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No different than rolling your own WinPE or using the latest build of MDT to deploy Win7. I actually had no idea that you could do that! I have had my slipstreamed Windows 7 ISO for so long that I haven't looked into that in forever. You can just use Win10 media and replace install.wim with an install.wim from Win7 media to get around driver issues. Try this tutorial if you absolutely need to use Windows 7. The Windows 7 installer doesn't natively support USB 3.0 so it will give you a hard time unless you create the installer with USB drivers slipstreamed into it. Have the reliable portability of the latest ThinkPad laptop or mobile workstation, or the brawny business power of a ThinkCentre desktop now with select models of each featuring the Linux OS right out of the box. Otherwise, you may struggle using the Windows 7 USB installer if you only have USB 3.0 ports. Lenovo now offers a wide selection of ultra-reliable Think-brand laptops, desktops and workstations with the Linux OS preinstalled. If so, the PC will reboot and use Windows 10 Pro afterwards.

↳ ThinkPad X20/X30/X40 Series incl.Have you tried just using the Windows 7 Pro key to update to Windows 10 Pro? Is there a reason you want to revert to Windows 7 (other than the obvious Windows 10 semi annual update disaster)? You might be able to just change the product key with the one your boss gave you.

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m-usb/7074), the solution for him was to use an "old HP flashdrive", but after trying different usb flashdrive the boot was still not happening. I found this topic with a similar issue (. The Embedded Controller Version is 8DHT34WW (1.24) The weird part of it is that there no Secure Boot option available in the BIOS, thus I can't choose to disable it. I have set UEFI/Legacy Mode to Both and also put the Boot Mode in Diagnostics instead of Quick The USB boot is also working on my other laptop.

I tried all the USB port, and various flashdrive as well. The flashdrive is recognized in the BIOS, and I placed it on top of Boot Priority Order.īy pressing F12 I can attempt a boot on it, but after a few seconds I m back on the boot menu. My issue is that the x220 won't boot from the usb (Sandisk Cruzer Facet of 32GB). I don't have any grudge against windows 7, but I want something lighter and free, that is why I want to install Debian on it. EBIDX%3AIT) and it came with windows 7 pro installed on it. I recently bought a X220 thinkpad to use as a work laptop (smaller and tougher than my previous ASUS).