Okay, first time posting here. I searched and found this thread which looks to have the information I would need to install win 7 on a HP P7-1414. I realize this machine originally came with win8.
I bought this from Best Buy for the wife as a refurbished machine and it had no OS (never bought one like this before). So the drive was wiped and no OS disks, Just the machine.
To install win 7 what would I need to do besides the above instructions. Buy a win7 OS naturally I know, but someone said since the BIOS is set for Win 8 it might not allow Win 7 installed. Before I go out and pay for Win 7, will it install and how would I do that to avoid problem with the BIOS looking for Win 8.
There is a sticker on this machine showing SN and PN and Prod, but no type of Windows sticker with a product number for former discs (which I gather would be useless anyway without the original OS disks).
Thanks,