Cannot install Windows 7 in native Windows 10 machine

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I'm not able to install Windows 7 from a bootable USB in a Windows 10 native machine I recently acquired. I tried all the alternatives I guess to prepare the USB, disabling Secure boot, using GPT/MBR partition, NTFS/Fat32, changing to legacy mode in BIOS, and still I'm not able. Sometimes I receive "Windows failed to start 0xc000000d", others it directly does not recognize the USB...

Last try I configured bootable USB using GPT partition scheme, UEFI (non CSM) target system, Large Fat32 file system. BIOS set to UEFI boot. The next error appears when I start from USB:

"Windows failed to start... ...

  • File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
  • Status: 0xc000000d
  • Info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data. "

I'm using RUFUS to prepare the bootable USB. BIOS information:

  • American Megatrends
  • 5.011
  • UEFI 2.4; PI 1.3
  • VB2 003S x64
  • 07/02/2020

I don't know what can I do more. Anybody can show me the right way?

Thanks in advance, David

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asked on Super User Sep 14, 2020 by DavidRguez • edited Sep 14, 2020 by DavidRguez

2 Answers

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Are you plugging the USB stick into a USB3 port? If so, try using a USB2 port. Windows 7 didn't natively have USB3 drivers.

answered on Super User Sep 14, 2020 by mikem
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Try another USB stick. I had a similar issue. The system where I prepared the stick doesn't show any issue with the stick. Nevertheless the target system could not boot from it, no matter which method I tried. After endless tries another stick did the job for me.

answered on Super User Sep 14, 2020 by fineliner

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