Hello!

First of all, I'm really happy about this Forum. Its fine quality suggests, that there is a chance to find here someone, that could help with my problem.

I'm struggling with installation of Windows 7 on my new notebook. Kaby Lake platform with 7th gen. Intel processor causes some problems.
I know that only Windows 10 is fully supported on this platform, but still, i just need W7 on it.

I tried to install W7 from .iso file transported to pendrive via Rufus software (GPT for UEFI), but it wont work. My BIOS setup is: UEFI mode, secure boot disabled. When Im trying to boot I get:

"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause
(...)
File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000d
Info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data"

When I try to boot in legacy mode from .iso on DVD via external USB DVD drive, the installation starts, but after language selection, I get: “A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing (...)".

I have two USB 2.0 ports and one USB 3.0 and I tried 2.0 ports for attempts described above.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspir...w.185545.0.html - in this review the author mentions W7 installation on similar hardware and says AHCI Intel drivers integration with W7 .iso image is needed. I have tried integrating Intel SATA AHCI Driver (15.7.0.1014) (from Acer site, this is the version dedicated to my notebook) via NTLite tool, but again, it doesn't work, 0xc000000d again. Those drivers are for Windows 10, but I'm confused, what are the right ones for my hardware and W7.

Now Im trying to install this OS on the default HDD, but soon Im planning to get M.2 SSD and Im not sure, how will it be different.

Thanks for reading this message.
I would be deeply grateful for any help!
Salamandra

Many thanks for your reply, Dieter!

I don't have any OS installed on this laptop at the moment, so the video posted by you isn't helpful in my case.
Shortly after purchase I installed openSUSE 42.3 with no problems at all but now I have only clean HDD with one empty NTFS partition (created by GPARTED).
As I'm unable to share with you information from Device Manager, I'm sending link to data collected with Debian live (GPARTED): https://imgur.com/a/f3UDa

By the way, isn't Sunrise Point Chipset a nickname for 100 Series Intel for Skylake processors? Strange to be set up with the Kaby Lake 7th gen i5-7200U processor.

My apologies for not taking your request seriously enough.
I have installed Win10 again and I am sharing with you the details you asked for:
https://imgur.com/a/NAeLE

Thank you for all suggestions, but it doesn't work. I did exactly the same procedure before i started this thread, but with other drivers. Unfortunately, with those kindly suggested by you there is no difference. Every time, the same situation:
"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause
(...)
File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000d
Info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data"

The .iso file which I use in this procedure works fine on other devices.

Although Windows 7 does support UEFI, its graphics drivers (vga.sys and others) still rely on CSM (Compatibility Support Module) to be enabled in order to boot. I recently had the same error on my board (Z87X-UD3H) while trying for UEFI Windows 7 without CSM. Make sure CSM is enabled but you are still in UEFI mode in the BIOS.

@MattSwindleTips:
Thank you for help. Unfortunately, I do not have an option to enable CSM boot support in my BIOS settings.

@Fernando:
I have tried this procedure. I had already a file named "bootx64.efi" in "\efi\boot", so I replaced it with "bootmgfw.efi" from "\1\Windows\Boot\EFI" in "install.wim" from Win7 ISO. No changes.

Well you can always try this here, this is what I'm working on at the moment to try and get native UEFI on my Windows 7 installation: http://reboot.pro/topic/21108-install-wi...l-gop-hardware/

EDIT: Just so you know, replacing bootmgfw.efi with the one from a Windows 10 installation allowed me to semi-boot the OS without any CSM support, it might work better for you.

@Fernando:
In the BOOT section of BIOS I can change between UEFI/Legacy mode and with the UEFI mode selected I can disable Secure Boot option (which I do).
Except boot priority there is nothing more I can change in this section.

Yes, I renamed this file to "bootx64.efi".
How can I check the NVMe support?

@MattSwindleTips:
Thanks for your advice. I will try to replace this file when I get home.
What do you mean by "semi-boot"?

Im not sure how can I get the BIOS file.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwgIBjsqBIM - I have managed to extract .bin file from BIOS .exe from Acer site, but it won't open neither in AMI MMTool nor in the UEFITool.