Windows 7 hangs durin setup, red bar on top of screen.

[Ricardo Veenstra]

Hey all,

I tried installing Windows 7 on my Peaq laptop. The BIOS is pretty empty, all I could disable was the secure boot setting.
Upon booting from USB the setup hangs after "Windows is loading files" with a red bar on top of the screen.

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Try to reset the BIOS settings first by reseating the CMOS battery. Once done check the BIOS settings again and make sure to change the boot priority to USB as the first boot device then try reinstalling Windows again.

 

[Kenny_51]

Windows 7 doesn't support the new UEFI GOP (Graphics Output Protocol) and requires VGA option ROM (BIOS interrupt 10 (INT 10H)). Win8/10 supports GOP and reads the UEFI Logo and displays it during boot for a smoother boot. And it seems that your UEFI always turns GOP on and disables VGA, so Win7 can't be used and hangs at Starting Windows with the graphic artifacts.How ever installing WIndows 7 on a EFI PC is impossible,you can use windows 8,8.1 and 10 but not 7