Windows 8 issue

[rx713bpp]

Hi,

I am trying to install windows 7 on my laptop. I had windows 8 64bit installed.

I was not aware of the GPT partition until a ran into this problem.

The problem. I had all my files/documents etc on the d:/ I formatted the c:/ thinking I could just install windows 7 onto the c: but ran into error "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The Selected disk is of the GPT Partition style"

I now need to somehow get my files off the d:/ before I perform the convert to mbr to then successfully install windows 7 on my laptop.

Any ideas on the easiest way to do this? I don't have any other windows 8 machine. I did try to boot into a mini version xp/7 to see if I could see the partition to copy the files but it partition type cannot be seen.

Please help.....


Thanks

 

[znod]

Perhaps this tutorial will help you: UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 7 with. Maybe you could intall Win7 under UEFI.