To start Windows 7 again, follow these steps:
- Before starting the computer, press the F8 key.
- From the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to choose "Repair your computer" and then press the Enter key.
To format Windows 7 without a CD, follow these steps:
- Click on the "Drive options (advanced)" link at the bottom right.
- Then, click on "Format" and then on "OK".
You can use Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool to create a USB drive with Windows 10. To install Windows 10 on a DVD or USB drive, you can use this free software provided by Microsoft.
TransMac is the Windows application that allows you to create a USB drive that can be started with macOS. This program can read Mac disks and media, including volumes initialized using the new APFS filesystem.
Follow these steps to create a boot disk and start a CD/USB drive with Windows:
- Step 1: From the left menu, start Partition Assistant and click on the "Create Bootable CD" function.
- Step 2: Choose the type of boot disk you want to create.
- Step 3: Use the boot disk you created before.
To start a computer from USB without BIOS, you can download the Plop Boot Manager program, which can be copied directly to the USB drive or external disk to enable the option to boot from USB if your computer cannot boot from removable media.
To restore Windows 7 without a CD, follow these steps:
- Click on the "Drive options (advanced)" link at the bottom right.
- Then, click on "Format".
- Finally, click on "OK".
- Click on "Next" to start the installation of Windows 7.
- Wait for the initial phase of the process to complete.
To install Windows 10 from a USB drive, follow these steps:
- Connect the USB drive to a USB port on the PC.
- Format the USB drive if necessary.
- Open the ISO file and copy all the files it contains to the USB drive.
- Connect the USB drive with the installation files to the computer.
To install Windows 7 on an HP laptop, follow these steps:
- Set up Windows 7:
- Purchase a Windows 7 version in the language currently used in Windows Vista.
- Insert the installation DVD into the specified drive.
- Double-click on setup.exe on the DVD if the installation window does not start automatically.
- Choose "Install now".