If I boot the USB drive using legacy BIOS (non-UEFI) mode, I can proceed through the installation. It boots OK - copying over the files from the USB, however as soon as it reaches the "Starting Windows" animation it freezes solid. I went into BIOS (F2), and added a high-priority boot option - the /efi/boot/boot圆4.efi file on the USB keyfob. So I formatted my 8GB USB drive to FAT32, copied over my Win 7 ISO files, and pulled over a bootmgrgw.efi, renaming it to boot圆4.efi - as per these instructions: Creating a UEFI/BIOS Windows 7 USB and installing to GPT partitions Hodgin.ca The first thing I did was take a full backup image of Windows 8 onto USB, updated the BIOS to the latest version, then flattened the hard disk partitions in order to make way for a fresh Windows 7 UEFI install. I've just had an 1080p XPS 13 元22X delivered.
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