Install Windows on Preinstalled Windows Laptop Easily---Updated
How to Install Windows on Preinstalled
Windows Laptop : Currently if you go to the market you will find most of
the laptops that are available comes with preinstalled copy of
Microsoft Windows and there are very few limited laptop models which are
sold in DOS format or some sellers have their own settings by which
they try to give DOS models of any laptop of your choice which in turns
helps to reduce your laptop cost. Buying a DOS laptop has its own
advantages and disadvantages as well. The advantage lies in the pricing
where you can avail the DOS laptop model for around 3000-4000 Rs less as
compared to the preinstalled windows laptop and the drawback of using
DOS laptop is that if you are not using a genuine copy of Windows then
you won’t be able to receive proper updates and moreover some companies
have trouble while assisting their customers in case of difficulties
using the laptop or having issues with the laptop.
Therefore it is always recommended to go
for the Preinstalled windows laptops especially if you are a novice
user but buying a preinstalled windows laptop model doesn’t mean that
you are having all the advantages or priviliges, you can also face
issues while tweaking your system settings because of restrictions
imposed on your laptop from your laptop manufacturer. One common such
restriction that is observed is installation of fresh copy of Windows on
preinstall windows laptop which applies to all the major laptop vendors
that includes HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer, Samsung, Compaq, Sony Vaio etc.
Despite having a preinstalled windows there are some situations when you
may need to install a fresh copy of windows of your own choice like you
want to have dual windows laptop or it can be anything else. Check
below on how to install windows on preinstalled windows laptop.
Real Case Scenario Solved : How to Install Windows on Preinstalled Windows Laptop
Recently I faced a similar case when my
friend who owns a Sony Vaio E Series laptop had a situation where he
wanted to format the preinstalled Windows 7 but the laptop wasn’t
allowing to do it. He was trying to install fresh copy of windows from
bootable USB media. The problem initially was that the laptop wasn’t
booting from the bootable USB and therefore at first I suggested him to
switch from UEFI bootmode to LEGACY bootmode from laptop BIOS options
which finally helped him to boot with the bootable USB media and proceed
with installation process but at the time of selecting and formating
the C: Drive i.e Windows drive it displayed an error message “Windows
Cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT
Partition style.” which was quite shocking for me as well but after
searching over Internet I found that for installation of fresh windows
the media from which you are trying to boot should be UEFI compatible
and therefore I suggested him to create UEFI bootable USB media and
after this he was able to install fresh copy of Windows on his Sony Vaio
E Series model succesfully. So if you wish to install windows on
preinstall windows laptop then just read below instructions.
Therefore in order to Install Windows on
Preinstalled Windows laptop you first need to make sure that the
bootable media from which you are trying to install fresh copy of
Windows is UEFI enabled or UEFI compatible else you won’t be able to
install windows on your laptop and therefore if you aren’t sure how to
create UEFI bootable USB media then just follow the below given article
and after going through this step by step tutorial you would be able to
create you own UEFI enable Bootable USB Media within few minutes.
Comments
Post a Comment