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Hello Desktop PC, Windows 8.1, motherboard H97M-G43 MSI H97M-G43 Any suggestions how to change TPM pre boot policy not to check for additional new SATA drives and when found not to lock boot disk? Some drives are used for archiving and when occasionally connected to PC lock the PC. In Mobo...

All motherboard windows 8 drivers are available. The PC is actually 2 years old with contemporary hardware. XP Pro was required for some old applications which is not needed any more.

Is it possible to clean install Windows 8.1 (64) upgrade to new SSD with XP SP3 OEM key in the computer case? I have 8 Pro upgrade retail key. Purpose is with op system also to upgrade traditional hard disk to SSD. I have backup of files to restore later. If there is no easier way - should it...

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Thanks. I disabled UEFI boot and picked from BIOS Legacy only as I believe this is a more fool proof and stable solution. Installed from Windows 7 DVD, deleted all w8 partitions and created one new one. Now it looks like W7 works normally, except I'm still struggling with drivers, because all...

Can't UEFI BIOS PC boot and install from W7 DVD Thanks for the link - a great tutorial. But what does UEFI stands for - can't it boot from normal Windows 7 DVD and install Win 7? May it be that there is a BIOS selection to bypass or switch off UEFI? Thanks. PS There is Startup menu and...

Please advice. Lenovo B575e notebook. I need to install Windows 7 to factory preinstalled Windows 8 Lenovo UEFI laptop. Installation media W7 Pro OEM DVD from internal DVD drive. Likely there is no need to restore Windows 8 later - so just a clean Windows 7 installation. Is it correct just to...