windows 7 hardware not compatible

[cookie17]

i tried to reinstall my laptop which had windows 8.1 and tried to downgrade it to windows 7 but the laptop came with windows vista (2006) and i remember having windows 7 on it  (note nothing is wrong with the iso) tested it in a virtualbox

 

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Going to need way more information than that.

 

And, what is your question exactly? 

[hawaiims]

i tried to reinstall my laptop which had windows 8.1 and tried to downgrade it to windows 7 but the laptop came with windows vista (2006) and i remember having windows 7 on it  (note nothing is wrong with the iso) tested it in a virtualbox

why would you even decide to downgrade to windows 7 from 8.1? There is seriously no reason I can think of, windows 8.1 is better in every possible way (inb4 app compatibility because that can easily be fixed)

[Intervalence]

why would you even decide to downgrade to windows 7 from 8.1? There is seriously no reason I can think of, windows 8.1 is better in every possible way (inb4 app compatibility because that can easily be fixed)

Because common sense is not so common.. 

[cookie17]

laptop is a sony vaio VGN-AR41L

 

the reason i'm downgrading has no reason but i do hate windows 8 and i use stardock so my interface is basically the same yet i hate windows 8

[cookie17]

to cut it short ''personal favor''

[cookie17]

Going to need way more information than that.

 

And, what is your question exactly? 

i get the error ''windows 7 is not compatible with the hardware''  after it's 80% into the installation

[qwertywarrior]

i get the error ''windows 7 is not compatible with the hardware''  after it's 80% into the installation

quite odd

[cookie17]

quite odd

i did get this before in my IT class in a Dell computer all i had to do was switch the RAM and it was solved os i did the same with my laptop and i still keep getting these errors

[cookie17]

checking for errors on my laptop with hiren's bootcd

[qwertywarrior]

i did get this before in my IT class in a Dell computer all i had to do was switch the RAM and it was solved os i did the same with my laptop and i still keep getting these errors

the laptop should work with windows 7

 

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

 

btw what did u with windows 8 ?

did u delete the partition or something 

[cookie17]

the laptop should work with windows 7

 

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

 

btw what did u with windows 8 ?

did u delete the partition or something 

clean install deleted everything on the hard disk also made sure that the vista backup part is gone

[qwertywarrior]

clean install deleted everything on the hard disk also made sure that the vista backup part is gone

are u installing 32 or 64 bit ?

if 64 bit try installing 32 bit

[cookie17]

are u installing 32 or 64 bit ?

if 64 bit try installing 32 bit

good idea trying it right now

[cookie17]

are u installing 32 or 64 bit ?

if 64 bit try installing 32 bit

same error

[qwertywarrior]

same error

hmm go to bios and reset to default if that didnt help

 

go to bios and check if sata is set to IDE or AHCI

 

EDIT

the hard drive might have damaged sector that stops windows from installing 

when u start trying to install windows again make two partition(split them in half) and install it in the second partition  to see if there is a damaged sector issue on the first one

[Khushhal]

A small percent chance might be that the hard drive is failing.....trying using a hard drive from another laptop

Might be a bios issue

A friend of mine had a similar issue in a sony vaio...i will ask him

[qwertywarrior]

A small percent chance might be that the hard drive is failing.....trying using a hard drive from another laptop

Might be a bios issue

A friend of mine had a similar issue in a sony vaio...i will ask him

edit

you might be on to something

[cookie17]

A small percent chance might be that the hard drive is failing.....trying using a hard drive from another laptop

Might be a bios issue

A friend of mine had a similar issue in a sony vaio...i will ask him

 

 

edit

you might be on to something

can't get to a second HDD

[qwertywarrior]

can't get to a second HDD

u dont need to

it might be a single damaged sector only

 

also before you do this try resetting the bios to factory defaults and installing windows again it might be something else IF that fails then

 

the hard drive might have damaged sector that stops windows from installing 

when u start trying to install windows again make two partition(split them in half) and install it in the second partition  to see if there is a damaged sector issue on the first one

[cookie17]

u dont need to

it might be a single damaged sector only

 

also before you do this try resetting the bios to factory defaults and installing windows again it might be something else IF that fails then

 

the hard drive might have damaged sector that stops windows from installing 

when u start trying to install windows again make two partition(split them in half) and install it in the second partition  to see if there is a damaged sector issue on the first one

tried both still the same error

[cookie17]

u dont need to

it might be a single damaged sector only

 

also before you do this try resetting the bios to factory defaults and installing windows again it might be something else IF that fails then

 

the hard drive might have damaged sector that stops windows from installing 

when u start trying to install windows again make two partition(split them in half) and install it in the second partition  to see if there is a damaged sector issue on the first one

also tried usb and a cd