Windows 7 Can I install Win 7 on a notebook with original Win 10 and SSD?

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pstein

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Assume I buy a notebook with pre-installed Win 10 on a SSD.

I prefer to use Win 7 and have a couple of Win 7 licenses available.
Can I install Win 7 on this notebook (provided I found all necessary drivers)?

In other words is the driver environment model of Win 10 the same as in Win 7?

Is installation on SSD a problem for Win 7?

Peter
 
Provided you have a Windows 7 license you should not have any issues.

A couple of items to check/be aware of
  • Make sure you never run disk defrag on an SSD this will severely reduce the life of the SSD
  • Check to make sure trim is enabled
    • Open an elevated command prompt and type fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify this should return a value of 0 if trim is enabeld
 
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