Windows 7 can't install windows 7 (hard drive drivers ???)

Hi Chris,

1. Eve-online works with Windows 8 and 8.1.1... I know that's not what you asked but just so we are clear.

2. Yes you can have Windows 7 and yes that does come with its own problems;

a. The main issue is that laptop/ note books have the back up pre-installed on the hard drive and you would need to wipe this recovery partition back to unallocated space before you could place a legacy system onto it correctly... hence the void warrantee warning.

b. Another potential issue is that these tend to have modern Seagate solid state hybrid drives and the fact is Windows 7 drivers are quite old so the odds are good that this will present a problem during the install.

I recommend;

Purchase a 500g sata laptop drive… something along the lines of a Seagate Momentus (for under $100) … still gives you good performance but shouldn't confuse the Windows 7 install drivers like a terabit/ solid state or hybrid would.

Remove the old drive and place it in a desk draw someplace… if you ever come to your senses/ want to return to Windows 8 then the drive can just be put back in and fired up again... with warrantee.

Edit: opps, you put the "new" sata drive into the laptop and install Windows 7 onto it from a bootable USB, as this is a blank hdd there is far less that can go wong however the network card, sound and webcam still need drivers before they will work and thats something between you, Windows 7 and your Lenovo motherboard... best of luck with it mate!