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Hi,

 

Can you let me know the following.

 

1.  In the image you uploaded to Dropbox, there were 5 listed partition - have you deleted 2 of these?

 

2.  Have you deleted the EFI partition?

 

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DP-K

 

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No, there's two unnamed and System partition.

 

I don't know if I deleted EFI partiton.

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Hi,

 

What size are the 2 unnamed partitons?

 

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MSR reserved is 128mb and second (i delete it)OEM partiton 640mb.

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Hi,

 

Ok, what happens if you try to install Windows 7 now - do you still get the error regarding the EFI partition?

 

Note:  As always, be sure to choose the relevant (uefi) option from the boot manager menu when starting the installation.

 

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Yes, it showing me same. I know to choise UEFI.
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Hi,

 

Before going any further, can you upload another screenshot showing the partitions and post a link to this.

 

Regards as always,

 

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Please help me how faster you can. I'm tripping to Germany tomorrow.

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Hi,

 

What are you using to install Windows 7 - ie a bootable usb flash drive or a dvd?

 

If you're using a flash drive, is it formatted NTFS?

 

Edit:  I see your short on time, so if you are running the Windows 7 installation from a usb flash drive and it is formatted in NTFS, this could well be what's throwing out the error. 

 

If you still have a copy of the Windows 7 image file, use the following utility to create a Windows 7 bootable flash drive and choose either FAT32 or UEFI in the file system dropdown box.

http://rufus.akeo.ie/

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