![]() ![]() ![]() You will see 2 folders your current windows and 2nd the iso folder open and choose the version you want to install, home, ultimate etc. Using WinRAR or 7-zip extract the Microsoft hotfix.exe file. C:\Windows\Boot\EFI\bootmgfw.efi copy/paste and rename it to boot圆4.efi.ģ. If not grab it from a current installation of Windows 7 圆4. If you are installing in UEFI mode, check efi/boot there should be a boot圆4.efi. Download and install NTlite (or other similar you prefer)Ģ. Keep in mind the native driver is not the best but it works, the SM951 is ultra fast anyway, hopefully when 950 pro is out it's drive will be compatible and better for faster speeds.įirst request and download the hotfix, e-mail arrives instantly with a link.ġ. Instead and simpler is to use Windows 10 setup installation which is updated and contains NVMe driver. Unfortunatelly you can't do the same with setup. You have to integrate a Microsoft hotfix in installation so you can boot Windows. for everyone else out there who want to stick with Windows 7 there is a solution but it's not simple. With windows 8.1 or 10 however it works but I hate them so. Installing and booting Windows 7 on this drive simply is impossible there is no driver, no workaround in BIOS settings. I was looking and looking all over the internet for others who might have found a solution but nothing, am I the first who did it? Installed and booted Windows 7 圆4 on Samsung SM951 NVMe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ImgBurn is also a free downloadĮven though you think rufus cleans the disk, i would suggest using it thru the command prompt - check this link for one of the mods on the asus mobo support forum - see post 8 in the thread, with step by step instructions, including disk clean commands -Īfter a long week of desperation and anger I did the impossible. ![]() iso file, so i downloaded ImgBurn to convert it to. I used EaseUS ToDo backup, their free ware version (been using it since 2008) - when i clone, on the 2nd page where you select your target drive, at the bottom there's an option to do a "sector by sector" clone - it's a higher quality clone - but still leaves something out of the boot files (or possibly one of those partitions - i didn't think to check that) that as i stated, i needed to use the windows dvd to "repair" the installation so it would bootĪs to Rufus - i wasn't totally convinced it converted win 7 dvd to an. If you have a clone, even from a sata OS drive, you might try it - ramcity had it listed in their installation guide, so you might check there for any tips re cloning from a sata SSD to a PCI M.2 SSDĪnd just for general info, my system crashed twice when i tried changing the volume sizes of the partitions using windows management and 2nd time EaseUS Partition Manager, so i gave up trying to change partition sizes. Now that was using a PCI M.2 SSD that was already operating fine. I had cloned my xp941 after full installation, cloned it to a sata SSD, so i tried cloning back to the xp941 - it cloned but initially would not boot, until i used the windows dvd to "repair the installation". I've had to do clean installs of win 7 圆4 on my xp941 (Z97 mobo) twice, and the 2nd time was not that much easier - there is an "iffy" factor but, as an after thought, after i crashed my xp941 the 2nd time, i tried a "fred Flintstone" approach. ![]() That boot圆4.efi file should have been all you needed - did you do a disk clean on the M.2 before partitioning it GPT? ![]()
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