settings within your BIOS

roman3000 · 17 Nov 2013 at 18:33

Just read into it and got a little further than before but still get an error come up but no blue screen. :confused:

roman3000 · 17 Nov 2013 at 19:51

SORTED IT

Thanks for the help guys. Looking into the UEFI helped.
The problem was when creating the USB I had to move a couple of files around for the pc to recognize the usb properly. Most importantly renaming a boot file and moving it into a new folder.

If anyone has any questions regarding this i will post the links i used from another forum.

THANKS

Stormster · 18 Nov 2013 at 00:31

Good news mate

xaja24 · 5 Aug 2014 at 19:18

How did You fix the BSOD problem?

I've run into the same issue. I have the same laptop, tried to (I consider it an upgrade) from Windows 8 to 7. I got it to boot from my USB and install while in legacy mode but now I have the blue screen errors. Could you explain how you got around this?