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‎02-02-2022 10:21 AM

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Product: HP Stream (13-c102no)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I am wondering if you can force install Windows 7 (x64) on the HP Stream.

 

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‎02-02-2022 11:34 AM

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Hi:

 

The reason you can't install W7 on that platform is because no eMMC storage controller drivers were developed for Windows 7.

 

That is why you get the 'no drives were found' error.

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‎02-02-2022 11:34 AM

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Hi:

 

The reason you can't install W7 on that platform is because no eMMC storage controller drivers were developed for Windows 7.

 

That is why you get the 'no drives were found' error.

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