Windows 7 install stuck on Asus N751JK UEFI

If you bought a new Asus laptop and want to install windows 7, you’ll find that the installation will hang on starting windows and will not continue. This is because of UEFI ( Unified Extensible Firmware Interface ) which is meant as a replacement for the BIOS. You can read all about it on the Wikipedia page (link)

As it stands, only windows 8 setup can be booted from the DVD drive. If you want to boot a windows 7 DVD , you’ll need to disable UEFI’s secure boot.

On the newer ASUS laptops enter the BIOS. ( press escape continuously during boot until it asks you to go into setup ).
Select Enter Setup:

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Go to the SECURITY tab and select Secure Boot Control. Set Secure Boot Control to DISABLED.

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Then go to the BOOT tab and select Launch CSM. Set Launch CSM to ENABLED. (This will make booting backwards compatible)

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The select Launch PXE OpROM and set it to ENABLED.

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Then go to the Save & Setup tab. Select Save Changes and Exit. Choose YES in On the Save & Exit setup.

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Your laptop will now restart. And the setup of windows 7 will now continue past the point where it first hung.

1 thought on “Windows 7 install stuck on Asus N751JK UEFI

  1. I want to go back from win 10 to 7 to run old applications on my N751JK. This was the most helpful post for this. Thank you!

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