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How can I install Windows 7 on new pc with modern hardware
Installing Windows 7 on modern hardware is indeed challenging, especially on the AMD Ryzen platform and NVMe SSD environment. Fortunately, through the command line, we can still manually complete key steps such as driver injection and boot configuration to successfully install Windows 7 on new PC. The following is the complete command line operation method:
✅ Step 1: Prepare and mount the Windows 7 installation image
Mount or unzip the original Windows 7 ISO to a local directory, such as D:\Win7ISO;
Find sources\install.wim and boot.wim files, and copy them for backup.
✅ Step 2: Use DISM to inject NVMe and USB 3.0 drivers
Create a mount directory:
cmd
mkdir D:\mount
Mount the first image of install.wim:
cmd
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:D:\Win7ISO\sources\install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:D:\mount
Inject USB and NVMe drivers (assuming the drivers are in the D:\drivers folder):
cmd
dism /image:D:\mount /add-driver /driver:D:\drivers /recurse
Save and uninstall:
cmd
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:D:\mount /commit
Repeat the above steps to process boot.wim (mount index 1 and 2 respectively).
✅ Step 3: Make a UEFI bootable USB drive
Format the USB drive to FAT32 format;
Copy the processed Windows installation files to the USB drive;
Enter BIOS, enable UEFI boot, and turn off Secure Boot;
Boot with the USB drive and start the installation.
Through the above command line method, you can complete the complete driver injection and boot configuration without any third-party tools, thereby successfully installing Windows 7 on a new PC. This method is not only safe and flexible, but also suitable for most AMD and Intel new platform devices.
If you need to configure a dual system later, you can also create a boot item through the command line bcdboot to further improve compatibility. It is currently one of the most recommended ways to install Windows 7 on a new PC under the command line.