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If anyone needs or have to install windows 7 on DELL brand laptops for any reason, I highly recommend you to wait until you confirm it can be done. I have Dell
by xkiwi 11y ago
If anyone needs or have to install windows 7 on DELL brand laptops for any reason, I highly recommend you to wait until you confirm it can be done.
I have Dell XPS/Precision 11 and 13, the problem is the Windows 7 have difficulty to boot from UEFI, and you will stuck because AHCI is not supported by these DELL's BIOS.
- izacus 11y agoWhat does any of that have to do with Ubuntu shipped Dell XPS 13s?
- xkiwi 11y agoI bought some XPS 13 with ubuntu installed. By the time I need windows 7 on the field, but I found out it is not possible because you will stuck at "AHCI not competable" BSoD no matter what ever you do. I bet not everyone realized it is not possible(with my limited knowledge) to install Windows 7 on DELL laptops with UEFI bios.
- bitwize 11y agoPut Windows 7 in a VM on the Linux partition.
- zavandor 11y agoI booted Linux in UEFI and Legacy mode on my XPS 13 9350, it works fine. AHCI is not related to UEFI. It's a SATA disk controller mode and these laptops ship with new NVMe disks which use PCIe bus instead of SATA.