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‎02-15-2018 02:27 AM

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Product: HP 260 G2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Hi, I need to install on an HP 260 g2, Windows 7/64 on a new 250 Gb hdd. Win 7 requires a MBR partition, so I have disabled in the BIOS the protected mode, and enabled the Legacy support. After this, I have used the diskpart to clean the hdd and convert to MBR. The disk is regularly viewed by the BIOS. I have also created an USB pen with the Cloud recovery tool by HP. The recovery starts regularly, but when it arrives at the step to choose the partition on which to install the OS, there is a warning saying that is impossible to install on that disk, because the hardware of the pc does not support the disk.

I have also tried to enable in BIOS the protected mode and disable the Legacy, converting the hdd in GPT, but the result is the same...

Where have I been wrong?

Thanks and sorry for my bad english.

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‎02-15-2018 03:12 AM - edited ‎02-15-2018 03:13 AM

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Hi

 

I do not see where you are wrong.

 

If I had a bootable W7 media and had a Legacy MBR disk to install to, and it was not installing, I would drop down to the CLI Command Prompt and look for the HDD there.

 

W7 Boot Mgr.png

 

I would consider trying to partition the device using Diskpart.

 

If that worked then it is theoretically possible to copy your Boot Media to the new partition and run the setup from there.  Proving the Disk works.

 

Although my W7 disk has:-

 

BootMgr

BootMgr.efi

setup.exe

 

which might mean it is suitable for GPT.

 

If in doubt please ask.

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‎02-15-2018 03:12 AM - edited ‎02-15-2018 03:13 AM

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Hi

 

I do not see where you are wrong.

 

If I had a bootable W7 media and had a Legacy MBR disk to install to, and it was not installing, I would drop down to the CLI Command Prompt and look for the HDD there.

 

W7 Boot Mgr.png

 

I would consider trying to partition the device using Diskpart.

 

If that worked then it is theoretically possible to copy your Boot Media to the new partition and run the setup from there.  Proving the Disk works.

 

Although my W7 disk has:-

 

BootMgr

BootMgr.efi

setup.exe

 

which might mean it is suitable for GPT.

 

If in doubt please ask.

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‎02-15-2018 06:24 AM

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Hi dear CF4 professor, :generic:

 

effectively I did not thought to the "trick" of copying the content of the USB pen on the new hdd, and to use it as boot device, after the bootrec commands.

I tried it, and now I happily have a Win 7 OS in my HP 260 G2 pc.

Almost all well, except the matter that anyway the hdd was not recognized in the "normal" or typical procedure to recovery the OS.

I still don't understand why this is happened.

However I thanks you very much for the help and "God save the HP" for its support ! :LaughingTears:

 

Fulvio.

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‎02-15-2018 06:46 AM

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Prego.

 

Being English "God save the Queen" is my preferred choice.

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‎02-15-2018 07:08 AM

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@CF4 wrote:

Prego.

 

Being English "God save the Queen" is my preferred choice.

Absolutely yes...

 

And however I woul like to say that my expression is only daughter of yours, surely well more honorable !

 

Thanks again.

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