Hp envy dv7 installing windows 7. Tips on how to reinstall Windows on an HP laptop yourself
If you are a laptop owner HP Envy M6 running on a new operating system Windows 8, - You are definitely looking for an answer to the question: how can reinstall more familiar and stable Windows 7 instead of very raw and incomprehensible Windows 8? And, if you have reached a dead end in search of a decent answer to this question, then you have come to the site you need!
Let's look at the main points using my laptop as an example. HP Envy M6 1151sr .
First we must correctly install the Windows 7 operating system. Laptops of the latest models, as you may have noticed, are equipped with a fundamentally new intermediary interface between the equipment and the system called UEFI. You can read what it is on the Internet. I will only touch on a few points. New interface - overcomes limitations, imposed by the system BIOS on the amount of memory (both physical and RAM), processor power, etc. One of the new features is support for hard drives larger than 2 TB . This is achieved using a new format for placing partition tables on the disk: replacing the master boot record MBR comes the so-called GPT. GPT allows the system to create a protected, separate partition that will contain Windows boot loader.
Typically, during installation, the system creates local disk with a capacity of 100 MB specifically for the bootloader. In the case of GPT, two partitions will be created - a 100 MB bootloader and a kind of “limiting line” - a disk that separates the boot partition from other local disks. All this is supported by Windows 7, but problems may arise after installation. If you are the owner licensed Windows 7 , - there is nothing to worry about. Just install it on disk and activate it. Otherwise, activation currently existing methods , will be impossible due to the fact that boot partition locked. And as a result, after the 3-day activation period, you will receive non-working system .
The best way to avoid this problem is - convert disk to MBR using an external bootable USB flash drive Windows 7. This operation WILL DELETE ALL FILES ON THE DISK! Don't forget to make a backup. Boot from the flash drive and click on the Start button. Enter in the search field "Computer Management" and open the appropriate program. Next, go to the “Disk Management” section. Right-click on the hard drive icon and select the menu item "Convert to MBR disk". Follow the steps as in the screenshot below, however, my disk is already in MBR and the menu item reads “Convert to GPT disk”.
After that delete all partitions from the disk - you will create them after installation.
The next important step is to boot correctly from the installation disk. without UEFI. The fact is that in UEFI, by default, GPT mode is enabled for the hard drive, but we need MBR. Therefore, when you turn on the computer, press F9 and select "Boot from internal CD/DVD-Rom" or something like that. Under no circumstances should we select “Boot from CD/DVD (UEFI)”, since the disk will be converted back to GPT when installing the system.
Which system to install is up to you, but my advice is to use original Windows 7 disk images. Since laptops HP Envy M6 run on processors Intel Core i3, i5, i7 with 64-bit architecture, and the amount of RAM exceeds 4 GB, - accordingly, we must install Windows 7 x64, I advise SP1- it is more stable. Another tip - when installing, do not allocate a lot of space for the system disk. Limit your volume 50-60 GB.
So, we successfully completed the installation. The second problem you will encounter is device drivers . The fact is that on the official website HP The manufacturer has provided the laptop with drivers only for Windows 8. And if you, like me, hate “burnt” drivers and “All in One” driver packages, then I will try to tell you how to find native drivers for Windows 7 on the Internet.
First of all, open Windows Device Manager: Computer (right click) -> Properties -> Device Manager . In the window that opens, some devices will be identified, some will have a yellow question mark. That's what we need.
There is only one unidentified device in the picture, but you will have more of them. The first thing we must do is create a text file with hardware identifiers. Perform the following action for all devices with a yellow question mark: right click -> Properties -> Details and select a property from the list - Equipment ID. Copy to the first line in the list that opens below and paste into a text file:
After the list is compiled, we pay attention to those lines that contain VEN_8086- this is the manufacturer identifier Intel. Processor, motherboard, controllers in laptops HP Envy M6- production of the company Intel.
The procedure is as follows:
1. In the search for the drp.su website, enter the equipment identifier line;
2. Copy the device name from the search results;
3. We look for the device driver in the Google.Com search engine, specifying the search query in this format:
Device name Windows 7 x64 HP.com
4. Find the driver page on the official hp website in the search results and go to this page;
5. Download the driver.
Next we look for drivers for all other devices. I’ll say right away - drivers WiFi, Bluetooth, Audio Cards, Fingerprint Readers, Card Reader and TouchPad suitable from the driver package for Windows 8. Simply go to the HP website in the Support -> Driver Downloads section, select your laptop from the list and download the specified drivers for Windows 8.
Switchable graphics adapter drivers can be found this way:
1. Go to the driver download page for your laptop on the official HP website;
2. In the “Graphics” section, copy the name of the driver, for example: “AMD High-Definition (HD) Graphics Driver”;
3. Search Google for the driver using the above method.
Here is a link to a driver that is suitable for a laptop HP Envy M6 1151sr: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=ru&lc=ru&dlc=ru&softwareitem=ob-98292-1 .
Concerning other devices, - if searching for any driver on Google does not produce any results from the official HP website, then you should use the site search driver.ru. In the search bar you need to specify not the name of the device, but its identifier, which we copied earlier.
I did all this work previously for a laptop. HP Envy M6 1151sr. You can download drivers for this model here. And before you perform all the above steps to search for drivers, check their availability among my drivers.
After all device drivers have been downloaded, install them one by one with MANDATORY REBOOT after installation, in the following order:
1. Chipset (motherboard drivers)
2.Intel MEI
3. Intel USB 3.0
4. Intel Rapid Storage
5. HP 3D Drive Guard
6. Graphics drivers (switchable graphics);
7.TouchPad
8. Network
9. All other drivers.
This is the only way you can get a fully functioning Windows 7 system. Thank you for your attention!
Good morning everyone!
I don’t know whether this happens on purpose or by accident, but Windows installed on laptops is often terribly slow (with unnecessary add-ons and programs). Plus, the disk is not very conveniently divided - there is only one partition with Windows OS (not counting another “small” one for a backup copy).
Actually, not so long ago I had to “figure it out” and reinstall Windows on an HP 15-ac686ur laptop (a very simple budget laptop with no bells and whistles. By the way, it was on it that the extremely “buggy” Windows was installed - because of this I was asked to help I photographed some moments, and that’s how this article was born:))…
Setting up the BIOS of an HP laptop to boot from a flash drive
Remark! Since this HP laptop does not have a CD/DVD drive, Windows was installed from a USB flash drive (as this is the easiest and fastest option).
I do not consider the issue of creating a bootable flash drive in this article. If you do not have such a flash drive, I recommend reading the following articles:
- Creating a bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 - (in the article I discuss installing Windows 10 from a flash drive, created based on this article :));
- Creating a bootable UEFI flash drive -
Buttons to enter BIOS settings
Remark! I have an article on my blog with a lot of buttons for entering the BIOS on various devices -
This laptop (which I liked) has several buttons for entering various settings (and some of them duplicate each other). So, here they are (they will also be duplicated in photo 4):
- F1 - system information about the laptop (not all laptops have this, but here they built it into this budget one :));
- F2 - laptop diagnostics, viewing information about devices (by the way, the tab supports Russian, see photo 1);
- F9 - select a boot device (i.e. our flash drive, but more on that below);
- F10 - BIOS settings (the most important button :));
- Enter - continue downloading;
- ESC - see a menu with all these options for booting the laptop, select any of them (see photo 4).
Important! Those. if you don’t remember the button to enter the BIOS (or something else...), then on a similar range of laptops, you can safely press the ESC button after turning on the laptop! Moreover, it is better to press several times until the menu appears.
Photo 1. F2 - HP laptop diagnostics.
Note! You can install Windows, for example, in UEFI mode (to do this, you need to burn the USB flash drive accordingly and configure the BIOS. More details about this here:). In my example below, I will consider the “universal” method (since it is also suitable for installing Windows 7).
So, to enter the BIOS on an HP laptop ( approx. Laptop HP15-ac686) you need to press the F10 button several times - after you have turned on the device. Next, in the BIOS settings, you need to open the System Configuration section and go to the Boot Options tab (see photo 2).
Photo 2. F10 button - Bios Boot Options
- Make sure that USB Boot is enabled (must be in Enabled mode);
- Enable Legacy Support (must be Enabled);
- In the Legacy Boot Order list, move the lines from USB to the first places (using the F5, F6 buttons).
Photo 3. Boot Option - Legacy Enabled
Actually, now you can start installing Windows. To do this, insert a pre-prepared bootable USB flash drive into the USB port and reboot (turn on) the laptop.
Photo 4. Boot Device Option (selecting an option to boot an HP laptop)
A window should appear in which you can select a boot device. Because We install Windows from a flash drive - then you need to select the line with “USB Hard Drive...” (see photo 5). If everything is done correctly, then after a while you should see the Windows installation welcome window (as in photo 6).
Photo 5. Selecting a flash drive to start installing Windows (Boot Manager).
This completes the BIOS setup for OS installation...
Reinstalling Windows 10
In the example below, Windows will be reinstalled on the same disk (though on a completely formatted and partitioned slightly differently).
If you have configured the BIOS correctly and burned the USB flash drive, then after selecting the boot device (F9 button (photo 5))- you should see a welcome window and offers to install Windows (as in photo 6).
We agree with the installation - click the “Install” button.
Photo 6. Welcome window for installing Windows 10.
Next, having reached the installation type, you must select “ Custom: Windows installation only (advanced users)". In this case, you can format the disk as needed and completely remove all old files and OS.
Photo 7. Custom: Windows installation only (for advanced users)
The next window will open a (sort of) disk manager. If the laptop is new (and no one has “commanded” it yet), then most likely you will have several partitions (including backup ones, for backups that will be needed to restore the OS).
My personal opinion is that in most cases, these sections are not needed (and even the OS that comes with the laptop is not the best, I would say “stripped down”). It is not always possible to restore Windows OS with their help; it is impossible to remove some types of viruses, etc. And a backup on the same disk as your documents is also not the best option.
In my case, I simply selected them and deleted them (every single one. How to delete - see photo 8).
Important! In some cases, removing the software that comes with the device is a reason for refusing warranty service. Although, as a rule, software is never covered by a warranty, and yet, if in doubt, check this point (before deleting everything)…
Photo 8. Deleting old partitions on the disk (which were on it when the device was purchased).
Photo 9. Everything was deleted - there was only one unallocated disk left.
Then all that remains is to select this partition (97.2GB), click the “Next” button and install Windows into it.
Remark! By the way, the rest of the space on your hard drive doesn’t need to be formatted at all for now. After Windows is installed, go to Disk Management (through the Windows Control Panel, for example) and format the remaining disk space. Usually, they just make another partition (with all the free space) for media files.
Photo 10. One ~100GB partition was created to install Windows on it.
Photo 11. Installation process (you just need to wait :)).
My client and I chose this beech for him.
Screen 14" (1366x768) LED, glossy / Intel Core i5-3317U (1.7 GHz) / RAM 8 GB / HDD 500 GB + SSD 32 GB / Intel HD Graphics 4000 / without OA / LAN / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / web camera / Windows 8 64bit / 1.8 kg / black
But Windows 8 is pre-installed on it. And we are not mentally ready for it yet. You need to give it a 7. Bios - UEFI. It will not work to boot directly from the boot disk with 7. The first thing I did was enable Legacy Boot in the BIOS. Now, 7 is already considered a Legacy system. Associations of Legacy USB support immediately come to mind - keyboard and mouse for DOS. Anyway. Updated BIOS. I enabled Legacy Boot, now via F9 I can select devices from which I can boot. I have an external USB DVD-RW, so it’s easier. He is on this list on F9. I boot directly from the 7 boot disk. Press any key, etc. I press. The installation has begun. It comes down to choosing the partition on which to install. But he doesn’t see the partitions. Those. doesn’t see that there is a hard drive on the computer! As before on XP they loaded firewood on F6! It will be the same here. I started looking for a driver. On the page with firewood on the site I found the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and it contains the Intel 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller and the Intel Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller. So they suited me. I loaded it onto a flash drive in unpacked form, poked the installation there with my nose, and the hard drive was found. Now I would like to break it. And then there are a bunch of different sections. Well, I deleted them through the GUI. And then Shift+F10 – command line and then DISKPART. First, CONVERT the disk to MBR. Then I created a PRIMARY partition of 50GB. The rest is in Extended – Logical. Formatted QUICK, assigned disk labels. And the installation seemed to be going well. Previously, in 8, I recorded a folder with SwSetup firewood on a flash drive. Maybe from there something will go to 7.
The instructions from rutracker helped with working with Diskpart.
I installed Windows 7 Enterprise SP 1 x64 en on a new desktop with an ASUS P8H77-V MP and HDD
Seagate 750 Gb with UEFI BIOS.
First of all, I downloaded and updated the BIOS to the latest version.
I left all BIOS settings at default.
Booted from Windows 7 Enterprise SP 1 x64 en disk. After copying the files and appearing
clicked on the first window
Further.
After entering each command, press
Call the DiskPart utility:
diskpart
Call up the list of disks:
list disk
and since there is only one, Disk 0 will be in the list.
Set focus to disk:
select disk 0
Create a system partition:
create partition primary size=n
where n indicates the partition size in megabytes (MB). If the size is not specified, the partition takes up
all free space in the current area. For a 60 GB partition we specify: size=60000.
format fs=ntfs label="System"
Making the section active:
active
Assign the letter “C” to the section:
assign letter=C
The system partition (C:, System, primary, NTFS, active) has been created.
Now let’s create an additional logical partition on the remaining unallocated space
under data (file dump): D: - Data (we set the letter and label according to preference).
create partition extended
The partition will take up all the remaining space.
In the additional section we create a logical one:
create partition logical
The partition will take up all the remaining space. If you need multiple logical partitions,
specify the dimensions in the size=n parameter.
We format the section and assign a label:
format fs=ntfs label="Data"
Assign the letter “D” to the section:
assign letter=D
There are 2 partitions created on the disk: for the system C: System and logical D: Data.
Next, exit the disk program:
exit
And exit the command line:
exit
The installation continues as normal. To install the system, select partition C:.
When first discovered, new disks are considered MBR disks. All of the above leads to
creating an MBR disk and is valid for disks no larger than 2.2 TB. More capacious ones are marked in GPT.
You can convert one disk to another using the commands
convert gpt
or
convert mbr
after selecting the required disk.
Warning.
The conversion affects the entire disk and destroys all data on it.
The disk can only be converted if it is empty. Before converting the disk, create
backup your data, and then delete all partitions and volumes.
I set it to 7. Most of the firewood came from SwSetup. Some things had to be downloaded separately. But basically, I found everything. Except that the indication of volume levels and brightness does not appear. But the adjustment itself occurs. Those. quick launch buttons work but without indication. The driver for 3D Drive Guard tried to install “eight” from SwSetup. Started the installation. Windows warned that the driver was not signed. But I clicked “bet anyway.” Delivered. And after the next reboot it started to go into BSOD. Round. Safe mode didn't work. The Intel Raid window even popped up - like the system shut down incorrectly, try disconnecting RAID drives from it. The “Load Last Known Good Configuration” item helped. Afterwards I installed the old driver for 3D Drive Guard. And everything became normal.
I learned something new and still have questions. For example, technologies typical of ultrabooks are used here. For example, Intel® Rapid Start - A computer with Intel® Rapid Start technology returns to work from a deep sleep state almost instantly. Apparently, for this purpose, in “Disk Management” you can see an 8GB disk without a letter. It is most likely used for sleeping. Well, this is if the driver (or utility) is installed. And Intel® Smart Connect - Intel® Smart Connect technology allows you to continuously and automatically update the contents of your email inbox, social media feeds, and favorite apps, even when your computer is in sleep mode. And the specifications say that there is 32GB SSD cache. If 8 of them are for sleeping. There is still 24GB left. But where can you see them? Only once, when the Intel Raid window popped up, did something similar flash there. But after that I didn’t see any mention of another 24GB of solid-state hard drive. And I could no longer open the Intel Raid window. Although it should be called by the combination Ctrl + I when turning on the computer. No, there was a way. To do this, I had to disassemble the laptop, pull out the hard drive and try to turn it on without the hard drive. But I was at a loss. Moreover, this is an ultrabook. And he no longer understands as usual. He's like Apple. There is one large lid on the bottom. Without upgrade RAM compartment. It was necessary to remove it all. In short, that's it.
Here's another interesting nuance. After installing and configuring everything, I did the Acronis image as usual. He saw it hard, no problem here. And in the list of hard ones, he also showed me 2 of them: 500 ka + 8GB. Well, I noted that I need to make an image of the C: drive from 500. And save it to drive D:. Specified all settings. Started execution. Operation was successfully completed. No errors popped up. Rebooted the laptop. I go to the folder on drive D: where the backup should be. And there it is empty. And this folder does not take up space. I boot from Acronis again and see that there is an image in this folder. I reboot into Windows - there is no image. I turn on the display of hidden files and protected ones too. Did not help. Nothing appeared. And in Acronis everything is shown. So I thought: somehow this image ended up on those remaining 24GB of SSD cache, maybe? I haven't found any other explanation yet.
All. I'm tired of writing :)
HP laptops usually come with a pre-installed Windows 8 operating system, which many users prefer to change to the more familiar Windows 7 and turn to service centers for help. We want to help you a little and tell you how to reinstall Windows on an HP laptop yourself.
You can’t do without theory: BIOS and UEFI, MBR and GPT
To reinstall the operating system, as a rule, you should start by going to the BIOS. But in the case of an HP laptop, we will have to deal not with a traditional BIOS, but with BIOS UEFI - a new, more modern interface between the system and equipment.
Among the many new functions of the “Extensible Firmware Interface”, this is how the abbreviation “Unified Extensible Firmware Interface” is translated, we want to note only one - the ability to work with disk space of 9,000,000,000 TB. This is achieved through the use of GPT - a partition table that replaced the usual MBR. For comparison: MBR provides access to disk space of no more than 2 TB.
Disable Secure Boot
One of the pitfalls of Windows 8 is the Secure Boot mode, which does not allow loading operating systems other than it.
Our goal is to provide the ability to boot Windows 7 onto an HP laptop.
- As soon as the laptop starts to boot, press the Esc key and go to the boot menu.
- Using the F10 key, go to the Bios Setup section.
- Select Boot Options from the System Configuration tab.
- Disable Windows Safe Boot Mode:
Secure Boot = Disabled. - We enable support for compatibility with other operating systems:
Legacy support = Enabled . - To save the settings, press the F10 key and confirm in the dialog box that it is impossible to load the current operating system
"...the system unable to boot the OS...". - We re-confirm the change in the loading method by entering the suggested numbers using the main keyboard after the warning
"... Secure Boot mode is pending ...".
Selecting a boot device
- When restarting the laptop, press the Esc key and go to the boot menu.
- Go to the Boot Device Options section using the F9 key and select the boot device (flash drive, laser disk drive).
Now our HP laptop is ready to install new Windows.
If GPT is not suitable
After you have reinstalled licensed Windows 7, all you have to do is deal with the drivers. But what to do if you do not have the ability to quickly activate the operating system? The boot partition created by GPT will be locked as soon as the activation period of Windows 7 expires, the system will go into an inoperative state and you will have to reinstall it again. You can solve this problem by converting a GPT disk to MBR.
Convert to MBR with data deletion
Converting a GPT disk to MBR is performed using the DiskPart utility from the Windows 7 distribution and entails complete deletion of data on the disk. This option is suitable for users who decide to reinstall the operating system immediately after purchasing an HP laptop. For everyone else, be sure to back up your drive before converting.
- We boot from the Windows 7 installation disk and reach the stage of selecting the OS installation partition.
- In command line mode, launch the DiskPart utility using the keyboard shortcut
+F10 :
diskpart - We get a list of hard drives installed on the computer and find the one we need:
list disk - To select a disk, use the command select disk N, where N is the serial number of the disk. Disk numbering starts from zero. Our laptop only has one hard drive, so the disk selection command looks like this:
select dick 0 - Deleting data:
clean - Convert the disk:
convert mbr - We finish working with the command line:
exit - We continue installing Windows.
Convert to MBR without data loss
Converting a GPT disk to MBR without data loss is done using the Paragon Manager utility, which can be found on multiboot disks (Live CD). We will use the Lex Live CD (build from Lexa 2011).
- Boot from Live CD.
- We launch Paragon Manager and select our hard drive, which Paragon recognized as Basic GPT.
- We start the conversion process by selecting the option Convert to basic MBR disk(Hard disk command of the top menu).
