Ok so I got familiar with the Bios options of this laptop.And after some hours of getting a bootabl USB drive , I finally got to the Rufus site and created a bootable USB drive.
The MSoft DVD tool is not working (giving the well known error when chosen for the Winxx ISO file.
After a long time I figured out that the UEFI boot is different.Yes , the USB drive is formatted in FAT32.
So in the boot menu you choose the boot system - your usb drive.
Then in the new drop down menu >UEFI boot > underneath there are 2 buttons.The top button has 1 dot and the 2nd button has 2 dots in it.
Obviously , this corresponds to the DOS system - where 1 dot means that you are in the root menu/folder.
While 2 dots means you are in the subfolder.
Click on the 1 dot > UEFI menu > boot > then you will see some buttons with different tekst /symbols
Go to the button with (I believe) EFI_x64 .As I had Win7 64 bit on the USB drive.Click on EFI_x64 and it started to download the windows files.
After the 1st reboot I pulled the USB out of the laptop.It the continued to install from the hard disk.
Then came the part to install Win 7 on the HDD partiton.
I created a install partition (and the system created additional partitons like the MBR and the other partition - they are just some MBs big).
Now after formatting the partition it was a Primary partition.But then I got the message that Windows could not be installed on that partiton , because there may not be the correct drivers for the hardware !!!!!!
Okay , so I browsed for a folder where maybe the correct drivers were.I believe that I noticed that UEFI also had some sort of windows install folder.
Anyways I let it search in the boot folder and then in the support folder.Tried again to install on the Prim partition.Again the same message.
I browesed again now on the USB drive in the Win 7 ISO folder > in the boot folder and then in the support folder.
Got back again to install on Prim Part - no go ......
I choose the partiton and did another Format , and then hit NEXT again , and guess what , it started the install on that partition .... ))))
And it finished Win 7 64 bit install without any further problems ...
Now I'm downloading all the HP drivers - that is another crying game ....
But , hey , we're almost home now .......
PS the DVD drive is in order ....
The MSoft DVD tool is not working (giving the well known error when chosen for the Winxx ISO file.
After a long time I figured out that the UEFI boot is different.Yes , the USB drive is formatted in FAT32.
So in the boot menu you choose the boot system - your usb drive.
Then in the new drop down menu >UEFI boot > underneath there are 2 buttons.The top button has 1 dot and the 2nd button has 2 dots in it.
Obviously , this corresponds to the DOS system - where 1 dot means that you are in the root menu/folder.
While 2 dots means you are in the subfolder.
Click on the 1 dot > UEFI menu > boot > then you will see some buttons with different tekst /symbols
Go to the button with (I believe) EFI_x64 .As I had Win7 64 bit on the USB drive.Click on EFI_x64 and it started to download the windows files.
After the 1st reboot I pulled the USB out of the laptop.It the continued to install from the hard disk.
Then came the part to install Win 7 on the HDD partiton.
I created a install partition (and the system created additional partitons like the MBR and the other partition - they are just some MBs big).
Now after formatting the partition it was a Primary partition.But then I got the message that Windows could not be installed on that partiton , because there may not be the correct drivers for the hardware !!!!!!
Okay , so I browsed for a folder where maybe the correct drivers were.I believe that I noticed that UEFI also had some sort of windows install folder.
Anyways I let it search in the boot folder and then in the support folder.Tried again to install on the Prim partition.Again the same message.
I browesed again now on the USB drive in the Win 7 ISO folder > in the boot folder and then in the support folder.
Got back again to install on Prim Part - no go ......
I choose the partiton and did another Format , and then hit NEXT again , and guess what , it started the install on that partition .... ))))
And it finished Win 7 64 bit install without any further problems ...
Now I'm downloading all the HP drivers - that is another crying game ....
But , hey , we're almost home now .......
PS the DVD drive is in order ....
